Author: Gregory a Boyd J D
Publisher: Arphax Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781420311488
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Languages : en
Pages : 522
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512 pages with 107 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Cook County, Illinois, gleaned from the indexes of the Illinois State Archives. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 6969 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 160 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the patent applications were made: DecadeParcel-count 1800s1 1810s1 1830s2275 1840s4609 1850s2471 1860s356 1870s122 1880s6 1920s1 What Cities and Towns are in Cook County, Illinois (and in this book)? Alsip, Arlington Heights, Bedford Park, Bellwood, Berkeley, Berwyn, Blue Island, Bridgeview, Broadview, Brookfield, Burbank, Calumet City, Chicago, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Cicero, Country Club Hills, Des Plaines, Dolton, Elk Grove Village, Elmwood Park, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Flossmoor, Forest Park, Franklin Park, Glencoe, Glenview, Glenwood, Golf, Harvey, Harwood Heights, Hazel Crest, Hickory Hills, Hillside, Hines, Hoffman Estates, Hometown, Homewood, Irondale (historical), Justice, Kenilworth, Kensington, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lansing, Lemont, Lincoln Square (historical), Lincolnwood, Lyons, Markham, Matteson, Maywood, McCormick Place, Melrose Park, Midlothian, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Northbrook, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Olympia Fields, Orland Park, Palatine, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Posen, Prospect Heights, Richton Park, River Forest, River Grove, Riverdale, Riverside, Robbins, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Skokie, South Holland, Steger, Stone Park, Streamwood, Summit, Techny (historical), Thornton, Tinley Park, Westchester, Western Springs, Wheeling, Willow Springs, Wilmette, Winnetka, Worth
Author: Ann Durkin Keating
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226428834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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""Which neighborhood?" It's one of the first questions you're asked when you move to Chicago. And the answer you give - be it Bucktown, Bronzeville, or Bridgeport - can give your inquisitor a good idea of who you are, especially in a metropolis with so many different neighborhoods and suburbs to choose from." "Many of us know little of the neighborhoods beyond those where we work, play, and live. This is particularly true in Chicagoland, a region that spans over 4,400 square miles and is home to more than 9.5 million residents. Now, historian Ann Durkin Keating's compact guide, drawn largely from the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chicago, brings the history of Chicago neighborhoods to life."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Matt Hucke
Publisher: Lake Claremont Press
ISBN: 9780964242647
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Cemeteries are in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Author: Gregory Alan Boyd
Author: Gregory Alan Boyd
Author: Gregory Alan Boyd
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Author: Christine Rose
Author: Library of Congress