Genealogy: History of Chicagoland in Maps

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Genealogy

Age Group:

Adult
Registration for this event will be open from August 10, 2024 @ 9:00am to September 23, 2024 @ 7:00pm.

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Join the Smith Family Archive for a history of Chicagoland in maps. The Smith Family Archive houses hundreds of thousands of handcrafted historical maps and plats of the Chicago metropolitan area and beyond, dating back to the early 1800s. Travel through time to learn how and why land was originally divided and sold and discover some of their most interesting projects, including boundary disputes from their historical archive.