Hello everyone. Good news if you haven't already heard this. The Lake County Illinois Genealogical Society, P.O.Box 721, Libertyville, IL 60048-0721 has published the Death and Burial Records 1903-1991 for Mother of God Church in Waukegan. It overflows with our family names. On some people is listed parents, or spouse, cemetery, birth dates, last address. A very good source for all Slovenes looking for family. The church was organized to serve the Slovenes and Croatians so our families would have a native language speaking church to serve their needs. Prior to that my family had to go to the Italian church which was nearby. Waukegan was the home for many immigrant Slovenes if only for a short while because of the wiremill owned by U.S.Steel Corp. The company seems to have gone to Slovenia to find workers and help them to come to America and work in this factory. Also there was a lot of activity at the Great Lakes Naval Station and many Slovenes found work there. I believe I heard there was also a tannery in the area. On the Ships List page I have for my grandfather, Johan Tonin, there were several other men from the Kamnik area listed. I need to look at this page and publish on this forum the name of the men who are listed even though the copy is hard to read. The cost of the book is $13.00 plus $3.50 postage. The books is 130 pages *x11, with all name index soft bound with spiral binding. I am happy to have received my copy yesterday and find my grandparents and other family members in the records. Some spelling errors were found but are not insurmountable. The records were copied from handwritten records and we all are familiar with that area of research. Please also consider purchasing a copy to donate to your local library or genealogical society library and maybe even sending a copy to famiily back in the Motherland. Poldi Tonin, Dallas, Texas