Hi Debbie, >> I plan to use the Roman Catholic Churches 1850-1990 resource fiche >> #6111007 >> >> I think this is the resource I used before it is excellant once I >> know where the stockyard area is I can look for the churches in >> about 1910 and I'll have a better idea of the churches in their >> area From "Locations of Chicago Roman Catholic Churches" by Jack Bochar, available from The Czech & Slovak American Society of Illinois (CSAGSI) for a nominal fee [ www.csagsi.org ]: Within about an eight block radius of the original stockyard perimeter in 1910 were/are - St Maurice (German), 36th and Hoyne , founded 1890, records at: 3615 S Hoyne Ave, 60609, 773-847-3357 Our Lady of Good Counsel (English-speaking), 3532 S Hermitage Ave, founded Aug 1901, records at: 3528 S Hermitage Ave, 60609, 773-523-3917 SS Peter and Paul (Polish), 38th and Paulina St, founded 1895, records at: 3745 S Paulina St, 60609, 773-523-3410 Holy Cross (Lithuanian), 46th and Hermitage Ave, founded 1904, merged 1983 with Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicariate (Ashland Ave) and renamed Holy Cross - Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St), records at: 4541 S Wood St, 60609, 773-376-3900 Sacred Heart of Jesus (Polish), Wolcott Ave and 46th St, founded Jul 1, 1910, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St Joseph (Polish), 48th and Hermitage, founded 1887, records at: 4821 S Hermitage, 60609, 773-254-2366 St Michael the Archangel (Slovak), 48th and Damen Ave, founded 1898, records at: 4821 S Damen Ave, 60609, 773-523-1248 SS Cyril and Methodius (Bohemian), 50th and Hermitage, founded 1891, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St Rose of Lima (Irish), 1546 W 48th St, founded 1881, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St Augustine (German), 5037 S Laflin St, founded 1879, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St John of God (Polish), 52nd and Throop St, founded 1906, closed 1992, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St John the Baptist (French), 50th Pl and Peoria St, founded 1892, closed 1989, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St Gabriel (Irish), 45th and Lowe Ave, founded Apr 11, 1880, records at: 4522 S Wallace St, 60609, 773-268-9595 St Cecelia (Irish), 45th and Wells, founded Jul 28, 1885, consolidated 1971 - merged with St Anne (Garfield) to form St Charles Lwanga (Garfield) which closed in 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St George (German), Pershing and Wentworth, founded 1884, consolidated 1969, merged with St Cecelia (45th), records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 Nativity of Our Lord (Irish), 37th and Union, founded 1868, records at: 653 W 37th St, 60609, 773-927-6263 St Monica (African-American), 36th and Dearborn, founded 1889, closed Dec 6, 1924, merged with St Elizabeth (41st St), records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St David (Irish), 32nd and Emerald Ave, founded 1905, closed 1995, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St George (Lithuanian), 33rd and Lituanica Ave, founded 1892, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 St Mary of Perpetual Help (Polish), 32nd between Aberdeen and Morgan St, founded 1886, records at: 1039 W 32nd St, 60609, 773-927-6646 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (German), 31st and Aberdeen, founded May 7, 1883, closed Jun 30, 1990, records at: Archdiocese of Chicago, Archives & Record Center, 711 W Monroe St, Chicago 60661 Many of the records or indexes are available at least to 1915 (some later) on microfilm through the LDS Family History Center. Microfilm numbers for the available references are also listed in the Bochar book. Good luck, Jim Sladek