Location Links

 Links I use a lot:

Chicago - Maps, Streets, & Property

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/

Cook County Accessor's Office Find A Property:  https://www.cookcountyassessor.com/address-search

Chicago building permits database:  https://researchguides.uic.edu/CBP

A Look at Cook (Census ED maps):  https://alookatcook.info/

Chicago Ancestors (good mapping tool from the Newberry Library to find churches, etc. near a particular address):  https://chicagoancestors.org/

Chicago -  Catholic Church

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 at Find My Past):  https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/chicago-roman-catholic-parish-baptisms

Marriages search (note that not all records have been indexed at Find My Past):  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/structural-change/decrees-letters 

Archdiocese of Chicago names of new parishes (from combinations):  https://www.renewmychurch.org/structural-change/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

Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Cemeteries Locate A Loved One - fill out the form and submit - you'll get a link that allows you to search for ten minutes, with an option to extend the time:  https://www.catholiccemeterieschicago.org/locate-a-loved-one/

Chicago - Lithuanians

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 - Other

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/

Lithuanian keyboard:  https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/lithuanian.htm

Lithuanians exiled/imprisoned in Soviet Union (will need to use all forms of surnames to find women):  https://www.lietuviaisibire.lt/lt/represuotieji

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/

StoryMap on How to Read a Sanborn Map:  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/16b485a6b43541efbe8e8cf9fc3612d5

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).