Deep-dive genealogy and history research, with Chicago connections.

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A Shorter Family Tree, but a Greener One

Using other peoples’ facts to build a deeper genealogy picture of your own family.

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November 4, 2022

17210 Hull Street: Good Water, Cement Sidewalks (2)

1. Department of Corrections This history of my family’s house on Hull Street—a house I saw only once, in a city I visited just a…
July 17, 2022

17210 Hull Street: Introduction

Remembrance is the sweetest flower that in a garden grows. — Anon. If Rose had any say in this, she’d want me to mention the…
May 6, 2022

Finding Harry Weinpahl

How to start with not even a name, and end up at a love story.
March 20, 2022

Minnie’s Lament

A most unimaginable loss.

● Ms. Snoop

There’s no official club for Folks Who Get All Up in Dead People’s Business, but in the barest sense, that’s what I do.