This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wg.2ADE/1487 Message Board Post: HI, Just received a marriage application that states the groom was born 1898 in Bracerville, IL.. I have already written to the county and they have no record of the birth in Bracerville . My next step is to try and find any churches that might have serviced the area during the time period that might have held the baptizm. Does any one have access to a 1898 city directory that lists the Churches? and can someone please look up the name Ignatius/ Ignatz etc MACHO / MACK and John Mack in the directory also... I really need some help with this line... any suggestions?.....Michele