Look here to see if Your Church is listed.. Lana <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/churches.html">LaSalle County, IL Churches</A> > I am new to the List and looking for help to find St. Josephs Catholic > Church in Mendota or in a town very closeby. > > I am seeking to trace my gggrandmother's Bambeck family. According to > information I've received, two daughters of Veronica Bambeck Rosenberg > Hiermeier (perhaps my ggrandmothers sister) became nuns at Joliet's > convent of St.Francis of the Immaculate Conception. Mary Ann Rosenberger > final vows 3 Sep 1866 and took the name Sister Mary Angela. Her 1/2 sister > Anna Veronica Heirmeier took her final vows 12 July 1874 and took the name > Sister Eusebia. Convent records indicate their home parish was St. > Joseph's/Mendota. I have found the family of Martin Hiermeier in the 1870 > Census/Mendotta. > > I am unable to find a St. Joseph's today in Mendota and wonder if the > church is in a town very close by. > > Thank you. > > Janet Pierson Evertsen > > >

Thank you Lana: I'm afraid the link didn't work, but I did find the list of churches I think you meant. I found out that St. Joseph's has been Holy Cross for a long time. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Hiermeier, 1860's and 1870's in Metamora > Look here to see if Your Church is listed.. Lana <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/churches.html">LaSalle County, IL > Churches</A> > > > I am new to the List and looking for help to find St. Josephs Catholic > > Church in Mendota or in a town very closeby.