Most Chicago Lutheran congregations belong to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Concordia Historical Institute
801 DeMun Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 505-7900
E-mail: chi@chi.lcms.org
Concordia Historical Institute is the official archives for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Archives
321 Bonnie Lane
Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
(847) 690-9410
E-mail: archives@elca.org
The ELCA Archives holdings include parish histories and microfilm copies of many Chicago Lutheran church records and the original records of a few disbanded parishes. Microfilm may be viewed at the archives by appointment or borrowed for up to one month for a $15 fee. The archives web site is an excellent source of information about Chicago Lutheran congregations and the location of their records.Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives
333 Wartburg Place
Dubuque, IA 52003-7797
(563) 589-0320
E-mail: bwiederaenders@wartburgseminary.edu
The Region 5 Archives is the official ELCA repository for Illinois and is the main repository for the former Iowa Synod (1854-1930), a German denomination. Its holding include the original records for some Chicago Lutheran congregations.Lutheran Historical Conference
c/o Marvin A. Huggins
Concordia Historical Institute
801 DeMun Ave.
Saint Louis, MO 63105
(314) 505-7921
E-mail: mhuggins@chi.lcms.orgSwenson 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.
Denominational web sites may include historical data and directories of congregations.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) The ELCA represents the oldest strain of American Lutheranism going back to the 17th century, as well as many 19th century German, Scandinavian and Eastern European immigrant groups.
Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) The ELS was founded by Norwegian Lutherans. Congregations are concentrated in the upper Midwest, including a few in Chicago.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) The LC-MS was founded by Germans that immigrated to Perry County and St. Louis, Missouri. The second largest Lutheran denomination, congregations are located in all U.S. states and territories.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) WELS was founded by Germans in Wisconsin. Though concentrated in the upper Midwest, congregations are located throughout the U.S.
Geschichte der Gründung und Ausbreitung der zur Synode von Missouri, Ohio und andern Staaten gehörenden Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinden U.A.C zu Chicago, Illinois: Zur Erinnerung an dem Trinitatis-Sonntag, den 31. Mai, 1896, stattgefundene Feier des fünfzigjahrigen Bestehens der ev. Luth. Kirche zu Chicago. [History of the Formation and Expansion of the Chicago Evangelical Lutheran Parishes of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States adhering to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession: Commemoration on Trinity Sunday, May 31, 1896 of the 50th Anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago.] Chicago: Der Pastoral-Konferenz von Chicago, 1896. Includes biographical sketches of Chicago churches and pastors and engravings of Chicago churches. Call # BX8043.C4 G473 1896
Schwartzkopf, Louis J. The Lutheran Trail: A History of the Synodical Conference Lutheran Churches in Northern Illinois. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950. Includes brief historical sketches of Chicago parishes. Call # BX8042.I6 S3
Wagner, Martin Luther. The Chicago Synod And Its Antecedents. Waverly, Iowa: Wartburg Publishing House Press, 1909. Call # F 8962.94
3500 W. Fullerton. Norwegian. Organized 1913.
ELCA.
Also known as: First English Lutheran Church of Logan Square.
Membership records, 1913-1942
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
1649 W. LeMoyne. German.
See: Bethlehem
4844 W. Oakdale. Swedish.
See: Gethsemane
1124 S. Ashland. German.
See: Immanuel
Locations: Superior between LaSalle and Well, Erie and Franklin, Kenmore and Roscoe.
Became Lake View (ELCA) in 1958.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
See: Lake View
Hoyne and Walton. German.
See: St. John
1301 N. LaSalle. German.
See: St. Paul
19th and Peoria. German.
See: Zion
3311 W. Thorndale. Swedish.
ELCA.
See: All Saints
3311 W. Thorndale. Swedish. Organized 1917 as Olavus Petri.
Became Albany Park in 1923 and All Saints in 1987. Disbanded 1998.
ELCA.
Original records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives.
Membership records, 1917-1932
Ministerial acts, 1916-1947
Minutes, 1917-1923
Available on microfilm at the Swenson Center. See "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information.
6740 W. North Ave. Danish. Organized 1947.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1947-1950
Minutes, 1900-1922
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
73rd and Wabash. Organized 1910. Dissolved in 1954.
United Lutheran Church..
Member records, 1909-1954
Minutes, 1934-1941
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
University and Woodlawn. Originally located at 54th and Kimbark. Swedish. Organized 1903.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1903-1940
Ministerial acts, 1903-1920
Minutes, 1903-1920
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and Historical Societies" for more information)
908 N. Waller. Swedish. Organized 1895.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1895-1931
Minutes, 1895-1939
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
W. Indiana (now Grand) and Carpenter. Organized 1878. Dissolved in 1905.
Independent.
Membership records, 1878-1906
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
9147 S. Jeffrey. Swedish. Organized 1880.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1880-1955
Minutes, 1880-1932
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2101 N. Humboldt Boulevard. Norwegian. Organized 1889.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1889-1963
Minutes, 1889-1965
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
6201 S. Sangamon. Swedish. Organized 1890.
Merged to form Bethel-Imani in 2001 at same location.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1890-1931
Minutes, 1890-1936
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Original records are located at Bethel-Imani, 6201 S. Sangemon.
3725 E. 105th. Swedish. Organized 1891. Dissolved 1996.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1891-1928
Minutes, 1918-1921
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
1649 W. LeMoyne. German. Organized 1871. Originally located at N. Paulina and McReynolds.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Also known as: First Bethlehem.
Parish records, Call # Microfilm 1173 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Reel 1
Baptisms, 1871-1876
Confirmations, 1874
Marriages, 1871-1875
Deaths, 1871-1881
Marriages, 1875-1877, 1879-1883
Communicants, 1873-1876
Baptisms, 1876-1892
Reel 2
Baptisms, 1892-1922
Reel 3
Baptisms, 1923-1934
Deaths, 1886-1890, 1890-1891, 1900-1935
Marriages, 1883-1902, 1904-1931, 1932-1935
Confirmations, 1898-1934
Spingfield and Iowa. Norwegian. Organized 1870.
Merged in 1925 to form United (ELCA), 409 Greenfield, Oak Park.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
Membership records, 1869-1925
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
9401 S. Oakley Ave. Swedish. Organized 1875.
ELCA.
Minnesalbum af Svenska Evangeliska Lutherska Bethlehemsförsamlingen i Chicago: Med anledning af dess fyratioärsjubileium den 1-6 Juni 1915 firad I samband med den nya kyrkans invigning. Chicago: Jacobson Printing, 1915. Call # BX8076.C4 S84
Membership records, 1875-1932
Minutes, 1875-1929
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
6149 S. Kenneth. Swedish. Organized 1923.
ELCA.
Membership records 1923-1932
Minutes, 1922-1932
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
655 E. 88th. Organized 1906.
Swedish Augustana Synod.
See: St. Mark
Lovell and LeMoyne. Norwegian. Dissolved 1947.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
Membership records, 1921-1946
Available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
3855 N. Seeley. Swedish. Organized 1898.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1898-1933
Minutes, 1903-1930
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Parish Web Site. Includes a brief history.
Robey (now Damen) and Iowa. Norwegian. Organized 1893.
Merged with St. Matthew in 1913 to form First (Logan Square), 3500 W. Fullerton.
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.
Membership records, 1893-1913
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Rockwell and Wabansia. Danish. Organized 1895.
Merged in 1947 to form Atonement (ELCA), 6740 W. North Avenue.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Membership records, 1908-1947
Minutes, 1875-1918
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
1650 Foster. Swedish. Organized 1892.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1892-1935
Ministerial acts, 1892-1930
Minutes, 1892-1933
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
113th and Forest. Swedish. Organized 1885.
Merged in 1972 with People's Lutheran Church to form Reformation (ELCA) at present location.
Lutheran Church in America.
Membership records, 1885-1928
Minutes, 1901-1931
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Springfield and Iowa. Norwegian.Organized 1892.
Became part of United (ELCA), 409 Greenfield, Oak Park, through a series of mergers.
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1890-1917).
Membership records, 1894-1911
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2624 N. Fairfield. Danish. Organized 1900.
Merged in 1942 to form Our Savior United at the same location.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1960).
Membership records, 1900-1942
Minutes, 1900-1922, merger minutes from 1942
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
4844 W. Oakdale. Originally located at White (now Locust) and Dearborn. Swedish. Organized 1870.
Became part of United in Faith, 6525 W. Irving through a series of mergers.
Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Also known as: First Gethsemane.
Membership records, 1870-1930
Minutes, 1870-1940
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
61st and Marshfield. Swedish. Organized 1887.
Became part of Calvary (ELCA), 11249 S. Spaulding, through a series of mergers.
Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Membership records, 1891-1969
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
70th and Union. Swedish. Organized 1909. Disbanded 1958.
Augustana Synod (1860-1962).
Original records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
7424 S. Drexel. Swedish. Organized 1891.
Merged in 1968 with Augustana (ELCA), 5500 S. Woodlawn.
Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Membership records, 1892-1968
Minutes, 1891-1963
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Original records available at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn.
1700 N. Central Park. Norwegian. Organized 1900.
Merged in 1991 with St. Mary to form Esperanza de Santa Maria (ELCA).
ELCA.
Membership records, 1900-1974
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2101 N. Kildare. Norwegian.
Became St. Timothy (ELCA) 1904.
See: St. Timothy
1124 S. Ashland. German. Organized 1854.
Missouri Synod.
Also known as: First Immanuel
First Immanuel Lutheran Church of Chicago: 125 Years, 1854-1979. Chicago: First Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1979. Call # Folio FX8076.C4 F57
Parish records, Call # Microfilm 867 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk)
Reel 1
Marriages, 1869-1906
Burials, 1869-1906
Communicants, 1875-1879
Confirmations, 1894-1908, 1887-1894, 1879-1886
Confirmations, 1869-1871, 1873-1878, 1909-1955
Marriages, 1908-1955, 1854, 1868
Burials, 1907-1956
Baptisms, 1861-1862, 1862-1864
Baptisms, 1854-1868
Communicants, 1856-1867
Reel 2
Baptisms, 1864-1892
Church Council Members, 1956-1958
Transfers in, 1959-1964
Baptisms, 1956-1964
Burials, 1956-1964
Marriages, 1956-1964
Confirmations, 1956-1964
Baptisms, 1892-1955
1500 W. Elmdale. Swedish and Norwegian. Organized 1853.
ELCA.
Membership records 1855-1926
Ministerial acts, 1855-1925
Minutes, 1854-1945
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Parish Web Site. Includes a brief history.
3938 W. Belle Plaine. Swedish. Organized 1903.
ELCA.
"Silver Jubilee" in Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Irving Park Lutheran Church. Chicago: Board of Administration, 1928. Call # Folio BX8076.C4 I38
Membership records, 1904-1931
Minutes, 1905-1932
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
835 W. Addison. Norwegian. Organized 1848.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1848-1871
Minutes, 1864-1893
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
13100 S. Mantisee. Swedish. Organized 1896.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1896-1960
Minutes, 1896-1942
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
3309 N. Seminary. Swedish. Organized 1908.
Merged to form Resurrection (ELCA) at present location.
Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Membership records, 1896-1929
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
1910 W. 64th (Englewood). Swedish . Organized 1908.
Became part of Bethel-Immani (ELCA), 6201 S. Sangamon, through a series of mergers.
ELCA.
Membership records 1908-1931
Minutes, 1908-1931
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
5443 W. Huron. Norwegian. Organized 1886. Dissolved in 1974.
American Lutheran Church (1960-1987).
Membership records, 1886-1974
Minutes, 1886-1974
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Orginally at 188th and Yale, now at 2750 W 175th Street, Hazel Crest. Norwegian. Organized 1896. In present location since 1976.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1937-1978
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
3914 N. Menard. Swedish. Organized 1901.
Merged in 1998 to form United in Faith (ELCA), 6525 W. Irving Park Road.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1901-1930
Minutes, 1901-1933
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
5917 N. Nina. Organized 1921.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1921-1972
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
3311 W. Thorndale. Swedish.
Augustana Synod (1860-1962).
See: All Saints.
6224 W. Gunnison. Organized 1934.
Merged in 1998 to form United in Faith (ELCA), 6525 W. Irving Park Road.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1937-1978
Minutes, 1960-1978
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
6418 S. Harvard. Organized 1901.
Missouri Synod.
Membership records available on microfilm from the Family History Library (See "Chicago Churches and Synagogues-General-Archives" for more information):
FHL Film #1479674 Item 4
Church records, v. 2, 1901-1912, 1944-1946
Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials.
FHL Film #1479674 Item 5
Church records, v. 3, 1913-1932
Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials
Erie and May. Norwegian. Organized 1853.
Became part of United (ELCA), 409 Greenfield, Oak Park, through a series of mergers.
Membership records, 1858-1927
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
4159 N. Laramie. Norwegian. Organized 1909.
Merged in 1998 to form United in Faith (ELCA), 6525 W. Irving Park Road.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1909-1962
Minutes, 1914-1938
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2624 N. Fairfield. Danish. Organized 1942.
Merged in 1947 to form Atonement (ELCA), 6740 W. North Avenue.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1960).
Membership records 1942-1947
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2919 N. Monticello. Norwegian. Organized 1908.
ELCA.
Membership records 1901-1982
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
4901 W. Berniece. Norwegian. Organized 1916. Dissolved in 1995.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1916-1945
Minutes, 1916-1957
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Organized 1890 at 1637 N. Washtenaw. Danish.
Merged 1928 with Trinity, 2846 Cortez (disbanded 1972).
Last denominational affiliation: Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Original records available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives.
Parish histories available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
St. Ansgarius was founded in 1849 by Gustav Unonius, a Swedish Lutheran that became a priest in the Episcopal Church. The parish served Swedish immigrants.
2046 N. Fremont. German. Organized 1869.
Missouri Synod.
Parish records, Call # Microfilm 374 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Reel 1
Book I
Confirmations, 1871-1895
Marriages, 1870-1884
Burials, 1870-1880
Book II
Baptisms, 1870-1880
Book III
Baptisms, 1881-1894
Book IV
Baptisms, 1895-1931
Book V
Marriages, 1885-1923
Reel 2
Book VI
Burials, 1881-1951
Last located at Hoyne and Walton. German. Organized 1867. Disbanded in 1974.
Missouri Synod.
Also known as: First St. John
Parish records, Call # Microfilm 1262 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Reel 1
Book 1, 1867-1898:
Baptisms, 1867-1878
Marriages, 1867-1898
Deaths, 1867-1881
Communion attendance, 1867-1876
Confirmations, 1867-1882
Reel 2
Book 2, 1878-1898:
Baptisms, 1878-1898
Confirmations, 1896-1898
Deaths, 1881-1898
Confirmations, 1883-1896
Reel 3
Book 3, 1899-1974:
Baptisms, 1899-1974
Marriages, 1899-1973
Deaths, 1899-1974
Confirmations, 1899-1973
Miscellaneous Records, Coffin Accounts, Birth Records, Cemetery Inscriptions. Illinois Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1984-1985. Call # Folio F 540.M57
Records of West Pullman Methodist Episcopal and St. John's Lutheran Churches of Chicago. Illinois Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1985-1986. Baptisms and marriages, 1896-1902. Call # Folio F 548.25.R42
Web Site. Includes historical information and photos of the congregation's church buildings.
Cortez and Richmond. Norwegian. Organized 1890.
Became part of United (ELCA), 409 Greenfield, Oak Park, through a series of mergers.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
Membership records, 1892-1919
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
1500 W. Belmont. German. Organized 1884.
Originally Missouri Synod, now ELCA.
Parish records, Call # Microfilm 544 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Vol. I-II
Baptisms, 1884-1887
Confirmations, 1885-1888
Communicants, 1884-1888
Marriages, 1884-1888
Deaths, 1884-1887
Baptisms, 1888-1907
Vol. III-IV
Confirmations, 1889-1904
Marriages, 1889-1912
Deaths, 1888-1975
Vol. VII-VIII
Confirmations, 1938-1974
Marriages, 1935-1975
Baptisms, 1954-1975
Vol. V-VI
Baptisms, 1908-1953 (indexed)
Confirmations, 1905-1938
Marriages, 1913-1935
Parish Web Site. Includes information about St. Luke's Cemetery at Pulaski and Foster.
655 E. 88th Street. Swedish. Originally organized in 1906 as Capernaum.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1906-1940
Minutes, 1908-1940
Original and microfilmed records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives. Microfilmed records available at the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Addison between Clark and Sheffield. Organized 1896.
Merged with Holy Trinity (Addison St.) in 1912.
General Council (1867-1918).
Membership records, 1896-1912
Original records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Ashland and Augusta. Organized 1883. Dissolved in 1905.
General Synod (1820-1918).
Membership records, 1883-?
Original records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2108 W. 21st. German.
Missouri Synod
Parish records, Call #Microfilm 1204 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Part 1
Personen oder Seelen Register (Register of Members), 1872-1911
Baptisms, 1872-1875
Confirmations, 1872-1877
Marriages, 1872-1880
Burials, 1872-1875
Baptisms, 1879-1934
Personen oder Seelen Register (Register of Members), 1882-1902
Part 2
Personen oder Seelen Register (Register of Members)
Baptisms, 1876-1879
Confirmations, 1878-1880
Communion registers, 1880-1884
Marriages, 1881-1884
Burials, 1876-1879
"Chronik" (parish history), 1861-1958
Burials, 1870-1926
Confirmations, 1881-1906
Marriages, 1884-1978
Norwegian. Organized 1897.
Merged in 1914 to form First (Logan Square), 3500 W. Fullerton.
Norwegian Synod (1853-1917).
Membership records, 1898-1913
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
8000 S. Aberdeen. Swedish. Organized 1914.
Became part of Bethel-Imani (ELCA), 6201 S. Sangamon, through a series of mergers.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1914-1931
Minutes, 1914-1930
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
German.
Missouri Synod.
In 1848, Pastor Christian A.T. Selle and some members of St. Pauls German Evangelical Church (now St. Pauls United Church of Christ) separated themselves from the majority of the congregation because of doctrinal disagreement. The splinter group organized itself as First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and built its first building at Indiana (now Grand) between Wells and Franklin in 1849. It moved to Franklin and Superior in 1864 and to LaSalle and Goethe in 1910. Presently located at 1301 N. LaSalle.
See also: Evangelical and Reformed--St. Pauls
Feier zum füfzigjährigen Amtsjubilaeum des Herrn Pastor H. Wunder (Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Pastorship of H. Wunder). Chicago: St. Paulus-Gemeinde, 1899. Service bulletin. In German. Call # BX8076.C4 F572 1899
Das sechszigjährige Amtsjubiläum des Herrn Pastor Heinrich Wunder: Predigers und Seelsorgers der Ersten evang. Lutherischen St. Paulus-Gemeinde zu Chicago, Illinois (Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration of the Pastorship of Heinrich Wunder, Preacher and Pastor of First St. Paul's Congregation in Chicago, Illinois). Chicago: St. Paulus-Gemeinde, 1909. Includes biography of the Rev. Heinrich Wunder in German. Call # BX8076.C4 F573 1909
Souvenir of the 75th Anniversary of the First St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago. Chicago: First St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, 1921. In German and English. Call # BX8076.C4 F574 1921
Parish records, Call #Microfilm 1076 and Call #1077 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Microfilm 1076
Reel 1
Minutes, 1846-1881
Deaths, 1846-1868
Confirmation, 1873-1878
Marriages, 1846-1871
Baptisms, 1859-1863
Confirmations, 1856-1868, 1847-1865
Communicants, 1846
Baptisms, 1859
Confirmations, 1846-1895
Reel 2
Church minutes, 1863-1876, 1876-1895, 1848-1863
Microfilm 1077
Reel 1
Marriages, 1897-1985
Marriages, 1872-1897
Deaths, 1869-1888
Baptisms, 1893-1949
Communicants, 1895-1904?
Reel 2
Baptisms, 1863-1876, 1876-1893, 1950-1985
Deaths, 1949-1985
Confirmations, unidentified fragments
Reel 3
Deaths, 1888-1947
Baptisms, annual indexes, 1890-1949
Minutes (Protokol-Buch), 1859-1949
5035 W. Ohio. Swedish. Organized 1899.
Merged in 1996 to form United in Christ (ELCA), 5443 W. Huron.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1899-1932
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Washtenaw and Hears. Norwegian. Organized 1887.
Became part of United (ELCA), 409 Greenfield, Oak Park, through a series of mergers.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
Membership records, 1887-1926
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
See: St. Stephen
Organized 1875 at Butterfield (now Federal) between 36th and 37th. Currently located at 85th and Maryland. Danish.
ELCA.
Original records not known to exist.
Parish histories available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
5652 S. Sangamon. German. Organized 1879.
Merged in 1969 to form Grace-St. Stephen (ELCA), 61st and Marshfield.
American Lutheran Church (1960-1987).
Membership records, 1871-1964
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
2101 N. Kildare. Norwegian. Organized 1904.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1904-1978
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
318 E. 74th. Swedish. Organized 1868.
ELCA.
Century; Salem Lutheran Church Seventy-fourth Street and Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; Organized March 2, 1868. Chicago: Salem Lutheran Church, 1968. Call #F 8962.15
Membership records, 1873-1931
Ministerial acts, 1871-1930
Minutes, 1868-1932
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
2600 N. Richmond. Norwegian. Organized 1891.
Merged in 1893 to form Bethel (ELCA), 2101 N. Humboldt.
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1890-1917).
See also: Bethel, 2101 N. Humboldt.
Minutes, 1891-1892
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Shakespeare and Richmond. Organized 1888. Dissolved in 1979.
Swedish Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Membership records, 1888-1930
Minutes, 1888-1923
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Cortland and Lowell. Danish. Organized 1890.
Became part of Atonement (ELCA), 6740 W. North Avenue, through a series of mergers.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1960).
Membership records, 1889-1942
Merger minuted, 1954
Ladies Aid minutes, 1912-1944
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
7956 S. Escanaba. Swedish. Organized 1900.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1900-1930
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information)
2135 W. Wilson. Finnish. Organized 1992. Disbanded 1995.
Suomi Synod (1890-1962).
Original records available the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
1701 N. Richmond. Norwegian. Organized 1839. Dissolved in 1958.
Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960).
Membership records, 1854-1958
Minutes, 1885-1900
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Originally at Chicago and Noble. At 1400 N. Laramie beginning in 1924. German. Organized 1870. Dissolved in 1996.
ELCA.
Membership records, 1870-1978
Minutes, 1883-1954
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Barry and Seminary. Swedish. Organized 1883.
Merged with Messiah in 1970 to form Resurrection (ELCA), 3309 N. Seminary.
Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Membership records, 1883-1931
Minutes, 1883-1954
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
7950 S. Burnham. Norwegian. Organized 1900. Dissolved in 1973.
American Lutheran Church (1960-1987).
Membership records, 1900-1971
Minutes, 1900-1937, 1966-1973
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
5106 N. Lacrosse. Slovak. Organized 1893.
ELCA.
Trinity Centennial Directory: Founded 1893, Chicago, Illinois, 100th Anniversary Celebration. Galion, Ohio: United Church Directories, 1993. Includes list of founding members and a photo directory of members at time of publication. Call # Folio BX8076.C4 T75 1993
Membership records, 1894-1979
Minutes, 1894-1980
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
Organized 1872 at Erie and May. Disbanded 1974. Danish. Other locations: Francisco and Cortez.
Last denominational affiliation: Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987).
Original records available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Region 5 Archives.
Parish histories available at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Churchwide Archives (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).
19th and Peoria. German.
Missouri Synod.
Also known as: First Zion.
Parish records, Call #Microfilm 1260 (2nd floor open shelf in microfilm cabinet behind reference desk):
Reel 1
Baptisms, 1868-1878
Baptisms, 1878-1915
Reel 2
Marriages, 1868-1893
Baptisms, 1915-1943
Deaths, 1886-1941
Marriages, 1894-1942
Confirmations, 1868-1940
Web Site. Includes photos and a history of First Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
2244 S. Irving (now Bell). Swedish. Organized 1881. Dissolved in 1942.
Augustana Lutheran Church (1860-1962).
Membership records, 1881-1942
Available on microfilm at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives and the Swenson Center (see "Lutheran-Archives and historical societies" for more information).