The first place we’ll check is our Biographical File in the Research Room. Our Vital Records Index, which includes, birth, death, and marriage records, is available online; the original documents listed in these indices are also in our Research Room.
Other kinds of records at WHM that may be helpful include:
- albums of genealogy
- oral histories
- reminiscences
- manuscript and artifact collections
- family photos
- real estate records and plats of survey
- city directories and phone books
- local business files
- 1850 New Trier Township tax records
- inventory of St. Joseph’s cemetery