Fixed-Fee Document Retrieval Offerings

• Chicagoland Area Cemetery Photography & Research

  I’m offering photography and research for any cemetery in the Chicagoland area. I’m located near the heart of Chicago, so traveling to cemeteries i...

  $35.00/record

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Chicagoland Area Cemetery Photography & Research

$35.00/record

Description

I’m offering photography and research for any cemetery in the Chicagoland area. I’m located near the heart of Chicago, so traveling to cemeteries in and near Chicago is available and convenient to myself.

Research will include visiting cemetery offices and reviewing interment cards, when necessary, and may also include a plat of the nearby plots in the cemetery. Each project is unique, so please be specific in your request about what type of research you’d like done.

This offering is for ONE hour of research.

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Please provide the name of the individual(s) you seek, the name of the cemetery, and any other pertinent information to the project. I will send you a message if any other information is required.




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• Chicago, Cook County Marriage Licenses, 1871-1920

  Document retrieval for Chicago marriage licenses from 1871-1920. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed ...

  $6.50/record

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Chicago, Cook County Marriage Licenses, 1871-1920

$6.50/record

Description

Document retrieval for Chicago marriage licenses from 1871-1920. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in the same day, next day the very latest.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know): Name or groom and bride (include spelling variations of names), approximate ages, date of marriage, certificate number.




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• Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907

  Document retrieval for Wisconsin death records from 1867-1907. This is a flat-fee of $5.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in...

  $5.50/record

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Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907

$5.50/record

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Document retrieval for Wisconsin death records from 1867-1907. This is a flat-fee of $5.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in the same day, next day the very latest. This covers the entire state of Wisconsin. Specific counties may have began keeping records later than 1867.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know): Name individual, county (necessary), approximate age, date of death, certificate or record number.




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• Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1836-1911

  Document retrieval for Wisconsin marriage records from 1836-1911. This is a flat-fee of $5.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed...

  $5.50/record

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Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1836-1911

$5.50/record

Description

Document retrieval for Wisconsin marriage records from 1836-1911. This is a flat-fee of $5.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in the same day, next day the very latest. This covers the entire state of Wisconsin. Specific counties may have began keeping records later than 1836.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know): Name or groom and bride (include spelling variations of names), approximate ages, place of marriage, date of marriage, certificate or record number.




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• Chicago Building Permits, 1872-1954

  Chicago building permits are available from 1872 to 1954 and contain information about the specific address, the owner’s name, date, type of buildi...

  $15.00/record

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Chicago Building Permits, 1872-1954

$15.00/record

Description

Chicago building permits are available from 1872 to 1954 and contain information about the specific address, the owner’s name, date, type of building, and the estimated costs. They also provide both the contractor’s and architect’s names. All addresses are filed under their current address and will need to be converted from the old addresses when necessary.

Each building permit is a flat fee of $15 for the first, and $7.50 for the remaining. (I will adjust the fee to reflect so when the project is finished). This includes all research and copy fees involved.

Ordering Instructions

To retrieve building permits, you must provide the following necessary information: the exact address of the property in question, the name (or surname) of the property owner, and an approximate time-frame.




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• Chicago, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1871-1922

  Document retrieval for Chicago birth certificates from 1871-1922. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed...

  $6.50/record

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Chicago, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1871-1922

$6.50/record

Description

Document retrieval for Chicago birth certificates from 1871-1922. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in the same day, next day the very latest.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know): name, date of birth, name of parents, certificate number.




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• Chicago, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1923-1937

  Document retrieval for Chicago birth certificates from 1923-1940. This is a flat-fee of $15.00 per document.

  $17.00/record

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Chicago, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1923-1937

$17.00/record

Description

Document retrieval for Chicago birth certificates from 1923-1940. This is a flat-fee of $15.00 per document.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know):
Name, date of birth, name of parents, certificate number.




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• Chicago, Cook County Death Certificates, 1878-1945

  Document retrieval for Cook County death certificates from 1878-1945. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are compl...

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Chicago, Cook County Death Certificates, 1878-1945

$6.50/record

Description

Document retrieval for Cook County death certificates from 1878-1945. This is a flat-fee of $6.50 per document. These document retrievals are completed in the same day, next day the very latest.

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the following information (or as much as you know): name, approximate age, date of death, certificate number.




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• Center for Research Libraries in Chicago

  The Center for Research Libraries, CRL for short, holds many ethnic newspapers on microfilm for viewing and copies. They have newspapers for not on...

  $35.00/record

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Center for Research Libraries in Chicago

$35.00/record

Description

The Center for Research Libraries, CRL for short, holds many ethnic newspapers on microfilm for viewing and copies. They have newspapers for not only Chicago, but across the entire country. The CRL is located on the south side of the UC campus, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.

You can search the CRL's catalog at the following URL: http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S1
Research patrons are allowed viewing of 12 microfilm in a single visit, which must be ordered ahead of time along with a reservation for research. They are open Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm. All research patrons, who are not members of the CRL, are required to pay a $25 entry fee. The fee structuring for this offering includes the $25 entry fee and research is conducted at $35/hour, not $35/record. Digital scans and printed copies are $0.10 each.

One specific publication of note is the Dziennik Związkowy, a Chicago Polish newspaper which began in 1908 and is still published today under Polish Daily News. Many obituaries and death notices were published in this newspaper and an index covering 1930-1949 has been created via James Czuchra: http://polfamily.info/dziennik-zwiazkowy-search
You can find the catalog title for Dziennik Związkowy here: http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1336327~S1

Another useful publication is the Denní hlasatel, a Bohemian/Czech newspaper from Chicago, whose printing began in 1891 and is available on microfilm through 1994. You can find the catalog title for Denní hlasatel here: http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1179816~S1

Ordering Instructions

Please be specific about which publication title you would like reviewed, including the call numbers (I can help you locate them). Please also include what information you are seeking from the publications. For example: an obituary search would require the deceased's name and dates of death and burial. I ask for both the date of death and burial, because there are chance occasions where multiple notices were published for an individual; a short notice the day of or after passing, with a more complete obituary the following days, can be common.




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• Chicago & Cook County Naturalization Papers

  Naturalization papers, including the Declaration of Intention and the Petition for Naturalization, are often an essential document in determining w...

  $10.00/record

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Chicago & Cook County Naturalization Papers

$10.00/record

Description

Naturalization papers, including the Declaration of Intention and the Petition for Naturalization, are often an essential document in determining when an immigrant ancestor arrived and where they were originally from. Because of this, they are an important set of records that all genealogists much obtain while researching their immigrant ancestors.

The records available for the Superior, Circuit, County and Criminal Courts of Cook County, range from 1871-1929. An index to this material can be located at FamilySearch within this collection, entitled "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950": https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1838804

Ordering Instructions

Please provide the name of the immigrant, their date of birth and the date of their arrival.

If possible, please provide the URL to the index card, if you can locate it on FamilySearch.




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