To all who asked: I have used the Archives of the Archdiocese of Dubuque on many occasions and Rev Loras Otting has been very helpful and diligent in his search. I suggest you write him a letter to: Archives of the Archdiocese of Dubuque PO Box 479 Dubuque, Iowa 52004-0479 583-556-2580 Explain what it is you need giving as many dates as possible, location of your ancestor, ex: in the City, or a small town outside of the City, or the church you think would have the records, the nationality of your ancestors and of course the names you are looking for and what kind of records you are seeking. Be sure to send a self addressed stamped envelope and a contribution is always appreciated. The amount sort of depends on what you are asking. If I only need a marriage date for one couple, I might send a check for $10.00 but if I'm looking for the baptismal records for a whole family then $25.00. You be the judge. On the Dubuque County Gen Web page you will find the dates for many of the churches. There was a German Church in existence from about 1850 to 1860 in the City. Most of those records are kept at St. Mary's (which opened in 1860) and/or St. Raphael's Cathedral and Rev. Otting will research those records for you. If you are unsure of a location but have the name of a priest, he can usually tell where that priest may have performed services in a particular time frame. Many of the priests traveled to the smaller towns or shared duties with more than one church. He even found records for me at St. Raphael's back as far as 1843. I do not suggest writing to the individual churches as they don't have the personnel to do the research and would probably just refer to Rev Otting anyway. That of course is not true of churches outside of Dubuque. We were able to get my Fathers baptismal from Holy Cross by writing to the church there because we knew that's where he was baptized and the exact date. We discovered, however, that he was baptized with a first name that no one in the family ever knew. An interesting surprise!! It's what makes genealogy so fascinating. Good luck to one and all Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Krakow Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:25 PM To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dub'que] Dubuque Catholic Church records: 1850s and 1860s Hi, Some of my Dubuque ancestors were married by priests in Dubuque in the 1850s and 1860s. Does anyone on the list know if the central Catholic church in town still has the records from this period? Are they willing to do lookups? Thanks, Tom in Chapel Hill ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com