Cook County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Chicago Ancestors  Discover the past by address
• Cook County Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cook County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cook County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cook County, Illinois History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• Early Chicago 
• Encyclopedia of Chicago 
• Western Springs History 

Adjacent counties

• Du Page County  to the south and west
• Kane County  to the west
• Lake County  to the north
• Lake County, IN  to the east
• McHenry County  to the north and northwest
• Will County  to the south and west

Bible Records

• Cook County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (73)

Blogs

• A blog dedicated to Chicagoland cemeteries 
• The Newberry Library Genealogy News 

Cemeteries (100)

Census Records and Indexes (143)

Church Records (16)

Court and Legal Records (21)

Directories (93)

Estate Records

• Cook County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Ethnic (34)

History (1,030)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index  1926-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• Index to Lake County Residents who filed _Naturalization Intentions in Cook County, Illinois      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Introduction and Guides (17)

Land Records

• Cook County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Mapping of land patents indexed on BLM by Congressional Townships      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Cook County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Cook, Dupage Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • The lake front steal involved in the Illinois Central-South Park contract      (Source: Internet Archive)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (82)

Lookups

• Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County 
• Chicago and Cook County Genealogy Lookups      ($)
• Cook County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Cook County Illinois Genealogy Record Lookups from Genlighten.com      ($)
• Free Lookups from Genealogy Today  Chicagoans of 1915
• Pullman Collection and Search Request Information      (Source: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (54)

Maps and Gazetteers (107)

Military Records and Histories (75)

Miscellaneous Data (27)

Newspaper Records (101)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (144)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (86)

School Records and Histories (378)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Chicago Obituary Database      (Source: JewishGen)
• Cook County Clerk's Office  Genealogy Online
• Newspaper Archives of Forest Park (IL) Public Library      (Source: Newspaper Archive)
• Newspaper archives of the Daily Herald      (Source: Newspaper Archive)
• Sinai Congregation, Chicago, Marriages Database      (Source: JewishGen)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Cook County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies (48)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (5,324)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (99)

Vital Records (40)

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