The Fall 2024 issue of The Chicago Genealogist is now available to CGS members on our website. Hard copies will be mailed to those members who elected to receive a printed copy as soon as printing is completed. We hope you enjoy this issue, and keep those articles coming!

The Summer 2024 Chicago Genealogist is now available for download in our website's Members Only section.  Members who elected to receive printed copies should receive them in 7-10 days.  Please enjoy the new issue!

After an unanticipated delay, the Chicago Genealogical Society announces the return of the popular vital record lookup service. This is a perk available to Members Only! For $5, per record, you may request images of Cook County vital indexed on FamilySearch. In order to submit your request, complete the designated form with the required information, along with payment. 

Forms may be submitted by email or U.S.P.S. mail. All requests will be fulfilled in the order in which they are received. If you are looking for a quicker response, please submit requests and payments online. Once images are located, they will be sent digitally via email, paper copies are not available for this service. 

Detailed instructions and the form are available in the Members Only section of the website. Any questions regarding this service can be sent to info@chicagogenealogy.org. Please put “Vital Record Lookup” in the subject line.

Member Gravestone Photo Request

**CGS Members**

CGS Next Cemetery Walk is July 14th at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery in Chicago.

The CGS Cemetery Committee is offering to take gravestone photos for members at the Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. One request per member please. Please first check FindAGrave and BillionGraves websites to see if a photo is already available. Depending on the number of requests received, it may not be possible for volunteers to complete every one. Also, volunteers may not be successful in finding the requested graves. If the grave is located, you will be emailed photo(s) of the gravestone, and CGS will also load the images on FindAGrave.

Provide the name, dates, and location (section, plot) if known. You can contact the cemetery office (773-233-0136) and request information. Photo requests will be taken between May 1 and June 30. Send your request by June 30^th to CGS info@chicagogenealogy.org Attn: Mt Greenwood Cemetery Walk Gravestone Photo Request.

The latest edition of The Chicago Genealogist is now available. Volume 56 No. 2 can be accessed by signing into the CGS website and selecting The Chicago Genealogist from the Members Only section. Please note that requested paper copies were mailed this week. Please enjoy the new issue!

Are you interested in your family history? Do you like to write? The CGS encourages the submission of family history articles for possible publication in our Chicago Genealogist quarterly journal. To submit a paper for consideration or to discuss ideas, please contact the Quarterly Editor at quarterly@chicagogenealogy.org. 

The latest edition of The Chicago Genealogist is now available and can be accessed by logging into our website and selecting "The Chicago Genealogist" from the Members Only section. Paper copies will be mailed once printing is finished early next week.

The electronic version of the Summer 2023 Chicago Genealogist is now available and can be accessed by signing onto the CGS website and selecting The Chicago Genealogist from the Members Only section. Paper copies will be mailed once printing is finished. 

The latest edition of The Chicago Genealogist is now available. The electronic version of our Spring 2023 edition (Vol. 55 No. 3) can be accessed by signing into the CGS website and selecting The Chicago Genealogist from the Members Only section. Please note that requested paper copies will be mailed once the printing is finished. Please enjoy the new issue!

The Winter 2023 edition (Volume 55 No. 2) of The Chicago Genealogist is now available. The electronic version can be accessed by signing into the CGS website and selecting The Chicago Genealogist from the Members Only section. Please note that requested paper copies will be mailed once the printing is finished. Please enjoy the new issue!