roots4all
Wilmette, Illinois Family History Center Specialist
23
Reviews
roots4all
Wilmette, Illinois Family History Center Specialist
23
Reviews
roots4all
Wilmette, Illinois Family History Center Specialist
23
Reviews
Amanda Jensen
Chicago, IL
$30.00 /hour
Response Rate |
100% |
Response Time |
1 days |
Featured Offering
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Chicago Vital Records
Willing to look up any Chicago or Cook County birth, marriage, or death that is available at the Wilmette Family Hist...
$8.00
Document Retrieval Offering Details
Chicago Vital Records
$8.00/record
Description
Willing to look up any Chicago or Cook County birth, marriage, or death that is available at the Wilmette Family History Center (more than 10K microfilms). This includes births 1871-1922, marriages 1871-1920, deaths, 1878-1947, all on microfilm, and any other records that have been digitized and made available through the FamilySearch website that need family history center access to view.
You can check on the availability by searching FamilySearch and finding the index information of interest.
Please note: I prefer index information (or at least a name, as specific a date as possible, and what sort of record) in order to retrieve a record.
For births and deaths, I need the name, birth (or death) date, film number, and certificate number and/or image number/reference number. Screenshots of indexes, or copying/pasting index information is useful.
For marriages, I need the film number and the license number and/or image number. Again, screenshots of indexes, or copying/pasting index information is useful.
I generally retrieve records on Tuesdays.
Ordering Instructions
Please send me index information from FamilySearch (best), the Illinois Statewide Death Index, or Ancestry.
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About Me
Bachelors Degree in Family History-Genealogy emphasizing American (Mid-Atlantic states) while working for WorldVitalRecords.com. Masters in Digital Humanities from Loyola University Chicago
My first job was a summer internship for a professional genealogist in 1998 and I have researched personally and/or professionally since then.
Interned with the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and have experience with records from Chicago and Cook County, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Hungary/Slovakia, Canada, and California.
Education/Training
Bachelors Degree in Family History-Genealogy
Masters Degree in Digital Humanities
Mid-Atlantic emphasis with academic experience in Eastern European, Canadian, and British research.
Former Genealogical Consultant, WorldVitalRecords.com
Former Cemetery Chair, Chicago Genealogical Society
Current member, Painted Hills Genealogical Society
Over 20 years researching in genealogical field
Research Services
I have easy access to Chicago vital records and other films located at the Wilmette Family History Center. Also can retrieve records from IRAD at Northeastern Illinois University, the Newberry Library, and many locations in northern Chicago. My research is thorough and detailed. I also like teaching others how to start and continue their family history research in one-on-one tutoring. Saturday is my record retrieval day at the Wilmette FHC.
Research Specialities
- Emigration/Immigration
- LDS
- Migration
- Military
- Naturalization
- Paleographic
- Vital Records
- Federal Records
- Cartographic
- Civil War
Research Localities
- Chicago, IL
- Cook, IL, USA
- Illinois, USA
Research Repositories
- Wilmette Illinois Family History Center
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at NEIU
- Newberry Library
| Birth/marriage/death records | |
| Brick wall analysis/research planning | |
| Cemetery photos | |
| Descendancy research | |
| Divorce records | |
| Genetic genealogy | |
| Land/tax records | |
| Lineage determination | |
| Lineage society applications | |
| Manuscript preparation | |
| Naturalization records | |
| Obituary research | |
| Pension/military service records | |
| Photo restoration | |
| Probate/court records | |
| Surname studies | |
| Translation/transcription |
How to Hire roots4all for Your Genealogy Research Project
To request a no-obligation quote for a custom genealogical research project, click the red "Submit Research Request" button to the left.
To message the provider before ordering, click the brown "Ask a Question First" button.
If you're looking for assistance with straightforward document retrieval tasks, consider ordering one of the fixed-fee offerings below.
Fixed-Fee Document Retrieval Offerings
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Chicago Vital Records
Willing to look up any Chicago or Cook County birth, marriage, or death that is available at the Wilmette Family History Center...
$8.00
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Custom Research at Wilmette Family History Center
Able to retrieve any record available on-site via film or fiche at the Wilmette Family History Center.
$8.00
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Custom Research Request, Northern Chicago and N...
Limited Records Retrieval at location other than Wilmette FHC
$28.00
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Custom Record Retrieval from Newberry Library
Willing to look up and take digital pictures of any available document at the Newberry Library. You review their catalog and gi...
$15.00
Document Retrieval Offering Details
Chicago Vital Records
$8.00/record
Description
Willing to look up any Chicago or Cook County birth, marriage, or death that is available at the Wilmette Family History Center (more than 10K microfilms). This includes births 1871-1922, marriages 1871-1920, deaths, 1878-1947, all on microfilm, and any other records that have been digitized and made available through the FamilySearch website that need family history center access to view.
You can check on the availability by searching FamilySearch and finding the index information of interest.
Please note: I prefer index information (or at least a name, as specific a date as possible, and what sort of record) in order to retrieve a record.
For births and deaths, I need the name, birth (or death) date, film number, and certificate number and/or image number/reference number. Screenshots of indexes, or copying/pasting index information is useful.
For marriages, I need the film number and the license number and/or image number. Again, screenshots of indexes, or copying/pasting index information is useful.
I generally retrieve records on Tuesdays.
Ordering Instructions
Please send me index information from FamilySearch (best), the Illinois Statewide Death Index, or Ancestry.
Document Retrieval Offering Details
Custom Research at Wilmette Family History Center
$8.00/record
Description
Able to retrieve any record available on-site via film or fiche at the Wilmette Family History Center.
Ordering Instructions
Please check FamilySearch>Search>Catalog, and then use the drop-down menu for "Search these Family History Centers" to choose Wilmette, Illinois Family History Center. If the film is at the center, please be specific about what record/information that you want from the film and I will make digital scans of the record for you within the limits of fair use copyright (less than 10% of the item.) Scanning an entire book is prohibited. Each record scanned per film will be charged on a per-record basis.
Document Retrieval Offering Details
Custom Research Request, Northern Chicago and Northern Suburbs
$28.00/record
Description
Limited Records Retrieval at location other than Wilmette FHC
Ordering Instructions
This is a great offering for anyone who wants or needs a record from Chicago that they are pretty sure is here, but can't physically get here soon. Will need detailed information to get to the right location and make copies or scans of records in question. Willing to go to repositories in northern Chicago or suburbs to retrieve documents. Please see Policies for travel expense information. Fee is hourly fee.
Document Retrieval Offering Details
Custom Record Retrieval from Newberry Library
$15.00/record
Description
Willing to look up and take digital pictures of any available document at the Newberry Library. You review their catalog and give me a specific or multiple specific requests and I can be onsite for digital picture retrieval.
Travel expenses will be charged ($15.00 round trip for mileage. Will keep number of trips to a minimum, usually one.) $30/hour for custom research (multiple items or a larger collection of materials). If a single record look-up (one page or one item), $15/record.
Ordering Instructions
I require the catalog information- the more detailed, the better. Especially when dealing with a collection that could be multiple boxes or year's worth of records long, I need at least a range or whichever item(s) that you want reviewed. If the record collection does not contain your specific answer, I will still take pictures of the documents available for proof of nil result. Charges apply for nil searches.
Fee for Custom Research does not include travel miles (.50/mile), or any other transportation costs to get to the location. I am centrally located east of O'Hare and have personal transport to make it easier to get to the right record.
Travel fees apply to Custom Research only. Record retrieval is fixed price and includes travel fees. Any copy costs, parking structure costs, or similar will be passed along to the client.
7 Reviews
16 Legacy Reviews
100% positive
genferret
roots4all has obtained two Chicago records for me. Both requests were completed quickly and accurately.
charlenekobessimpson
VERY.FAST. WORK.
Thanks so very much.
genlighten-support
I asked Amanda to go to the Newberry Library to view original church records that are only available there. She worked with the archivist to arrange the visit, did a thorough search of the registers, and provided quality digital images of potentially relevant pages. I would feel very comfortable calling on her again to take on a similar project.
charlenekobessimpson
Thank you for getting the marriage record to me.
slwade
Great to work with and I highly recommend!!!
JoDy
Thank you so much! This request was completed quickly, efficiently, and I will not hesitate to make further requests.
martycederholmes
Extremely pleased! The response was lightning quick and accurate.
clpflueger
Thank You her birthday is tomorrow and she is thankful for what you could provide. I have some other projects from the same family I may need your help on in the future I just need to see how much information I can acquire first. It was exactly what we were looking for. Thank You for helping us.
wkevinklineii
Exhausted all possibilities to get to the final result. Great work.
jrader369
Thanks for sending both the pdfs and jpgs. The pdfs are a little easier to read but it's great to have both. Sophie Suehrstedt was my great-grandmother; according to family stories she died (at 25) from a mastoid infection--this turns out to have been essentially correct.
Very knowledgeable at interacting with all of the family history sites. Very good at logging in sources for individuals. Very easy-going with clients. She is very good, flexible with her time; knows how to gather all of the sources available on the Internet.
Elbert M.
Friend
roots4all has obtained two Chicago records for me. Both requests were completed quickly and accurately.