I also received my copy of the Death and Burial Records 1903-1991 for Mother of God Church. It is just an amazing record. Yes, there are mispellings but none that can't be overcome. I also found information that I never knew about my ancestors. It is amazing how many babies and children died in the first years. I wonder if this was from diptheria. My mom's oldest brother was 1 1/2 years old when he died from diptheria. He was born in Waukegan before 1910. The LDS library also has the Mother of God baptism and marriage records from 1903-1916. Mary >From: Poldi Tonin <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Mother of God Church >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:56:11 -0700 > >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 > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.