Posted By:	Mary Snow
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	Subject:	Re: Seeking information on Alexander Vigratz, Russian Immigrant 1890
	Post Date:	February 19, 2009 at 09:10:52
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/il/cook/messages/6451.html
	Forum:	Cook County, IL Genealogy Forum
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Death certificates for family members born in Russia may contain information about birth towns. Civil and church records for the daughters can also provide information. Death certificates and other records can be ordered online through chicagogenealogy.com; the site is also quite informational in helping to locate records. It appears that you found the family on Canal Street in the 1900 Census, rather than 1910. 1910, 549 W. 14th Pl., Ward 9, Chicago, Cook County Alexander Wigrac, 49, b. Russia Lithuania, immigrated 1892, naturalized citizen, married 21 years, laborer junk shop Barbara, 39, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, 5 children, 5 living Bessie, 20, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, factory machinist Lissie, 18, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, bakery shop Kettia, 16, b. IL, bakery shop Frank, 11, b. IL Emma, 6, b. IL 1920 Census, 549 W. 14th Pl., Ward 20, Chicago, Cook County Frank Matrick, 28, renting, b. Russia, mother tongue Russian, imm. 1912, citizen 1918, chauffeur Barbara, 28, home owner, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish, imm 1896 Alexander Vigrhez, 54, imm 1888, citizen 1894, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish, laborer, junk shop Barbara Vigrhez, 48, imm 1888, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish Emma, 16, b. IL http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html Alexander Wigracas d. 1924 in Chicago. WIGRACAS ALEXANDER Cert # 6029145 1924-11-23 Deaths already cited can be found there, search Vigr to get all entries and spellings. Some sources: Illinois Archives: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html Cook County genealogy site: http://cookcountygenealogy.com/ LDS pilot site http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Cook County marriages: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1463145;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Cook County birth records: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1462519;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Cook County naturalization records: http://198.173.15.34/NR/default.aspx You can check with your public library to see if you can access immigration records through Ancestry. Ellis Island passengers first arrived in 1892; Steve Morse search engine is most efficient: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Best wishes in your search, Mary Also posted on the Russia forum: http://genforum.genealogy.com/russia/messages/9175.html