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Wilmette Historical Museum

609 Ridge Road, Wilmette, IL 60091-2441


Telephone: (847) 853-7666

  FAX: (847) 853-7706

 Home Page   Genealogy Page 

Hours:  Tuesday: 10 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 4 pm
Wednesday: 1 pm - 4 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 12 pm, 1 pm - 4 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm

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The Wilmette Historical Museum offers a number of resources of interest to genealogical researchers including local birth and death records (index available on the website), biographical files, oral histories, business files, and an index of individuals included in the photograph collection. For more information, visit the website listed above.

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These pages are a work in progress. They are not intended to represent the entire holdings of this institution nor is it our intent to individually catalog every item in the collection. Please visit the institution's web pages for more complete information.

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·      biography     ·      directories     ·      newspapers     ·      vitals     ·

  BIOGRAPHICAL OTHER THAN COUNTY HISTORIES

    Illinois, Cook County, Wilmette
  Photographs   card index of identified people in the collection
  Biographical books and files   Wilmette or Gross Point area families

  CITY, COUNTY, AND TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

    Illinois, Cook County, Wilmette
  starting in 1890 Telephone Book   Street & telephone directories

  NEWSPAPERS

    Illinois, Cook County, Wilmette
  1923-present Wilmette Life  

  VITAL RECORDS, SUBSTITUTES AND INDEXES

    Illinois, Cook County, Wilmette
  1893-1926 Birth Records Index   online at genealogy page listed at page top
  1913-1953 Death Index (online)   online at genealogy page listed at page top