Hi List, A friend has a marriage license from Chicago in 1872 which says they were married in the P. E. Church by a pastor Johan/John H-----ings the wrting is hard to read. I am wondering if this is a Protestant Episcopal church, and if so how many were around? Also where would records for this be. I do not know that the couple lived there any lenght of time as the bride was in Ogle county with her family in 1870 and then back there by 1880. I am not sure why they married there. thanks Laurie

Protestant Episcopal is still the proper name of the Episcopal Church, I do believe. The records would be at the individual parish, if it still exists; might be at the Episcopal church headquarters in Chicago otherwise. Realize that that's anywhere from three to fifteen months (you don't say which month) after the Chicago fire, so not sure at all how many were around then or had a usable building. The Cathedral was definitely around at that time. --pig On 12/7/06 21:18, "bldnj74@earthlink.net" <bldnj74@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi List, > A friend has a marriage license from Chicago in 1872 which says they were > married in the P. E. Church by a pastor Johan/John H-----ings > the wrting is hard to read. > I am wondering if this is a Protestant Episcopal church, and if so how many > were around? Also where would records for this be. > I do not know that the couple lived there any lenght of time as the bride was > in Ogle county with her family in 1870 and then back there by 1880. > I am not sure why they married there. > thanks > Laurie > > ------------------------------- > 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