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Chicago and Cook County: A Guide to Research | 
 enlarge | Author: Loretto Dennis Szucs
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 909077
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 517
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0916489620
Dewey Decimal Number: 026.929107207731
EAN: 9780916489625
ASIN: 0916489620
Publication Date: March 1, 1996
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Product Description
Completely revised and updated, this book is a comprehensive guide to the vastly complex records for this major urban area. Thousands of immigrants around the world arriving in the U.S. found the rapidly growing Chicago city a new-found home. Chances are, you can find a branch of your family tree in the Chicago area. This friendly guide to the vital records of Chicago and Cook County is just waiting to help you find your ancestors!
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 Talk about comprehensive! December 15, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is hands down the most comprehensive resource on all aspects of genealogical research in the Chicago/Cook County Illinois area bar none. I purchased this book when it was new and don't know how else I would have done as much Chicagoland area research without it. Without this book I would have had no idea where to start researching when visiting Chicago and really helped insure I got the biggest bang for the buck when there. Where Ms. Szucs really pays off is breaking out the various municipalities and even offers offbeat sources such as the Medical Examiners Office that I would NEVER have thought of and it's a good thing as I've used that as a resource twice now with great results. Yes, it would be great to have an updated edition with new area codes and telephone numbers, internet sources and the like, but I find those sources can get stale-dated pretty darned quickly! Mrs. Szucs delivers what you need to get the ball rolling and it's always important to double-check local numbers and use those available resources like Google.
 Where are the updates and revisions? September 26, 2003
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the same 1996 edition in a new cover. A big clue was the list of suburban Chicago libraries still with the 708 area code. Most of them changed to 847 in 1996.
I don't see any mention of the Internet either. There is a lot of info online for Chicago/Cook County research.The basic information is very informative and I have helped several people by using this book. I am awaiting the revised edition.
THE BEST BOOK ON CHICAGO GENEALOGY March 20, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Chicago is rich with genealogy records but if one does not live in or near this vast city it is very hard to obtain those records. This book, however, has helped me immensely with the research of my husband's Irish Chicago ancestors - what to look for, where to look, where to write. Besides giving a brief history of Chicago and its records, it includes information about the great fire and the destruction of the vast number of public records. But then it gives hints on what to look for when these records are needed by the genealogist and what can be used instead. The book is chock full of information of libraries, depositories, collections, addresses - everything the genealogist needs to research the City of Chicago. Be sure to get the most updated version because addresses and prices do change.
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