On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Jerry Verba wrote: > Hello all, > I just found an obit for one > of my ancestors who moved > from Hancock Co., IL to > MO. His obit says that he > was a member of a German > Lutheran Church in IL. > Anyone know if there's a > German Lutheran Church > in Hancock Co.? Or if there > used to be (he died in 1933)? Tracy, According to Thomas Gregg's "History of Hancock County" (published in 1880) there was a German Lutheran Church in Nauvoo. There isn't much in his book about that church. Here's the full quotation from page 959: "There are four Church organizations in the city--all in possession of handsome and substantial church edifices. Of the most of them we know but little. The Catholic has for its pastor Rev. H. T. Reinhold, who has served for several years. The German Lutheran, with Rev. Hertel for Pastor." Kind regards, Jim - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim McMillan, Neolibrarian/Information Specialist mcmillan@advancenet.net Compiler of the "Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Resources" at: http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~mcmillan/Restlit/rlindx.html