Judy, Were you able to find out from either archives who the last minister of record was for the church? He or she might have taken the Registers home. That is more likely than a member, I think. If you knew that person's name, you could email the Chicago Association of the UCC to see if the person is still alive. Or start with the Conference email you already have. The UCC on the regional level keeps track of retired ministers, and would have, hopefully, a current address, even if the person (or his or her widow/er) has moved out of the area. It's a very long shot, but it might give you a name to start with. If the minister has died, always a possibility, the office might, if you're lucky, know of a family member. If the minister is young enough that they're still in active ministry and has moved on to another church, they might know where. UCC clergy are a close knit group! Doris ---------- Original Message ---------- From: judy petersen <skigranny@gmail.com> To: cook county mailing list <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Zion Evangelical Church/Kloeckner Memorial UCC Church Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:50:33 -0800 Hi Listers. I am looking for people whose ancestors & relatives were members of this church that dissolved in 1976. The church began as 2nd German Evangelical United Zion Church in 1862, when it split from the First Evangelical Church. In the 1800s it was located at Union & 14th Streets, Chicago. By 1910 it was located at Ashland & Hastings & by the 1940s at 5450 VanBuren (Van Buren & Lotus). In 1966 it merged into Kloeckner Memorial UCC Church, but was dissolved in 1976 due to declining membership. I have several newspaper articles about the church & replies from the Evangelical Church Archives & the UCC Church Archives. The records were not recovered when the church dissolved. Archivists have suggested that perhaps the Registers were simply taken home by church members so they would not be lost or perhaps were taken to the churches they transferred to. Does anyone out there have relatives that attended this particular church? If so, any idea what churches they transferred to in 1976? I'm hoping someone might know where those Registers are or what happened to them. Thanks in advance to anyone who knows where any members went in 1976. Judy Anchorage, AK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ 57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25 Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4e9b6bfc24fab2159ast06vuc