South Suburban Genealogical
and Historical Society
Hazel Crest, Illinois

Serving south Cook and east Will counties, Illinois
    including Chicago's Roseland/Pullman neighborhoods

Established 1968





The old “Peterson” Saloon that was located at 111th and Depot in Worth IL. 
The building was demolished in the 1950s with the expansion of 111th Street.

Courtesy of the Worth Park District Museum.

This is our Photo of the Month.
Members are invited to submit photos
of interesting scenes from our area of interest.
Guidelines and Archive

BASIC INFORMATION

        About SSGHS
        Membership
        Towns We Cover
        Calendar of Events - Meetings, Hours
        Join our Email List
        Contact Us
        People Like Us
        Publicity
        Why Join a Genealogical Society?

LIBRARY

        Location and Hours
        Photos of Library
        Research Sources at SSGHS

EDUCATION

        Beginner's Hints
        Internet Links
        Spring Genealogy Classes

FUND RAISING 

        Legacy Fund
        Make a Donation - PayPal
        Recycle Ink Cartridges

RESEARCH 

        Research Policy
        Area Sources
        Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery  
        Park Forest, IL Research Project 
        Pullman Car Co. Employee Records - Free Lookups
        Research Sources at SSGHS

DATABASES

        Able-Bodied Men Military Census 1861 - 1862
        Blue Island Sun-Standard Obits 1919-1969
        Cemetery Master Index by Township  
        Dutch Research   
        German Research
        Irish Research  
        Polish Research  
        Queries - (1999 thru 2003)
        Roseland Research  
        World War II Harvey, Illinois Letters
        WTTC Surname Index 1970-2001 

 STORE     

        Cemetery Photo Service
        Membership Gift Certificate
        Pioneer Certificate
        Publications
        Pullman Patent Documents
        Pullman Stock Certificates

Join our Email List  

If you appreciate the fact that SSGHS exists and our volunteers work to have material such as cemetery records available, you might consider joining our society or making a donation.  A one year membership is $25.00 and includes a monthly newsletter, a quarterly publication, discounts on most of our publications and free access to the library.




What's
at SSGHS
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General Meeting Saturday, February 15 - 10 a.m.
Program - Archeological Dig at the Pullman Arcade building. 
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Spring Genealogy Classes
Using Internet Resources
Thursdays March 4 -25  
7 -9 p.m.
Sign-up Now!!!
Registration Deadline February 18.
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An index to the Blue Island Sun-Standard Obits 1919-1969
is now available on this website.
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Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery
SSGHS has acquired microfilm records from the
Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery.
1911 - 1971
These records are available at our library or 
review our research policy.
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Coming Soon!!!!
SSGHS Card Catalog on-line
We have found a way to post our Library Card Catalog on-line.
Volunteers are working hard to convert the data for this process.
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Why Join a Genealogical Society? 

Order a Membership Gift Certificate
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Recycle Computer Ink Cartridges 
Help SSGHS by recycling your empty ink cartridges. 
Click here for more information.  
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SSGHS now affiliated with
Heritage Books.
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Over 3,000 titles and growing every month!
SSGHS will receive 10% of your purchase.
You need to access their On-line Store through this link
for us to receive credit for your purchase.
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World Vital Records Update
 World Vital Records is now up and running on our library computers.  
If you have a chance, come in and give it a try.  
Directions for connecting to the site are posted by the computers. 
There are free databases and information there.
If you like it, and would like to have it for use at home, you can subscribe (at a discount) and SSGHS will get a 15% rebate.  
A good deal for both you and your society.
Here's the link for SSGHS members subscription information: 

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             Make a donation to SSGHS
                           For those of you that really appreciate SSGHS, we have made it easy to send a donation.
                  Just click for  information. 

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  Copyright 2010, South Suburban Genealogical and Historical SocietyCopyright 2010, South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
 3000 West 170th Place, Hazel Crest, IL.  60429-1174
Telephone: (708) 335-3340
E-mail to: ssghs@usa.net
Robert P. Roach/Webmaster

Last update
27 January 2010

Thanks to Family Tree Magazine for including this web site in their list of 101 Best Web Sites
for Tracing Your Roots.
  Our Pullman Collection was featured on page 17 of the August 2005 edition.
Also, our Society is mentioned in the July 2008 issue, pp.62 and 64.

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