Hi Kathy, thanks for the plat book tip. I will see if I can locate one for the time period. They settled as Ferdinand and Anna Morse in Henderson County IL. Other than the Castlegarden record indicating their arrival in New York on 02 Dec 1881, the earliest record I have found is the 1900 census record for Gladstone Villiage. They lived in Henderson County their entire lives. Anna died in 1929 and I suspect Ferdinand died in 1930. I have ordered copies of their death certificates as one of the listers has suggested. Regards, JB ----- Original Message ----- > > 5. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > (Kathy Hines) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:10:52 -0500 > From: "Kathy Hines" <[email protected]> > > What you need to help you find the closest church of that timeframe is an > old plat map for the county. Or, preferrably, a detailed plat map for the > township that your family lived in. Locate their farm or town that they > lived in and then look for little crosses on the plat map that indicate > churches. > > Where did your Ferdinand and Anna Moers settle?