References during the talk: Searching for Gold in Online (and Offline) Archives
Ancestory.com: available to access at the Highland Park Library
Digital Public Library of America: https://dp.la/
Find A Grave: www.findagrave.com
Free Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- https://www.free-ocr.com/fr.html
- https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/finereader/
- Adobe has multiple, highly accurate built-in products.
Highland Park Historical Society
- com/podcasts/ – access to podcasts of programs
- org – access to local archives (works best with Chrome web browser)
Highland Park Public Library, Archives and Local History – www.hplibrary.org/archivesandlocalhistory
- Archives and Local History Collections catalog
- Illinois Digital Archives
- Index to Local History Files
- Highland Park Newspaper Index
- Highland Park Obituary Index
- Highland Park Local Newspapers Digital copies of local newspapers from 1874 – 1951
- Historical Photos on Flickr Early photos of Highland Park from the Library’s Historical Files
- Jesse Lowe Smith Diaries (1888 – 1934)
- Jesse Lowe Smith Photo Collection
- Telephone Directories (1908 – 1913)
- Civil War Veterans
- “Highland Park Number” Real Estate and Building Journal, January 2, 1909 (incomplete)
- Historical Sketch of Highland Park From the Highland Park Code of 1919
- Notes on History of Highland Park, Illinois Published by the North Shore Chapter of the D.A.R. 1920
- Deerfield-Shields and Highland Park High School Annuals 1912-1935 Funded by the Friends of the Library
- How to Research Your Highland Park House
Illinois Digital Archives – http://idaillinois.org/
- High school yearbooks
Library of Congress subject headings – http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html
National Archives – www.archives.gov