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Did immigrant women have special immigrant hospitals to birth their children? In NY or Chicago?

Jill P Smith
Jill P Smith ✭
August 16, 2021 in Search

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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  • Dellory Matthews
    Dellory Matthews ✭✭✭✭
    August 16, 2021

    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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  • Jill P Smith
    Jill P Smith ✭
    August 16, 2021

    Thank you!

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  • Jill P Smith
    Jill P Smith ✭
    August 16, 2021


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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 16, 2021

    @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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  • Jill P Smith
    Jill P Smith ✭
    August 16, 2021

    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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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 16, 2021

    With Latvian roots, the surname might be spelled Kalē or some close variant.

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