In an effort to keep the on-screen markers as minimal as possible I’ve used the below abbreviations for sourcing.
A/DHD – Arlington-Deming Historical District Report
AtC – Atlas of Chicago
AmC – American Contractor
BBC – Block Book of Chicago
BC – BlockClub – local non-profit online news
CBB – Chicago Blue Book 1890 1891
CBF – Chicago Building Footprints – a city run data portal. Too many clear discrepancies to be really trustworthy.
CDT – Chicago Daily Tribune
CEg – Chicago Eagle
CST – Chicago Sun Times
CHRS – Chicago Historical Resource Survey
CMS – Central Map Survey and Publishing Co
CPL – Chicago Public Library
CCDR – Cook County Death Records, most likely accessed from FamilyResearch.org
CCA – Cook County Assessor
CSM – Chicago Suburb Maps
CoN – Construction News
DT – Chicago Daily Times, accessed through CPL
DzC – Dziennik Chicagoski (Polish language Chicago newspaper)
ED – Evanston Directory
EDCL – Elite Directory and Club List (1888)
FaG – Find a Grave
FC – Forgotten Chicago
GCCA – Greeley-Carlson Company’s Second Atlas of the City of Chicago
GRs- Google Reviews
GSV – Google Street View
HoC (A Andreas, 1886) – History of Chicago; from the earliest period to the present time (Alfred Andreas, 1886)
HotCP – History of the Chicago Police (John J Flinn, 1887)
LAD – Lakeside Annual Directory – (1885 & 1887)
MBD – Marquis & Co Business Directory 1886-87
NWJ – Napa Weekly Journal
PD28 – Polk’s Directory 1928
PD23 – Polk’s Directory 1923
RAC – Robinson’s Atlas of the City of Chicago – fire insurance map
RAtC – Rascher’s Atlas of Chicago
RMCS – Rascher’s Map of Chicago Suburbs – fire insurance map
RDE – Reverse Directory of the Elite of Chicago (1880, 1883)
RM – Rascher’s Map – fire insurance map
RLV – Rascher’s Atlas of Lake View Township – fire insurance map
RNHP – Rascher’s Atlas North End of Hyde Park
RPWRHS – Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society
SbE – Suburbanite Economist
SFH – Single family home
SM – Sandborn Map Co – fire insurance map
SME – Sandborn Map Co – Evanston fire insurance map (1920)
SPM – Sanborn-Perris Map Co – fire insurance map
SMCCNS – Sanborn Map Cook County North Shore
StE – Southtown Economist
TJS – The Journal Standard (Freeport, IL)
UICP – University of Illinois Chicago Chicago building permit collection
WiD – Wilmette Directory
YMCBD – Map of Central Business (published by Charles Yerks)