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SSGHS Research Series	Description	Members	Non-members
Volume 1: The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago Reprint now available!	Newspaper extractions from The Calumet Weekly Index, 1909, plus histories of funeral homes, cemeteries and Masonic lodges in the Greater Roseland Area. Edited by Jan Helge. 101 pages. Pub. 1990.	$12.00 + $3.50 s/h	$15.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 2: Able-Bodied Men, Military Census 1861-1862	A list of able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18-45 from these Cook County townships: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Cicero, Hyde Park, Jefferson, Lake, Lake View, Lemont, Lyons, Orland, Palos, Proviso, Rich, South Chicago, Thornton, West Chicago, Worth. Edited by Kirk Vandenberg. 100 pages. Published 1990. Click here for a partial list of names.	$8.00 + $3.50 s/h	$10.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 3: An Inventory of Cemeteries in South Cook County, Illinois	Information given on each cemetery in the following townships includes where located and existence of records: Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Lemont, Orland, Palos, Rich, Thornton, and Worth. Edited by Jo Ellen Johnson. 105 pages. Published 1991.	$8.00 + $3.50 s/h	$10.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 4: Greater Roseland Area of Chicago Newspaper Extracts 1882-1894	Social and business news extracted from newspapers published in the Pullman and Roseland areas. Births and obituaries are included as well. Edited by Jan Helge and Paula Malak. 91 pages. Published 1992.	$8.00 + $3.50 s/h	$10.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 5: The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago (Public) Schools	A history of the Roseland Area public schools including lists of graduates, when available, up to 1905. Edited by Jan Helge and Paula Malak. 110 pages. Published 1994.	$8.00 + $3.50 s/h	$10.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 6: Harvey, Illinois Newspaper Extracts	Extracts from the Tribune Citizen, the Headlight and the Herald from 11 April 1891 to 11 January 1902. Contains births, deaths, marriages, obituaries, biographies of political candidates, etc. Extracted by Joan Alguire; edited by Paula Malak, indexed by Jan Helge. 80 pages. Published 1999.	$12.00 + $3.50 s/h	$15.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 7: Extracts from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois	Contains historical extractions regarding the railroads and an alphabetical listing of injuries and deaths for the year ending June 30, 1884. Extracted by Paula Malak. 64 pages. Published 1999.	$12.00 + $3.50 s/h	$15.00 + $3.50 s/h
*Volume 8: South Side Snippets, Lake County (IN) Times* Extracts covering West Pullman, Burnside, Pullman, Roseland, Windsor Park, Dauphin Park and Kensington, IL.**	Covers Oct. 1906 through June 1907 for the geographic area south of Chicago. Short columns cover church events, births, weddings, deaths, employment and business news, entertainment and sporting events, who was visiting whom. Extracted by Suzanne Long, indexed. 143 pages. Published 1999.	$16.00 + $3.50 s/h	$20.00 + $3.50 s/h
Volume 9: An English Translation of Chapters Two and Three from De byggde Järnvägsvagnar- emigranterna från Ryfors hos Pullmans i Chicago' by Allan T. Nilson.	Allan T. Nilson's book about the Swedish emigration to Pullman in the 1880s, written in the Swedish language , is aimed at readers in western Sweden where the majority of the immigrants originated. Chapters two and three were chosen for translation because of their value to the genealogical researcher in the United States. Translated by Raymond E. Johnson, indexed by Jan Helge. 30 pages. Published 2000.	$12.00 + $3.50 s/h	$15.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 10: An Index to 'The First Hundred Years 1835-1935 Historical Review of Blue Island, Illinois,' written and compiled by John H. Volp.	Index of more than 13,000 names encompasses Volp's early history of the region with family histories, histories of churches, business, schools, fraternal orders, social organizations, village affairs and more. Indexed by Kirk Vandenberg. Published 2000.	$16.00 + $3.50 s/h	$20.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 11: Harvey, Illinois During World War II. Honoring the men and women from Harvey, IL. who served in the Armed Forces during World War II.	Extractions from the Harvey Tribune, The Gold Star Honor Roll, Letters to the Behind-The-Lines Committee, photos and newspaper accounts of the war years and an index of the 1026 letters written by Harvey service men and women. The index may be viewed at WWII Harvey Letters Compiled by Robert P. Roach. 81 pages. Published 2001.	$16.00 + $3.50 s/h	$20.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 12: The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago - Svenska Evangelical Lutheran Elims Församlingens (Elim Lutheran Church) 1885 - 1900.	Extractions from the records (ca. 1885-1900) of The Elim Swedish Lutheran Church (113th & Forest Ave., Chicago, IL). The data consists of family listings, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, funerals, receptions and dismissal of members. Extracted by Jan Helge. 77 pages. Published 2004.	$16.00 + $3.50 s/h	$20.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 13: The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago -Van Vlissingen School 1893-1999.	The 106-year history of the Van Vlissingen School as well as names of students from the first graduation class in 1893 to 1972. Some class photographs are also included. The school was located at 137 West 108th Place in the Roseland area of Chicago. Compiled by Robert W. De Young. Edited by Janice Helge. 131 pages. Published 2005	$24.00 + $4.00 s/h	$30.00 + $4.00 s/h
Vol. 14: The Old Blue Island (IL) Cemetery 1867-1935	The Blue Island Cemetery once stood in the area now known as Memorial Park. A plan for a new park included the grounds of the old cemetery so arrangements were made to remove the bodies. There are no known existing records for the cemetery. The history of the cemetery has been compiled from articles found in old newspapers and published histories. The names of those buried here had been forgotten until now. Compiled by Jan Helge and Kirk Vandenberg. 53 pages. Published 2006	$16.00 + $3.50 s/h	$20.00 + $3.50 s/h
Vol. 15: First Lutheran Cemetery - Blue Island, IL.	This active cemetery located in Alsip had its first burial in 1858. Records began in the 1930s. The cemetery has ties to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Blue Island. This cemetery reading was conducted by SSGHS volunteers. Compiled by Kirk Vandenberg. 94 pages plus index. Published 2008	$25.00 + $3.50 s/h No Discount	$25.00 + $3.50 s/h
Other Books Available:
Churches of the Greater Roseland (Chicago) Area	Histories of churches in the Greater Roseland Area. Compiled by Jan Helge and Paula Malak. 94 pages. Published 1988.	$8.00 + $3.50 s/h	$10.00 + $3.50 s/h
Some Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Prior to the Fire, 24 July 1871	Compiled by Joan Alguire. 31 pages. Published 1982	$4.00 + $3.50 s/h	$5.00 + $3.50 s/h

Where the Trails Cross is published four time a year (#1, #2, #3, and #4).
In the lists below the publications are indicated by Volume/Number (22/2).

Where the Trails Cross, the SSGHS Quarterly Price as marked plus $2.00 s/h SSGHS members receive a 20% discount. The following lists various issues by special topic or areas covered in it.
Special Quarterlies
Volume/ Number	Topic	Description	Members	Non-members
22/2	Rich Township Cemeteries	Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran, St. Anne, and St. Paul E&R. [$4.00]
23/1	Obituaries of the Blue Island Sun Standard	7 Feb 1919-31 Dec 1934, index. [$4.00]
23/4	Will County, Illinois	Clippings from The Frankfort Phoenix-Advertiser. Beecher Herald Cemetery Index. Index to Fedde Funeral Home records. Rose Hill Cemetery reading. 135 pages. [$4.00]
25/1	A Listing of Books in our Library for Cook and Will Counties, IL	[$4.00]
25/2	Subject Index for Where the Trails Cross	Volumes 1-24 [$4.00]
25/3	Surname Index and Membership Listing	1994-1995 [$4.00]
25/4	25 Year Table of Contents for Where the Trails Cross	Volumes 1-25 [$4.00]
26/1	Bachelor's Grove Cemetery	Bremen Township, Cook County [$6.00]
26/4	Blue Island Sun-Standard	Index to obituaries from The Blue Island Sun-Standard 4 January 1935 to 30 July 1942. 144 pages. [$4.00]
27/1	Addendum to Bachelor's Grove Cemetery & genealogical index to the book Poles of Chicago 1837-1937	Bremen Township, Cook County & (Poles of Chicago) Chicago area [$4.00]
28/2	Includes Index to Burial-Transit Permits & Other Miscellaneous Documents circa 1931-1941	Calumet City (Thornton Twp. Cook Co), IL [$4.00]
29/4	Roseland (Chicago) Illinois - Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Roseland, 1849-1999	A collection of memories. Edited by Janice Helge. 42 pages. Special limited reprint now available. [$6.00]
30/4	30 Year "Where the Trails Cross" Table of Contents	Subject listing of Volumes 1-30 [$4.00]
31/3	Index to Obituaries from the Suburban Star	Ridge Community Newspaper published in Blue Island, Worth Twp., Cook Co. January 1, 1932 - June 9, 1938 [$4.00]
32/1&2	Surname Index and Membership List of Published Family Histories Available at SSGHS	List of SSGHS members and the Surnames they are researching. Index to published family histories located in the SSGHS Library. 67 pages. [$4.00]
32/3&4	Dutch in Album of Genealogy and Biography Cook County, Illinois (1896)	Biographies and index to the names found in Album of Genealogy and Biography Cook County, Illinois (1896). 118 pages. [$4.00]
34/1	Gleanings from Harvey Newspapers to 1918	Clippings from Harvey Newspapers, Thornton Rough Riders, Harvey's Death List for 1906, and Military enlistments 1917. 53 pages [$4.00]
34/3	Will County	History of North Providence Ridge Cemetery, Landsmann Articles, and Will County Holdings at SSGHS Library. [$4.00]
34/4	Thornton Township High School - Class of 1924	Information about class members from the reunion scrapbook. 37 pages [$4.00]
35/4	Dutch Surnames in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois	Forest Home Cemetery Reading by Ken Carlborg and David Hoogakker plus An Orphaned Letter by Carole Magnuson and Tinley Park Chicken Farms by Brad Bettenhausen. 167 pages. [$7.00]
36/1	1880 U.S. Census Index New Lenox and Peotone Townships	38 pages - Indexed. [$4.00]
36/4	A Tribute to Roseland from Fenger '65	This not to be missed issue of Where The Trails Cross is a quarterly publication of SSGHS. More than 30 graduates from Fenger classes of January and June 1965 have contributed to this very special issue on the Greater Roseland Area. Compiled by Janice Helge. 46 pages. [$4.00]

Where The Trails Cross Quarterly (Volume/Number) Price per issue: Vol.1 through 12 (1970-1982) is $3; Price per issue, Vol. 13 (1983) to present is $4. SSGHS members receive a 20% discount. The following lists issues that relate to specific townships.
Cook County Issues		Will County Issues
Township	Volume/Number	Township	Volume/Number
Bloom	11/1 11/4 16/2 21/1 27/4 34/2	Crete	1/3 6/2 15/3 20/3 27/2
Bremen	7/1 16/4 35/3	Frankfort	6/4 12/1 16/3 22/3 29/2 31/1
		Frankfort, Green Garden	17/1
Calumet	30/3	Green Garden	7/2 12/3 22/1 29/1 35/1
Calumet, Hyde Park	8/1 13/2 24/1	Homer	7/4 13/1 17/4 30/2
		Manhattan	24/2
Cook Co. Misc.	23/2 28/2	Momence, Sherbourne	5/4
Lemont	7/3 12/4 17/3 22/4	Monee	14/1 18/4 24/4 28/1 31/4
Lemont (+Wilton Twp)	29/3	Monee, Carey	4/1
Orland	14/2 19/1 30/1	New Lenox	4/3 9/2 14/3 19/2 26/2
Palos	9/3 14/4 20/4 27/3	Peotone	15/1 20/1 26/3
Rich	10/2 21/3 28/4	Washington	21/2
Thornton	4/2 13/4 18/3 24/3 31/2	Will	21/4
Worth	4/4 11/2 15/2 20/2 35/2	Washington, Will	28/3
		Will Co. Miscellaneous	23/4
		Wilton	5/1 18/2
		Wilton (& Lemont -Cook Co)	29/3

Please note that issues not listed above or in red print are out of print, but a copy
is in the collection at the SSGHS library.

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