Posts about Chicago genealogy research, including researching specific ethnicities, finding and using Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois vital records, and more.
Today I am remembering Frieda Hann Loe, my father's mother. It was a balmy 48 degrees in Chicago on 30 December 1896, when my grandmother was born at 93 Webster Avenue. Her Austrian father, [...]
I am pretty sure most people don't choose Yogi Yorgesson's "Yingle Bells" as their favorite Christmas song. But, it's mine. And I love Yogi's other Christmas song, “I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas,” too. [...]
Researching my Chicago family, I found a devastating death in the now-forgotten 1919 Chicago dirigible crash. On 21 Jul 1919. Marcus Charles Callopy and his colleagues were finishing work for the day. Mark, a [...]
These Chicago German-Language Newspaper Obituaries helped me break through my Austrian genealogy brick wall. Searching for an Austrian Birthplace Churchyard at the Ladis Catholic Church. Regular readers know how elusive Gottfried Hann, [...]
