This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local residents share news of visits, weddings, and honors
Mr and Mrs Richard Hall and family return from Paint Rock Alabama. S Sgt Jack Shirritt home on furlough after 80 months overseas. Mildred Fetterhoff and Everett Cowan wed at Dolton First Methodist. Bronze Star awarded to Seaman Harold Matz with Infantryman badge noted. Community events span visits, showers, baptisms, and blood donations across Riverdale Dolton Ivanhoe and suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hall
William
Mildred
Joan ‘Blake
Riverdale
Paint Rock
Ala
George Heatter
LaSalle St
Jack Shirritt
Henry Michalski
Dalton
Lydia Treftz
Nellie Grandmaison
Felix Schabloske
Truman Brassfield
John Thomas
Chicago
Karl S. Putnam
Ivanhoe
David Blake
Wentworth Ave
Papineau
Ill
Fair Oaks
Ind
Leon ‘Pawlus
Normal Ave
Pawlus
John Pawlus
Chicago Heights
Stella Dumais
State St
South Shore Hospital
Mary L. Putnam
Palatine
William F. Propper
Dolton
First Methodist Church
Mildred Fetterhoff
Everett D. ‘Cowan
M.S. Freeman
Arthur Nimtz
Richard Nimtz
Alex Pierson
Rosemoor
Louis Miller
Roseland
Virginia Schuch
Alma Kemnitz
Theo
Kraefft
Edbrooke Ave
St. Maury’s Church
Marco
Arthur McKenna
Alice McKenna
James Johnson
Bob Porter
Charles Gatto
Teddy
William Burkhalter
Ernest Fleck
Joseph J. Berschinski
Louise Bettinger
Joliet
J. J. Berschinski
Harold L. Matz
Emil Matz
East 137Th Place
Harold