Hello All!

[davidchesney]

I'm a new member here and have been reading the posts in the forums. I am a local historian of Kendall County and have been researching via local cemeteries dating back to 1829 (i.e. Elmwood, Aux Sable, Griswold, Graceland and Rosehill) putting together a book documenting the founding of Yorkville and Bristol townships. I am also looking into any connections with Cook County and Chicago during the 19th century. I'm not a believer in paranormal activity so this is not my interst in BG. But I'm trying to put together a glimpse into the infrastructure and way of life back at the time that BG was established and the area surrounding Chicago was gathering homesteaders. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

-David

[bachelorsgrove_com]

Sounds like you'll be a very busy researcher David

One tip I can give you is to read the publication Where The Trails Cross from the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society.

The main page to their site is:

http://www.ssghs.org

Here is a page to the Where The Trails Cross publication:

http://www.ssghs.org/sslib_resources.ht ... ls%20Cross

You can also find a few issues available for download in the Archives over at http://www.bachelorsgrove.com if your focus is more about Bachelors Grove. Just use the search engine on the site or use the Advance Search at Google.com for a text version of the PDFs (The current versions at bachelorsgrove.com are photographic scans but Google offers search-able tricks for you).