Chicago Genealogical Society

CGS Volunteer Opportunity – Proofreaders Wanted

Many of you are familiar with our funeral home book project. Indices have now been created for all 34 books and we have been in the proofreading stage. We will have our next proofreading event at a Chicago Public Library branch library on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 10 am - 1 pm. We will be in groups of two matching the index against the source book. We have been making great progress with this endeavor.

If you are interested in helping to proofread that day, please contact us at [email protected] with ATTN Funeral Book in the subject line.

Sharing more photos of CGS’ Fantastic Tour of Mt Greenwood Cemetery by Craig Pfannkuche in Chicago’s Morgan Park Neighborhood. Photos taken by CGS Cemetery Committee Chair David Ehrlicher.

Fantastic Tour Today of Mt Greenwood Cemetery by Craig Pfannkuche in Chicago’s Morgan Park Neighborhood.

Everyone is invited to join us (either in-person or via Facebook livestream) at our Saturday, July 13th CGS Walk through the beautiful Mt. Greenwood Cemetery (2900 West 111th in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood). Our CGS Cemetery Walk guide,

Craig Pfannkuche, will show us that Mt. Greenwood didn’t cater to only southwest side residents as he leads us through many of the cemetery’s interesting features.

Everyone must register for the in-person Walk by Friday, July 12th at 12:00 noon at https://www.chicagogenealogy.org/event-5628468/Registration. To join our Facebook livestream, please see complete details listed in the Event description at https://www.facebook.com/events/1164095788366714.

Hope you can join us in person or virtually!

Say hello to Bertha Haedike, bon in Chicago about 1895 to Albert and Bertha Otto Haedike. Her parents divorced about 1905-06 and mother and child are listed in the 1910 Federal census of Chicago but they seem to have disappeared after that. Can anyone help find this young lady?

This benefit is back for CGS MEMBERS ONLY! CGS announces the return of our popular VITAL RECORD LOOKUP SERVICE. For $5 per record, you may request images of a Cook County vital record indexed on FamilySearch. In order to submit your request, complete the designated form with the required information, along with payment (locate this form + detailed instructions in the Members Only section of our CGS Website or in our June 7th email). Forms may be submitted by email or U.S.P.S. mail. All requests will be fulfilled in the order in which they are received. If you are looking for a quicker response, please submit requests and payments online. Once images are located, they will be sent digitally via email (paper copies are not available for this service).

Are you not yet a CGS Member? Join us at https://www.chicagogenealogy.org/Join-us to enjoy this and many more valuable member benefits.

Do you have any Canadian roots? Did your ancestor come to Chicago via Canada? In honor of Canada Day, MyHeritage is offering free access to Canadian historical records now to July 2, 2024.

Celebrate Canada Day with Free Access to Canadian Historical Records! - MyHeritage Blog Canada Day is a time to celebrate the spirit and heritage of what it means to be Canadian. It's a day to reflect on Canada's history, diverse cultures,

TOMORROW! Part of the Chicago Genealogical Society’s MEMBERS ONLY Webinar Series via Zoom - "Open Mic Meet-Up: Share Your Latest Genealogy Discoveries or Problem" - Monday, July 1, 2024 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. central. Registration is required.* Complete details at https://www.facebook.com/events/806825864629750.

This free CGS Webinar is available only to CGS Members. Not yet a CGS Member? Join us here! https://chicagogenealogy.org/Join-us

CGS Members, join us to share your discovery or watch and listen to others share their successes. Have a research problem? Come and ask our group of knowledgeable and friendly researchers. Maybe someone will have a suggestion to further your research. What a great opportunity to learn!
This meet-up will have a host to run the Zoom and to give the opportunity for everyone to share as time permits. If you plan to share a discovery or problem, please keep it to 5 minutes or less to allow others to also share.

*REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED via the Chicago Genealogical Society website at https://chicagogenealogy.org/event-5569015. Registration will close 1 hour prior to the event. The meet-up will take place virtually via ZOOM. Everyone registered will receive an email the morning of the event with log-in instructions and a link. This information is not to be shared.

Please Note---This Meet-Up will not be recorded.

Thanks for being a member of the Chicago Genealogical Society!

Photo courtesy of the U. S. Library of Congress

CGS Volunteer Opportunity – Proofreaders Wanted

Many of you are familiar with our funeral home book project. Indices have now been created for all 34 books and we now are entering the proofreading stage. We will have our next proofreading event at a Chicago Public Library branch library on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 10 am - 1 pm We will be in groups of two matching the index against the source book. We have been making great progress with this endeavor.

If you are interested in helping to proofread that day, please contact us at [email protected] with ATTN Funeral Book in the subject line.

CGS Volunteer Opportunity – Proofreaders Wanted

Many of you are familiar with our funeral home book project. Indices have now been created for all 34 books and we now are entering the proofreading stage. We will have our next proofreading event at a Chicago Public Library branch library on Saturday, June 29, 2024 from 10 am - 1 pm. We will be in groups of two matching the index against the source book. We have been making great progress with this endeavor.

If you are interested in helping to proofread that day, please contact us at [email protected] with ATTN Funeral Book in the subject line.

We are looking at a CdV photo of Louise Smith Merritt taken in Chicago at the Gentile studio (SE corner State & Washington) about 1877. A daughter of William and Clementine Smith, she was born in Johnson, Wisconsin in December 1851. She married Merritt Darrow at Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin in December 1876. They then moved to Chicago. She died in February 1942 in Winnetka, Illinois. Her body was shipped to Janesville, Wisconsin where she was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery there with her husband (d. 1910).

CGS MEMBERS! You can now view our newly archived December 4th CGS Webinar + Handout, "You Light Up My Census! Researching Beyond Population Schedules" with Jennifer Roodzant on our website in the Members Only - Webinar Archive section. Thank you for being a member of the Chicago Genealogical Society! https://chicagogenealogy.org/Webinar-Archive

Another classic neighborhood bakery closing in Chicago. Last year Dinkel’s Bakery on Lincoln Ave. Today is Vesecky’s Bakery in Berwyn. A fourth-generation bakery, family run since 1904. What family history! Did your ancestors stop and pick up a treat here? Do you have memories of visiting Vesecky’s? https://www.facebook.com/VeseckysBakery/

Vesecky's Bakery The best bakery in Chicagoland featuring authentic Czech bakery. Owned and operated by the 4th genera

Please welcome Dorothy Curtis age 4 (1896) to our CGS listing of early Chicago photos. Her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Curtis. She married Vernard A. Luebben in Chicago in 1917. They had three children, Edith, Vernard, and Lester. Dorothy Curtis Luebben seems to have died in Chicago in April 1975

CGS Members! Our December 2023 Chicago Genealogical Society E-NEWS (Volume 56, Number 5) has been published. Check your email or log in to https://chicagogenealogy.org/Past-CGS-Newsletters to read it. Thanks for being a member of the Chicago Genealogical Society!

This is a photo of Jacob Veidt which was probably not taken in Chicago even though Canova Studios existed in the city in the late 1880s. His dress indicates the 1860s. He had a son name Julius. The whole family seems to have been a Wisconsin family. Any ideas as to why this photo and one of Julius are reprinted on Canova Studios cabinet cards?

Are you new to genealogy? We recommend you soak in the great advice in this article, "Finding Unexpected Genealogy Details in Vital Records."

Finding Unexpected Genealogy Details in Vital Records If carefully reviewed, birth, marriage and death records can contain a wealth of information. Here are some unexpected details in vital records.

What did you learn on your GENEALOGY ROAD TRIP? Please share it with CGS . . . read this blurb for details about how!