Whether you're doing local history research or your family genealogy, ChicagoAncestors is the spot for finding and sharing information about Chicago. Interested in historic Chicago neighborhoods, churches, buildings or events? Start your search here.
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Data in ChicagoAncestors is organized into Collections (groups of items with a similar theme or source) and Categories (i.e. education, transportation, religious institutions). You can also browse by tags or find all of the data entered by a particular user.
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