Karl, there is a Lutheran church in Pecatonica Illinois and also Dahl family surname in this area. It is about 20 miles east of Freeport. Lori At 11:15 AM 7/15/99 -0400, you wrote: > >> Hi, >> My 2nd great aunt, Catharine Hargens Dahl came as a bride to >> Stephenson county in 1865. She died in the early 1870's leaving a >> husband and three small children. They were living near Freeport. Can >> anyone tell me what Lutheran churches were there at that time and how I >> might find where to write for their records? > > Try First Lutheran Church, 303 S. Galena St, FREEPORT IL >61032-5126; phone (815) 232-4911. It is the larger and, I think, older >Lutheran congregation in the city of Freeport. > > Anyone else have suggestions? > Cordially, > > Karl E. Moyer > Lancaster PA > > >==== ILSTEPHE Mailing List ==== >Stephenson County Table of Contents: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstephe/toc.html > >