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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: Taxing Treasures Online by Doug Storie
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:01:48 -0700

[from RootsWeb Review, 22 Jun 2005]

I recently discovered a previously unthought-of resource for historical
info and the occasional photograph. While it is almost universal that we
do not like the taxman (er taxperson. to be politically correct) we
nonetheless must deal with them.

Imagine my surprise when I found an aunt of mine on the 1930 census in
Chicago. The address meant nothing to me nor was there a description to
the home. A local librarian suggested I search the Cook County,
Illinois Assessors' website: www.cookcountyassessor.com/index.asp

After a few trials and errors there it was in color, the three-story
walkup apartment that used to be home to my aunt, uncle, and cousin. It
was 75 years old and just like I remembered many homes in Chicago to be
-- long, narrow, with minimal yards or grass.

Taking this idea I searched other counties that family and ancestors
had lived in during the past century. Many homes were still standing
according to the info on file. So if you want to know what the house
looked like that Uncle Bob or Grandma Jones lived in, try the county
assessors' office, maybe they have a website with pictures."

[Editor's note: For more suggestions on how to use tax records to find
and/or identify your ancestors, see RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family
Trees: Taxing Tales: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson11.htm


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