National Archives at Chicago

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:chicago.archives@nara.gov chicago.archives@nara.gov]

Address:


 * Regional Archives
 * 7358 South Pulaski Road
 * Chicago, IL 60629-5898

Telephone: 773-948-9001 Fax: 773-948-9050

Hours and holidays:


 * Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
 * Second Saturday of the month (View the Dates) 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
 * Closed Sundays and Federal holidays

Map, directions, and public transportation:


 * For a map, click here.
 * By car: The facility is about 5 miles south of the Pulaski Road exit on the Stevenson Expressway (I-55), 5 miles west of the 79th Street exit on the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94), and 7 miles north of the Cicero Avenue exit on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).
 * Public transportation: Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus 53A (the South Pulaski Road route) stops at South Pulaski Road and West 75th Street. Passengers can transfer from it to other buses, subways, and commuter trains serving the Chicago area.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Great Lakes Region (Chicago) Internet site list of states and records covered, services, genealogy and historical research, federal and Indian censuses, military, passenger arrivals, naturalization, court records, WWII draft registration, soldier home case files, FAQs, finding aids, and new accessions.
 * Repository catalog online.
 * Repository database.
 * other(s).

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