Posts about Chicago genealogy research, including researching specific ethnicities, finding and using Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois vital records, and more.
This Swedish New Year's Eve in 1925 Chicago happened 95 years ago tonight when my Swedish and Swedish-American relatives (and neighbors?) gathered together. How I wish I knew all the names of these relatives! But [...]
Today I went touring 1910 Chicago. This experience was due to the creative combination of history and multimedia at Chicago flagship public radio station WBEZ. The WBEZ show, Curious City, responded to a question [...]
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. [...]
