Anne Thank you for the information. I will contact St. Luke's. I have been in contact with Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, they have no record of my ancestors, Mathais and Maria Niklaus. Regards Florence -----Original Message----- From: Familytreehist@aol.com <Familytreehist@aol.com> To: ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com <ILDUPAGE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:07 AM Subject: [ILDUPAGE] Itasca Church >Florence, > >You asked about Lutheran churches in the Itasca area in the 1860s. My >g-g-grandparents and g-grandparents belonged to the Zion Evangelical Lutheran >Church on Church Road in Bensenville, IL. That church was founded in 1838 >and is the second oldest Lutheran Church in Illinois. In the mid-1850s, >Zion's members began to feel that the parish was too large. The congregation >was divided into eight congregations, one of which is St. Luke's in Itasca. >That may be the one you are looking for. There is also a cemetery associated >with each church. I have ancestors buried in both. > >The information for each church is follows: > >Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church >865 S. Church Road >Bensenville, IL 60106 >630-766-1039 > >St. Luke's >410 S. Rush >Itasca, IL 60143 >630-773-0396 > >Good luck, >Anne > > <A HREF="http://www.genexchange.org/il/will/index.cfm">Will ILGenExchange</A> > >County Coordinator > >Researching: AHLENSTORF, ASCHE, BEAL, LOMASNEY, JARZEMBOWSKI, NALEPINSKI, >PARCHMANN, more >