Links I use a lot:
Chicago
Guide to Sanborn maps: http://chicagoinmaps.com/LOCsanbornsguide.html
Other historic maps: http://chicagoinmaps.com/historicmaps.html
1909 street renumbering: http://chsmedia.org/househistory/1909snc/start.pdf
1911 street renumbering - inside the loop: http://chsmedia.org/househistory/1911snc/start.pdf
Street name changes: http://chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf
These would be reflected in the previous document, but effective August 15, 1913, 567 street names were changed: https://chicagology.com/chicagostreets/streetnamechanges/
Chicago building permits database: https://researchguides.uic.edu/CBP
A Look at Cook (Census ED maps): https://alookatcook.info/
Chicago Archdiocese parish records: https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=https://www.familysearch.org/service/cds/recapi/collections/1452409/waypoints
Baptisms search (note that not all records have been indexed here): https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/chicago-roman-catholic-parish-baptisms
Marriages search (note that not all records have been indexed here): https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/chicago-roman-catholic-parish-marriages
Locations of Chicago Roman Catholic Churches (Jack Bochar): https://archives.archchicago.org/documents/1004501/1006367/Locations+of+Chicago+Roman+Catholic+Churches_+1850-1990_+by+Jack+Bochar.pdf/2d52d127-d081-46e4-8b28-2e24dc568d57
Chicago Catholic Churches: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~itappcnc/pipcnchicagochurches.htm
Archdiocese of Chicago decrees about recent parish closures and combinations, which indicate where records are going. https://www.renewmychurch.org/decisions/decrees-letters
Archdiocese of Chicago names of new parishes (from combinations): https://www.renewmychurch.org/decisions/new-parishes
Archdiocese of Chicago Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives and Records Center holdings of closed parish, school, and orphanage records: https://archives.archchicago.org/documents/1004501/1006364/Closed+Parishes+Schools+Orphanages.pdf
Archdiocese of Chicago other holdings of closed parish, school, and orphanage records: https://archives.archchicago.org/documents/1004501/1006364/Other+Holdings+of+Closed+Institutions.pdf
Archdiocese history, 1920s (link to the parish index pages): https://archive.org/details/archdioceseofchi00desp/page/n937/mode/1up
Chicago Lithuanian churches: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ptiPg9tl9szvKo-q7MItfQGRahkkMzd6&hl=en&usp=sharing
Draugas (great source for Lithuanian obituaries in the area): - Index: https://www.draugas.org/rodykle-index/ - Search: https://www.draugas.org/archyvas-paieska-search/
LithuanianCatholicAncestorSearch.com - updated through 2019, may go offline at any time, primarily Chicago-based: https://www.lithuaniancatholicancestorsearch.com/home.html
Chicago Ancestors (good mapping tool from the Newberry Library to find churches, etc. near a particular address): https://chicagoancestors.org/
School map of Chicago, 1917: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100407447
Directories of the Chicago Public Schools, 1899-1922: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100243235
Chicago city directories for the years 1844, 1854-1855, 1859-1860, 1865, and 1869-1901: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/308691?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Illinois directories (including Chicago and suburban areas) from Library of Congress - some go to 1975: https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-telephone-directory-collection/?fa=location:illinois&sb=date
The Newberry Library ChicagoAncestors.org resources page (links to maps, newspapers, property research, streets and directories, other research sites): http://www.chicagoancestors.org/resources
ChicagoGenealogy.com research tutorial on naturalizations (click on the link in the menu bar for other research tutorials): https://chicagogenealogy.com/find-chicago-naturalization-records.html
General Chicago history at Chicagology - https://chicagology.com/. Particularly useful is the section on Population and Ward Maps (and annexations): https://chicagology.com/population/
Corpus Christi
Public Libraries digital archives: https://cclibraries.contentdm.oclc.org/
Granbury, Texas
Historic Property Surveys: https://www.granbury.org/580/Surveys-of-Historic-Properties
Houston
Street name changes: https://stevemorse.org/census/changes/HoustonChanges.htm
Houston History Association Neighborhood History Research Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9e9GtW14NoGdllyTUpXdFVKdk0/view
Preservation Houston online resources links: https://preservationhouston.org/research
Harris County Municipal Map Collection: https://www.harriscountyarchives.com/Map-Collections/Municipal-Map-Collection
HMRC How to Research a Historic Property: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IkACZS62-Cj4l_1ElVz9DUI2iDygunKu/view
Houston Public Library Digital Archives: https://cdm17006.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/
More old Houston maps: https://houstorian.wordpress.com/old-houston-maps/
Lithuania
Guokas Ancestors in Lithuania - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1cXmPFOUP8a5B4GbH_nHLJhRBRpk&usp=sharing
Parishes digitized at Epaveldas: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1a1J0ZpOM2kD7KAJ5CS1jbObbmmM&usp=sharing
Info on and links for Lithuanian church records: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Lithuania_Church_Records
Surname database: https://ekalba.lt/pavardziu-duomenu-baze/ and https://pavardes.lki.lt/?pg=c - meanings of place abbreviations in the latter: https://pavardes.lki.lt/?pg=sutrumpinimai
Lithuanian maps: https://maps.lt/map and https://gengen.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=feb35d29fa9f4582a71d728c77ef286e (to find parishes)
Find the feminine endings for surnames in the masculine form: https://gen.wooyd.org/lt_surnames/
Given names in English, Lithuanian, and Latin: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1any7uSb2HYM_BafDi2ey9to3WE4WGmRSQsUMoXgABVE/
Besides Draugas (in the Chicago section above), there were a number of other Lithuanian-language newspapers published in the Americas. You can search them all here: https://www.spauda.org/elastic-search/
Portland, Oregon
PortlandMaps (plumbing permits, etc.): https://www.portlandmaps.com/
PastPortland (to convert between old and new street numbers): https://www.pastportland.com/
1931-33 Street Renumbering: https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1277664068
Oregon Historic Sites Database: http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm
Texas
Early Sanborn Maps: http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/texas.html
TexShare databases: https://texshare.net/az.php
Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/
General Information
Naturalization tips: https://libguides.mnhs.org/naturalization/ov
Great information about passenger lists: https://avotaynuonline.com/2009/04/just-how-were-passenger-manifests-created-by-sallyann-amdur-sack-pikus-editor
Interpreting special markings on passenger manifests: https://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/
Steve Morse One-Step Webpages - https://stevemorse.org/ - particularly useful are the Unified 1880-1950 Census ED Finder and the Ellis Island Passengers Gold Form (1892-1924).
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