Chicago's & Cook County Cemeteries List

Chicago's & Cook county Cemeteries List is compiled by Yigal Rechtman 1995 , New York, N.Y. (c) from "Chicago and Cook County Sources", Appendix K.

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6 Files are available:

  1. CHICAGO.WRI - Write for Windows explanation
  2. CHICAGO.TXT - Same as CHICAGO.WRI, But in ASCII only
  3. CHICAGO.TXT - Printout in order of cemeteries' NAME.
  4. CHIC_ZIP.TXT - Printout in ZIP code order.
  5. CHIC_TWN.TXT - Printout in TOWNSHIP name order.
  6. CHICAGO.DBF - Raw data in .DBF file format (can be read in Excel and Access, too)

General:
The Index, composed of both a .DBF file and an ASCII printout is ordered by cemetery name and area designation (N,E,W,S). The index includes the following columns (fields): Cemetery NAME

PHONE Number

ADDRESS

City or TOWN,

ZIP code

TOWNSHIP that the cemetery serves.

Comments:

There are some cemeteries that are in Indiana State and that fact is captured in the designated TOWN column. Some cemeteries are known by more than one name. This is captured by "SEE ..." in the ADDRESS column.