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Old Cook county Illinois records being put online

Chicago Tribune Story

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"Old county records being put online
By Jason Meisner | Tribune staff reporter
9:56 PM CDT, September 6, 2007

Professional genealogists and people interested in researching their family tree will soon be able to access key records from home instead of ordering by mail or traipsing down to a musty office in the Loop, Cook County Clerk David Orr said Thursday.
If all goes as planned, newly digitized versions of county records such as birth and death certificates and marriage licenses will be available beginning in January on one searchable Web site that will revolutionize how such research is done, Orr said."

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