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

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Jewel-Osco Shop & Share Days
Yes, it's that time again.
Please print the coupon and use it on Aug. 25, 26, or 27.
SSGHS receives a percentage of the purchase price.
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SSGHS now affiliated with Heritage Books.
Explore Your Roots with Heritage Books
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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SSGHS HAS Wi-Fi
We now have Wi-Fi capability at the Library.
You may connect your laptop computer to the Internet from anywhere in the Library.
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General Meeting
No Membership meetings in July and August.  
Have a nice summer!!!  See you in September.
The library remains open.
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Legacy Fund
Please consider donating to our new Legacy Fund.  The Fund was established to provide
a perpetual source of monies for the continuation of SSGHS.
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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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Recycle Computer Ink Cartridges and Cell Phones
We are now able to recycle cell phones.
Help SSGHS by recycling your empty ink cartridges and cell phones.
Click here for more information.  
We hope that you will do what you can to participate in this effort.
Members and non-members alike, here is your opportunity to help carry the load. 
This has turned out to be a very effective fund raiser.  Please help.
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Towns and Townships covered by SSGHS

Southern Cook County:

Bloom Twp.	East Chicago Heights	Markham	Park Forest
Blue Island	Evergreen Park	Merrionette Park	Posen
Bremen Twp.	Flossmoor	Midlothian	Rich Twp.
Burnham	Ford Heights	Oak Forest	Richton Park
Calumet Twp.	Glenwood	Oak Lawn	Riverdale
Calumet City	Harvey	Olympia Fields	Robbins
Calumet Park	Hazel Crest	Orland Twp.	Sauk Village
Chicago	Hickory Hills	Orland Hills	South Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights	Hometown	Orland Park	South Holland
Chicago Ridge	Homewood	Palos Twp.	Thornton Twp.
Country Club Hills	Lansing	Palos Heights	Tinley Park
Crestwood	Lemont	Palos Hills	Westhaven
Dixmoor	Lemont Twp.	Palos Park	Worth
Dolton	Lynwood	.	Worth Twp.

Eastern Will County:

Beecher	Green Garden	Monee Twp.	Steger
Crete	Green Garden Twp.	New Lenox	University Park
Crete Twp.	Homer Twp.	New Lenox Twp.	Washington Twp.
Frankfort	Manhattan	Park Forest	Wilton Center
Frankfort Twp.	Manhattan Twp.	Park Forest South	Wilton Twp.
Goodenow	Mokena	Peotone
Goodings Grove	Monee	Peotone Twp.

Cemetery Census

Cook County:

Batchelor's Grove	Hazelgreen	Orland Memorial Park	St. Paul-Seiden Prairie
Bell / Kelsy Family	Immanuel Evangelical	Palos Oak Hill	Thornton Township
Berger	Lemont Methodist	Sacred Heart	Tinley Memorial
Bloom Presbyterian	Mount Forest	Sauerbier Family	Tinley Park Mental Health    Hospital
Bloomvale	Mount Holland	Smith Burying Ground	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Christ Lutheran	Munch Family	St. Anne	Vogt
Doepp Estate	Oak Glen Lutheran	St. Benedict	Vogt End
Ebenezer Lutheran	Oak Ridge-Lansing	St. James	Wagner Family
Elliott	Oakland Memory Lane	St. James of the Sag	Washington Memory Gardens
First Reformed Lansing	Old Blue Island	St. John's-Coopers Grove	Worth Township
Fremont Holbrook / Oak Ridge	Old German Methodist	St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran	Zion Lutheran
Funk's		St. Paul's E & R

       Will County:

Adams	Kile / Seehausen / Hub	St. John's United Church of   Christ	Trinity (Beebe Grove)
Barnet / Barnett	Klingler	St. Joseph's	Trinity (Black Walnut)
Beecher Mausoleum	Manhattan Center	St. Luke's United Church of   Christ	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Brooks	Maple Wood	St. Mary's	Twining
Crete	Marshall	St. Michael Catholic	Union Burial Society Cemetery
Frankfort Township Cemetery	Peotone	St. Patrick's	West Peotone Presbyterian
Green Garden Methodist	Pioneer Memorial	St. Paul Lutheran	Will Presbyterian
Hadley	Pleasant Hill	St. Paul's United Church of    Christ	Wilton Center
Hewesburg	Rose Hill	St. Peter's German Evangelical	Zion Lutheran
Huyck's Grove	St. John Evangelical Lutheran	Starr Grove
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran	St. John-Eagle Lake	Stellwagen

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