| Dear Fellow Genealogist,
Chicago genealogy can be its own kind of adventure. As a Chicagoland native, I've spent plenty of time navigating the city's neighborhoods, shifting boundaries and complicated record landscape. Researching Chicagoan ancestors can send you from city directories to church records to Cook County records and back again, usually with a detour to figure out why an address suddenly changed even though the family never moved.
In today's newsletter, we highlight a guide to Chicago genealogy research, with resources and strategies for tracing family in the Windy City (and Cook County too!). And if you'd like to dig deeper into Illinois research, I'll be back later this evening for a rebroadcast of our Illinois immersive course, where I walk through the records, repositories and strategies for tackling Prairie State genealogy!
The second and third articles in today’s newsletter mark the anniversary of the 19th Amendment (women's rights to vote) with two articles focused on finding women in genealogy records: tips for uncovering maiden names and steps for locating marriage records. Women can be some of the hardest people to trace in a family tree, especially when a name change makes them seem to disappear from the paper trail. Fortunately, the right records can help put them back where they belong: at the center of their own stories.
Tracing women who deserve to be remembered as more than "Mrs. John Smith,"
— Katharine, Digital Editor of Family Tree Magazine
|
|
|
| Did you know that you can unlock over 3,500 premium articles (including this one!) on FamilyTreeMagazine.com with a Premium Membership? Once you're logged in, a Premium Membership not only includes exclusive access to premium articles on the website, but also a digital magazine subscription to Family Tree Magazine. Unlock the article below, plus thousands more by subscribing today!
|
|
|
