ChicagoAncestors.org is a website devoted to helping people find and share historical information about Chicago.

What Can You Do At ChicagoAncestors.org?

• Browse the collections
• Search by address, intersection or keyword
• Add your own family information, historical research, queries and photographs to the site
• Tag information of interest
• Submit comments
• Contact other users with similar interests

How is the data organized?

Collections are made up of large amounts of information coming from a single source about a specific topic. For example, the Homicide in Chicago collection is a compilation of links to the Chicago Historical Homicide Project at the School of Law at Northwestern University. Information submitted by individual ChicagoAncestors's members is placed in the User Contributions collection.

Each collection or user contribution is also placed into one of the following categories:

• Arts, Entertainment & Sports
• Buildings & Structures
• Crime
• Education
• Geographic Areas
• Groups & Organizations
• Historical Events
• Individuals & Families
• Photographs & Images
• Public Spaces
• Religious Institutions
• Transportation