Chicago Church Records Search
For a $7 fee the Newberry's Local and Family History staff will search
the records of a particular church given an event (baptism, marriage, or death)
and date (month and year required) from the following churches:
- Bethania Lutheran, W. Indiana (now Grand) and Carpenter
Baptisms (1893-1906) Marriages (1878-1906)
- Bethesda Lutheran Church, 3725 E. 105th (Swedish)
Baptisms
(1800s-1928) Marriages (1891-1928) Deaths (1893-1928)
- Central Lutheran, Lovell and LeMoyne (Norwegian)
Baptisms
(1922-1946) Marriages (1922-1946) Deaths (1922-1946)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, 1500 W. Belmont
(German)
Baptisms (1884-1975) Marriages (1884-1975) Deaths (1884-1975)
- First Bethlehem Lutheran, 1645 W. LeMoyne (German)
Baptisms (1871-1934) Marriages (1871-1877, 1883-1902, 1904-1935) Deaths
(1886-1891, 1900-1935)
- First Immanuel Lutheran, 1124 S. Ashland (German)
Baptisms
(1863-1958) Marriages (1854-1955) Deaths (1857-1950)
- First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, 1301 N. LaSalle
(German)
Baptisms (1863?-1985) Marriages (1872-1985) Deaths (1869-1947)
- First Zion Evangelical Lutheran, 19th and Peoria (Swedish)
Baptisms (1868-1943) Marriages (1868-1941) Deaths (1886-1941)
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer,4901 W. Bernice (Norwegian)
Baptisms (1916-1945) Marriages (1916-1945) Deaths (1916-1945)
- Moreland Lutheran Church, 5443 W. Huron (Norwegian)
Baptisms (1886-1962) Marriages (1886-1962) Deaths (1886-1962)
- Old St. Mary's (Catholic), 25 E. Van Buren
Baptisms
(1833-1929) Marriages (1803-1929)
- St. James Evangelical Lutheran, 2248 N. Fremont (German)
Baptisms (1870-1931) Marriages (1870-1923) Deaths (1870-1951)
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran, Hoyne and Walton (German)
Baptisms (1867-1974) Marriages (1867-1974) Deaths (1867-1974)
- St. Mathews Evangelical Lutheran, 2108 W. 21st
Baptisms (1872-1934) Marriages (1872-1978) Deaths (1876-1926)
- Saron, Shakespeare and Richmond (Swedish)
Baptisms
(1888-1933) Marriages (1888-1933) Deaths (1833-1933)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, 1400 N. Laramie (German)
Baptisms (1870-1979) Marriages (1871-1979) Deaths (1871-1979)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, 7950 S. Burnham (Norwegian)
Baptisms (1900-1971) Marriages (1902-1971) Deaths (1903-1971)
- Zion Lutheran, 2244 S. Irving (now Bell)
Baptisms
(1884-1942) Marriages (1884-1942) Deaths (1884-1942)
Please send a check or money order for $7 made out to the Newberry
Library, together with the completed bottom half of the form to:
Quick Search
Local and Family History
The
Newberry Library
60 West Walton
Chicago, IL 60610
Name to be Seached
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Name of Church to Search
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Type of Event (check one) : Baptism ___ Marriage____ Death____
Date of Event ___________________________________________________
For Baptismal Record only, check one of the following:
above date is
birth date ___
above date is baptismal date ___
Because the age of
baptism varies, we will search one year following a birth date.
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