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Today's list is of Scottish genealogical resources for your Chicago ancestors.
Please note: This list is meant to include resources in addition to the ones found at the traditional genealogical sites like FamilySearch, Ancestry, Footnote, and the like. And the lists are by no means exhaustive, so if you know of other digital collections on Chicago and Illinois that you've found useful in your research, please let me know.
Today's list is of Scottish genealogical resources for your Chicago ancestors.
Please note: This list is meant to include resources in addition to the ones found at the traditional genealogical sites like FamilySearch, Ancestry, Footnote, and the like. And the lists are by no means exhaustive, so if you know of other digital collections on Chicago and Illinois that you've found useful in your research, please let me know.
Books
Cory, Kathleen B. Tracing
Your Scottish Ancestry
. 3rd ed.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
. 3rd ed.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Herber, Mark D. Ancestral
Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History
. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2006.
. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2006.
Reid, Judith P. Family Ties
in England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland: Sources for Genealogical Research
. Washington: Library of Congress, 1998.
. Washington: Library of Congress, 1998.
Rethford, Wayne, and June
Skinner Sawyers. The Scots of Chicago: Quiet Immigrants and Their New
Society
, 1997.
, 1997.
Steward, Alan. Gathering the Clans: Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet. Chichester. West Sussex, England: Phillimore, c. 2004.
Clans
Innes of Learney, Thomas,
Sir. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland
. Edinburgh: Johnston, 1938. Includes colored plates
of coats of arms.
. Edinburgh: Johnston, 1938. Includes colored plates
of coats of arms.
Scottish Clan Map
List
COOK-CO-IL. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or
historical interest in Cook County, Illinois. To subscribe send
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mode).
Illinois Newspaper Project
The
Illinois Newspaper Project (INP) is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and administered by the Library of Congress as
part of the U.S. Newspaper Program (USNP) and the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Under
the USNP, the INP team traveled throughout Illinois inventorying and cataloging
collections held by libraries and repositories, private organizations, and
individuals. A Web-based searchable database of all newspapers discovered and preserved through the
project is available. All microfilm produced for INP is made available through interlibrary
loan.
Search
here by title or OCLC number for information on repository and holdings for the
following Chicago Scottish newspaper titles:
British
American – published in Chicago OCLC
no. 25538640
Western British American –
published in Chicago OCLC no. 23181535
Organizations
The Illinois Saint Andrew
Society
The Scottish Home
2800 Des Plaines Avenue
North Riverside, IL 60546
In 1846 Chicago Scots
founded the Illinois Saint Andrew Society, the oldest charitable institution in
the state. Today, the Society is a membership-based non-profit, dedicated to
serving the Scottish-American community, preserving Scottish tradition and
promoting Scottish culture. The Society welcomes everyone who is Scottish by
birth, by heritage, or simply by inclination. They sponsor the annual Chicago
Scots Scottish Festival and Highland Games.
Periodicals & Articles
Newberry Library
60 West Walton, Chicago, IL
60610 (312) 255-3512 www.newberry.org
Scottish Genealogy
Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Scots
The Scottish Genealogist. [Edinburgh]: The Scottish Genealogy Society. V. 1
(1954) – present. Indexes available. Newberry Call # E67. 8355.
MacMillan, Thomas C. “The
Scots and Their Descendants in Illinois.” Illinois State Historical Society
Transactions, no. 26 (1919): 31–85.
At their annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games, the St. Andrew Society always has a genealogy tent staffed with knowledgeable volunteers and a number of basic reference books (probably many of the ones you listed). It's a nice place to start and the volunteers can help direct you. There are also tents at the festival from many clans. They always have a list of the various names associated with the clan and people who love to talk family history and genealogy research. Plus there is food, bagpipe bands and men in kilts.
ReplyDeleteI have got to plan a trip to Chicago during that Festival - it sounds great, Lee.
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