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	Books Use our Haines Criss Cross Directories for the near north suburbs of Chicago to discover who was previously living at the address. We have directories from 1979 to present. Find the Haines Directories on top of the microfilm cabinets in the Shackley room. Chicago Near North Suburban Criss-Cross Directory by Haines Directories Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/917.73/HAINES Haines Chicago Near North Suburban Criss-Cross Directory by Haines Directories Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/917.73/HAINES Historic Midwest Houses by John Drury Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/720.977/DRURY,J Houses for a New World : Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs, 1945-1965 by Barbara Miller Lane Adult Nonfiction 728.37/LANE,B Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/728.37/LANE,B Subdivisions of Arlington Heights : 1883-1960 compiled by Shackley Volunteers Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/977.31/SUBDIVISIONS v.1, A-LAUD, 1883-1960 Local History/Genealogy/REFERENCE/977.31/SUBDIVISIONS v.2, LAUR-WIL, 1883-1960 Community Telephone and City Directories: various years Telephone directory. Arlington Heights and Surrounding Communities - Microfiche
	Websites and Databases Cook County Assessor’s Office: Find a Property Search Cook County Clerk’s Office: Search Property Records (by Property Index Number or address) Illinois Digital Archives: Dwellings in Arlington Heights includes photos! Census records can show who was living at an address. To find an address in the census, you’ll need to locate the correct enumeration district (ED). To do that, use Stephen P. Morse’s Unified Census ED Finder at this link. Use library databases such as Ancestry Library Edition, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, or Heritage Quest to look up census records by enumeration district, then read through the census pages for the address. The most recent census available to the public is 1940. Due to a 72 year privacy rule, the 1950 census will be released to the public in 2022. Search newspapers for the house address. Newspaper databases, including digital images of The Daily Herald, can be accessed on our Genealogy and Local History webpage.
	Organizations Arlington Heights Historical Museum Historic Arlington Neighborhood Association Maintaining the Character of Arlington Heights, A Community Preservation Report created by the Village of Arlington Heights and the Art Institute of Chicago's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. Hosted on the Historic Arlington Neighborhood Association’s website.
	Additional Resources City of Chicago: Your House Has a History Kansas Historical Society’s checklist for house histories National Register of Historic Places Magnus Round Barn Muller House Nathaniel Moore Banta House