ChicagoGenealogy.com—About the Service

How the Service Works

1 Locate an index entry for a birth, marriage, death, or Catholic church record in an online, microfilm, or microfiche index.

If you're just beginning your Chicago research and need to learn what records are available and how to find them, go to Research Tutorial.
If you're an experienced researcher, but not famililar with the records that I can look up, begin with Lookups
Available.

2 Go to Request Lookups and submit your requests. If you type your email address correctly on the submission form, you will receive a copy of your request for your records.

3 Watch for an email with the subject "Invoice from ChicagoGenealogy.com." If you don't receive the invoice email within a few days of submitting your request, email me immediately. Most lookups go smoothly but if there's a glitch, hearing from you is the quickest way for me to discover it and fix it.

4 Send the lookup fees by PayPal or check.

5 Watch for a "Links to JPGs" email after I receive your payment and look for a paper copy of the record in your maibox a few days later.