History & Genealogy of
Proviso Township
Presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails
Visit the excellent website of the Franzosenbusch Heritage Society
Villages within Proviso Township:
Read the Histories of each Village (new info is still being added) at the Franzosenbusch Heritage Society website.
Quick History of Hillside (Proviso) - as presented by the Village of Hillside
Maywood - a village of Cook County, and suburb of Chicago, 10 miles west of that city, on the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago Great Western Railways' has churches, two weekly newspapers, public schools and some manufactures. 1900 Population: 4,532 Source" "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois", 1901
Census: 1860
1880 Mortality Index
Offsite links:
Early Residents and Settlers of Proviso Township - as presented by the Franzosenbusch Heritage Society website.
1863 Plat Map of Proviso Township Land Owners - as presented by the Franzosenbusch Heritage Society website.
Churches of Hillside - Names, Addresses, Phone #'s - Presented by Village of Hillside's government website
History of the River Forest United Methodist Church (combined congregations of River Forest, Austin, Maywood, Forest Park and Melrose Park) Visit the church's main website
Important Addresses .....
Forest Park Public Library
7555 Jackson Boulevard
Forest Park, IL 60130-1895
708-366-7171
Hillside Public Library
405 North Hillside Avenue
Hillside, IL 60169
708-449-7510
Website: http://www.hillsidelibrary.org/
Melrose Park Public Library
801 Broadway
Melrose Park, IL 60160
Phone: (708) 343-3391
Website: http://www.melroseparklibrary.org/
Oak Brook Public Library
600 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
630-990-2222
Website: http://www.oak-brook.lib.il.us/
Historical Society of Forest Park
7555 Jackson Blvd.
Forest Park, IL 60130
(708) 771-2751
Richard Vitton, President, Ricks_Place@prodigy.net
Website:
Suburban Life Citizen Newspaper
709 Enterprise Drive
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Published each week on Wednesday and Saturday