Re: Verifying a Name Change
Should we infer that this is for some sort of immigration issue in the nation where your grandmother was born, and thus that she was not born in Illinois?
Does your grandmother know which county she was in when she petitioned for her name change? If so, have you checked with that county's courts to see if they have archived the records from that era? Sometimes old court records are not available.
Re: Verifying a Name Change
She petitioned a court in Chicago, Illinois in 1948 to change her last name, in order to make it sound more American. She immigrated about 10 years before the petition, as a child. I do have a copy of her naturalization certificate. I need to prove to the country where she was born that she is the same person that left that country. While I have her naturalization certificate for the USA, she changed her last name before marriage. Thus, I need to prove that she under her new name is the same person as her old last name. Her marriage certificate lists her maiden name as the one after the change. I tried to find who to contact in Illinois, however use to my lack of familiarity with the subject, I was not successful. Is there either a federal agency that would have such records, or a local court in Illinois that responds to such in questions? I don't know where in Illinois she petitioned.
Re: Verifying a Name Change
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She petitioned a court in Chicago, Illinois in 1948 to change her last name...
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Archives
"Established in 1992, the Archives of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County collects, preserves, and makes available to researchers the non-current records created by the Cook County Court systems. Holdings date from the 1871 Chicago Fire." The name changes are under LAW AND CHANCERY CASES*.
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