Thank you Alice I will contact St. Luke's. My ancestors Mathias and Maria Niklaus must have died sometime between 1860 and 1870.The two youngest children Charles[Karl] and August according to the census are living with a Rathji family. John and Mary the older children I have not located. I have been unsuccessful in finding a death notice for Mathias and Maria or burial. Sorry I didn't mean to go into such depth. Again, Thanks Florence -----Original Message----- From: Ajramsay@aol.com <Ajramsay@aol.com> To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [ILDUPAGE] Church in the Itasca, IL area >Dear Florence, > >In a message dated 6/7/00 7:00:58 AM Central Daylight Time, >ILDUPAGE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >> Is there a web site that may give the year Churches in the Itasca, IL were >> established. I'm looking for the Church that was in that area for the >> 1860's. Ancestors were Lutherans. >> Thank you >> Florence > >I didn't find any such web site, but I called the Itasca Community Library >(630-773-1699) and the librarian said that the oldest Lutheran church in >Itasca is St. Luke's Lutheran Church (630-773-0396). The other Lutheran >church in Itasca didn't get established until the 1950's or 60's. She wasn't >sure exactly when St. Luke's was established, but it was in the 1800's >sometime. You could call the church if you want more info, or let me know >what questions you want answered and I could call them for you. Good luck. > >Alice Ramsay >Lombard, IL >[ "If you can't stand the heat, put a fan in the kitchen." ] >