I'm new to the list and trying to find where in Madison county my great-grandmother (Catherine Steffen) and great-grandfather (Vitus Schaefer or Schafer) came from. They were there only briefly between 1845 and 1850. They were married in 1849 and had a son Joseph Schafer on April 6, 1850. They moved shortly after his birth to Nauvoo. Does anyone have any Steffen or Schaefer relatives they are researching in Madison county? Also, does anyone know the name of a catholic church that would have been there around the mid-1850's that is still there today, particularly one in a town near the border with St. Louis Missouri ? Thanks for any clues. Cheryle Rappé