Research
Wisdom Wednesday – Document Your Photos
On Monday I spent the majority of the day researching in the Special Collections Department of the Daley Library at the University of Illinois – Chicago. I was looking through some of the Italian Americans in Chicago collection for a client. I requested a few boxes of materials that were not related to my client’s [...]
Life Can Change in an Instant
I was talking to someone about my Flying Tiger book today and said “Reminds you that life can change in an instant.” The person responded that was very true. I was discussing the fact that Bob died so suddenly and while his wife watched. But it was about more than that. It is not only [...]
Those Places Thursday – Follow the Paper Trail Along Chicago Streets
There are times during Census research that a page by page search of an enumeration district in a Chicago Ward is required. A Look At Cook has several maps of each Census year’s Wards and enumeration districts. This is a fabulous resource when you need to do a page by page search. Need more help [...]
Was It Covered Up?
I was reading a post on a book blog the other day about a book on the Eastland Disaster. Several people made comments that they had never heard of the Eastland Disaster and have lived some, most, or all of their lives in Chicago. Some said it was covered up by the city which is [...]
Military Monday – Milton T. McCoy Pension File
Last week I posted the table of contents for Henry A. Hayes’s Civil War Pension File. Today is for his in-law Milton T. McCoy. Milton McCoy Civil War Pension File 24th Iowa Infantry Volunteers Company F Service: 29 Feb 1864-13 May 1865 26 May 1865 Certificate of Disability for Discharge 7 June 1865 Claim [...]
Military Monday – Henry A. Hayes Pension File
I wrote about requesting and receiving the pension files for a good friend’s family a couple weeks ago.When I receive a pension file I sort it by date and use post it notes to mark each year. Then I create a table of contents for the entire file. Just gives me a better idea of [...]
Italian Ancestors