Thank you. Another question. Do you know which church in Alton is closest to 224West Delmar in Godfrey? ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbi Geer Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] CATHOLIC CEMETERIES Vicki Cemeteries - Alton - St Joseph's Cemetery (records at St Mary's Catholic Church on Henry Street in Alton) Godfrey - St Patrick's Cemetery (records at St Mary's Catholic Church on Henry Street in Alton - about 10 years ago St Patrick's Catholic Church was closed and combined with St Mary's, all records going over to St Mary's) Collinsville - Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery (records at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Vandalia Street in Collinsville) Other Catholic churches - Alton - St Matthew's (on Milton Road) Alton - Sts Peter and Paul (on State Street) (still referred to as "Old Cathedral" as it was the see of the Alton Diocese which was the predessor of the now Springfield Diocese) Godfrey - St Ambrose (on Homer Adams Parkway or IL 3) Debbi Geer Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Difference between ILMADISO-L and ILMADISO-D: ILMADISO-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to ILMADISO as a separate email. ILMADISO-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message.

Vicki Depends on the time period for 224 West Delmar. I would say in the old days the address was within the Sts Peter and Paul parish area. It probably still is today, but St Ambrose is only a couple of blocks over and when St Ambrose parish was created. I would say that prior to St Ambrose's existence that those in Godfrey were members of Sts Peter and Paul. With the creation the parish area was changed but where the line was drawn I don't know. Just because you're closer to one church than another doesn't mean that your residence is within the parish of the closer one. Also there's also reason to believe that some older members may have refused to go to the church when the parish area was changed. Where I go to now there are even younger families staying with our parish and driving through several other parishes to go to our church and associate within the various groups of our parish. In conclusion I would start with Sts Peter and Paul and if records can't be found there then go to St Mary's. If records aren't in either then there's a possibility that they didn't go to church and wasn't buried in a Catholic cemetery especially in the old days when you had to be Catholic in order to be buried in a Catholic cemetery which was considered sacred grounds. Of course, now a days things have changed. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com