Family History Library
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400
801-240-2331 or 800-453-3860, extension 22331
E-mail: fhl@ldschurch.orgIn this guide, entries followed by a call number refer to items in the Newberry Library. Entries with a FHL film number refer to items held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The Family History Library is a rich source for microfilms of church records in Chicago and elsewhere. Films may be ordered for viewing at the Newberry Library.
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island IL 61201-2296
Tel: 309/794-7204
Fax: 309/794-7443
E-mail: sag@augustana.edu
The Swenson Center's holdings include microfilmed records of many Chicago Swedish congregations, regardless of denomination.
Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-1886. Includes Chicago church history. Call # Local History Ref 2nd floor open shelf, F48.3 A5 1884 (2nd floor open shelf)
Bluestone, Daniel. Constructing Chicago. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Chapter 3 discusses early Chicago churches and their building locations. Call #Folio NA9127.C4 B48 1991
Chicagoland Directory of Religion. Published in1949, includes index of clergy and laity. Available from the Family History Library, FHL Film #1845438 Item 4. See "Chicago Churches and Synagogues-General-Archives" for more information.
Currey, J. Seymour. Chicago: Its History and Its Builders. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. Volume 1 includes a chapter on Chicago church history with photographs. Five volumes. Call # Ref F548.3 C97 (3rd floor open shelf.)
Gilbert, Paul T. and Charles Lee Bryson. Chicago and Its Makers: A Narrative Of Events From the Day of the First White Man to the Inception of the Second World's Fair. Chicago: F. Mendelsohn, 1929. Includes numerous photographs of Chicago church buildings, especially on pages 68-76. Call # Local History Ref F548.3 G46 1929 (2nd floor open shelf.)
Helge, Jan and Paula Malak. Churches of the Greater Roseland (Chicago) Area. South Holland, Ill.: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, 1988. Offers a comprehensive overview of Roseland area churches and locations of their records. Call # Folio F548.62.H45 1989
Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in Illinois, preliminary ed. Chicago: The Illinois Historical Records Survey, 1942. Entries provide church or synagogue name, date of founding and closing (if applicable) and an inventory of records held. Indexed first by county, then city and denomination. Call # D28962.41
Kezys, Algimantas. Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1981.
Call # Ref NA5235.C4 L3 (3rd floor open shelf.)Kim, Sangho Joseph. A Study of the Korean Church and Her People in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago: Sangho Joseph Kim, 1975. Call # Folio BR563.K6 K5
Pacyga, Dominic A. Chicago, City of Neighborhoods: Histories and Tours. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1986. Includes historical sketches of many Chicago churches. Call # F548.18 P33 19
Philips, George Searle. Chicago and Her Churches. Chicago: E.B. Myers and Chandler, 1868. Includes portraits of clergymen and a list of Chicago churches of various denominations. Call # Case D 28962.68
Reep, Samuel Nicholas. The Organization of the Ecclesiastical Institutions of a Metropolitan Community: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate Divinity School in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1910. Call # D 28962.73
Chicago Landmarks: Churches and Synagogues Tour. This site features photos of and brief historical sketches about 14 landmark Chicago churches.