On an LDS record, I discovered that one of my McGOLDRICK rellies married a woman named Bridget McKERNAN around 1880 and moved to Illinois. According to the record Charles McGOLDRICK is buried in a Catholic church yard near Edwardsville, Illinois. So I began searching early Illinois records. I have not found him yet, but I did learn a few lessons along the way. The St. Louis County library has microfilmed church registers for the Belleville diocese. A parish listing is here: http://www.diobelle.org/parishes/bycity.html So, you could use the web site to determine how old the parish is and narrow down the search, then look at the parish records for the right years. If anyone is researching Illinois - East St. Louis, etc., give this web site a try. For out of towners, you could use the map and narrow down the parish by the date it was created and order LDS films for it. Diane Shaw Antonia, MO