Did immigrant women have special immigrant hospitals to birth their children? In NY or Chicago?
Did immigrant women have special immigrant hospitals to birth their children? I am having hard time finding records of my Grandfather birth in Chicago in 1871. Parents were reported to be from Riga Lativia.
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He may have been born at home.
This Wiki article may be helpful: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Chicago_Birth_Certificates
Also, this group in the FamilySearch Community may be of interest to you. Scroll down and look for the blue Join button on the right side.
https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/120-mid-west-genealogy-research-group
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Thank you!
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@Jill P Smith if you want to share names and details, we may be able to help. While he may have been born at home, there may still be a birth registration or a baptismal record.
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His name was Edgar W Smith (Calais), born in Chicago on 8/7/1884. I found one record on FamilySearch.com, but my dad said that his Grandparents were from Riga Lativa.
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With Latvian roots, the surname might be spelled Kalē or some close variant.
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