LeRoy -- Interesting case. Had she obtained the divorce records on the chance that they might contain a clue? If they divorced in Cook County, http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=RecArchivePage&RecArchivePage=archive_holdings The index is microfilm, but the records are the originals, complete with dust and old dead rubber bands. It is a two-step process, easier for a Chicago researcher than a visitor as a week may elapse between locating the desired record and having it retrieved from remote storage. Harold On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:30 PM, LeRoy Atkins <lmatkins@cox.net> wrote: > > Please give your recommendation: > > A woman was looking for the parents of her mother (not in meeting the > mother.) A 1958 Chicago marriage license and certificate indicated her > parents were married by a judge. Her father was 24; her mother 16. Their > daughter, a family search library patron, was born in 1959 and her parents > were divorced six months later. Her father’s older sister adopted the > patron. She had met her paternal grandparents. Her father’s family lived in > Minnesota and as far as the patron knew had never lived in Chicago. Her > father appears with his parents and siblings in the 1940 census. > > I suggested that she look in the Chicago telephone directories for all > people of her mother’s maiden name for the years before and after 1959. And > consider researching those families. As I recall the name was Albrect. > > I encouraged her to post a query at RootsWeb, etc. > > Perhaps she could locate school records schools near the location of the > court in which she was married. > > If there were a community newspaper there is a small chance of a wedding > announcement. > > She decline the name of a Chicago researcher. > > My question is academic. I may never see the patron again. > > Thank you for your thoughts about finding the patron’s maternal parents. > > LeRoy > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Harold Henderson midwestroots.net Research, Writing, and Brickwall Dismantling from Northwest Indiana Regularly Researching at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency evaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates.