If they were married by a justice of the peace there aren't going to be any religious records on that unless they married again in a Synagogue.  Their son'sB'rit Milah or his Bar Mitzvah (this would have occurred in New York) might show more family information since they are family rites. From the Book;" Chicago, the marvelous city of the West; a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide, 1891, illustrated written and compiled by John J. Flinn." at http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelo00inflin/chicagomarvelo00inflin_djvu.txt Jewish Synagogues. — The Jewish Synagogues of the city are located as follows : Anshe Emes, 341 Sedgwick st, ; Anshe Kanesses Israel, se. cor. Judd and Clinton sts.; Anshe Russia-Pola-Sedek, 519 S. Canal St.; Congre- gation Beth Hamedrash Hach-Odosch, 439 Clark st.; Congregation Beth HAiiEDRASH, 184 Pacific ave.; Congregation B'nai Abraham, se. cor. Wright St. and Newberry ave,; Congregation Emanuel, 280 and 282 N. Franklin St.; Congregation Ohaveh Emunah, 386 Clark st. ; Congregation Ohaveh Sholom, 582 S. Canal st. ; Congregation of the North Side, ne. cor. Rush St. and Walton pi. ; Congregation Moses Montefiore, 180 Augusta st. ; Con- gregation Bethel, N. May St., near W. Huron st.; Kehilath Anshe Maariv (Congregation of the men of the West), Indiana ave. and Twenty-sixth St. ; Kehilath B'nai Sholom (Sons of Peace), 1455 Michigan ave. ; Sinai Congregation, Indiana ave. and Twentj^-first st. ; Zion Congregation se. cor. Washington blvd. and Ogden ave. I highlighted the probable one because of their ethnic background and location. Good Luck. Alice Fluegge ________________________________ From: Deb Wetlaufer <debi07041016@yahoo.com> To: "COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Marriage licenses Here are the specifics on the folks I am looking for.  I appreciate any suggestions on which synagogue they might have attended. Morris FRIEDNER b. Dec 1871 in Russia or Austria -- it looks to be a disputed region held by Russia, Austria, Poland and the Ukraine at various times. Spoke Yiddish. Amelia LUBECK b. Mar 1872 in Germany or Austria. Spoke Yiddish. Morris FRIEDNER married Amelia LUBECK in Cook County, Chicago, IL on 5 May 1892 by a Justice of the Peace. Different documents provide different dates for his arrival between 1884-1887.  He was naturalized in Cook County, IL on 27 August 1892. 1892: Resided at 260 Maxwell Street, Cook County, IL 1893: Eldest child Ruby (or Ralph) was born. 1894: Second child Bella (or Isabel) was born. 1896: Resided in New York City where the third child Ernest was born. from here on out they resided in NY..... ------------------------------- 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