Research Available from ChicagoGenealogy.com

You can order quick lookups from me through Genlighten.com and you can find a list of the research that I offer there on my profile page. Genlighten lets you authorize payment in advance through a secure checkout system and makes it easy for you to track your requests.

So, what kind of research can I do for you?

Here are some examples of the kinds of research problems people send me:

I need a Chicago death certificate from 1931 but don't want to pay $15 for it.

I can get copies of Chicago death certificates up through 1947 from microfilm at the local Family History Center on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and I charge $6.00 each. Chicago Death Certificate Search Request Form, 1923-1947

I found an 1899 death in the Illinois Statewide Death Index but I can't find the certificate on FamilySearch.

It could be a coroner's death certificate (not online the last time I checked) or there could be a transcription error in the FamilySearch Index. If you send me the index entry, I will search for the record on microfilm. Chicago Death Certificate Request, 1878-1922

The cemetery told me my great-grandfather died in Chicago on 23 March 1887 but I can't find his name in any index.

I've looked up thousands of death certificates over the last few years and because of that experience, I can sometimes find records that others can't. Chicago Death Certificate Search Request Form

I think my grandparents divorced in the 1920s, but I don't know what year.

I can search multiple years in the divorce indexes and provide scanned color images of the records in a divorce file if I can find the case number in an index. Chicago Divorce Index Search Request Form

I need to know if my aunt had a will.

I can search the probate deceased index and/or a wills index at the Circuit Court Archives. Cook County Probate Index Search Request Form

I found a naturalization Soundex card for my ancestor and now I need to get a copy of the record.

I can get copies of naturalization records for the Circuit Court, Superior Court, County Court, and Criminal Courts when I visit the Circuit Court Archives. Cook County Naturalization Record Retrieval Request Form