Lutheran Genealogy
Illinois Lutheran Church Records & Histories
Church Records
See also: Guide to Lutheran Church Records. Lutheran Church records available in either microfilm or printed format in Special Collections at St. Louis Public Library
- Arend, Edna. Records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Arcola, Illinois, 1868-1930. Champaign, Illinois:
The author, 1985.
- Beijborn, Ulf. De äldsta svenska Chicago församlingarnas
kyrkoarkiv. [Sweden: The author, 1968]
- Bethesda Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois). [Church
Records]. The Church, 1891-1928.
- Beutler, Faye. Lutheran Burial Records, 1839-1932,
Springfield, Illinois: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church ...
Springfield, Illinois: The Church, 1986, c1984.
- Blankston, Angela and Jean Eaker. St. John's Lutheran
Church, Maryville, IL, 1847-1960. [S.l.: s.n.], 1991.
- Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois. South Holland,
Illinois: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society,
2000.
- Buecher, Robert. Family Registers of Trinity and Holy
Cross Lutheran Churches, St. Clair County, Illinois.
Millstadt, Illinois: The author, 1971.
- Buecher, Robert. Holy Cross Lutheran Church Records,
Sugar Loaf Township, St. Clair County, Illinois. Millstadt,
Illinois: The author, 1971.
- Buecher, Robert. Records & History of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Millstadt, IL. St. Louis, Missouri: The author,
1991.
- Buecher, Robert. Trinity Lutheran Church Baptism Records
Index, Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois (1848-1903).
Millstadt, Illinois: The author, 1971.
- Buecher, Robert. Trinity Lutheran Church Confirmation,
Marriage, & Death Records Index, Millstadt, St. Clair County,
Illinois (1848-1925). Millstadt, Illinois: The author, 1970.
- The Church Book of Evangelical Lutheran St. Mark's
Congregation in Steeleville, Randolph County, IL, 1875-1915.
Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Church Directories for St. Peter's Lutheran (Dorsey), St.
Peter's Evangelical Lutheran (Prairietown), St. John's United
Church of Christ (Wood River): Along with Some Brief History and
Photos. Alton, Illinois: Hayner Public Library District,
2004.
- Cunningham, Julie and William P. LaBounty. Church Book
for German Evangelical Lutheran Combined Friedens Church,
Bloomington, Illinois: Baptisms, Marriages & Burials
(1884-1897). Normal, Illinois: McLean County Genealogical
Society, 1995, c1998.
- Dettleff, Gloria E. Holy Cross Lutheran Church,
Wartburg, IL: Family Group Sheets. [Florissant, Missouri]:
The author, 2000.
- Dickson, Elmer. Cemetery Records, Fox River Cemetery,
a.k.a. Fox River Lutheran Church Cemetery, Miller Township,
LaSalle County, Illinois. Chico, California: E. Dickson,
1998.
- Dickson, Elmer and Sydney S. Dickson. Cemetery Records,
Cross Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Kendall Township, Kendall
County, Illinois. Yorkville, Illinois: Kendall County
Historical Society, 2001.
- Dickson, Elmer. Cemetery Records, Helmar Cemetery, a.k.a.
North Prairie Cemetery, Big Grove Township, Kendall County,
Illinois. Chico, California: The author, 1999.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Cemetery Records,
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kendall Township, Kendall
County, Illinois. Chico, California: E. Dickson, 1996.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Cemetery Records,
Plattville Lutheran Church, Seward Township, Kendall County,
Illinois. Yorkville, Illinois: Kendall County Historical
Society, 2002.
- Dickson, Elmer. Cross Lutheran Church, Yorkville,
Illinois Church Records. Chico, California: The author,
1990s.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Church [i.e.
Cemetery] Records, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
[Cemetery] of Kendall County, Illinois. Yorkville, Illinois:
Kendall County Historical Society, 1999.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Church Records,
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kendall County,
Illinois. Yorkville, Illinois: Kendall County Historical
Society, 1996.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Church Records:
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kendall County,
Illinois. Chico, California: The author, 1996.
- Dickson, Elmer and Charles F. Dirst. Kirchen Buch der
Evangelisch Lutherischen Gemeinden zu Long Grove und Oswego,
Illinois: Church (Vital Records) Book of the German Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Long Grove and Oswego, Illinois. Chico,
California: E. Dickson, 1996.
- Dickson, Elmer. St. John's Lutheran Church, Plano,
Illinois, Church Records, November 1877-February 1953.
Chico, California: The author, 1996.
- Drake, Verna and June James. St. John Lutheran Church,
Ruma, Randolph County, Illinois: Organized 1848: First Named
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Horse Creek, Early Records,
1850-1917. Chester, Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical
Society, 1990s.
- Early Church Records, St. Johnnes [sic] Lutheran Kirche
of Bremen, 1847-1934. Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical
Society, 1990s.
- Early Church Records, St. Peters Lutheran Church, Wine
Hill, Randolph Co., Ill., 1862-1946. Illinois: Randolph
County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Evangelisch-Lutherischen Dreieinighkeits-Gemeinde
(Bloomington, Illinois). Beiträge zur Erhaltung der
Evangelisch-Lutherischen Dreieinighkeits-Gemeinde zu
Bloomington, Illinois. Bloomington, Illinois: Druck des
Bloomington Journal, 1914-1922.
- Fabert, Wayne M. Parish Records of Bethlehem Lutheran
Church in Hensley Township, Illinois, 1874-1927. [Champaign,
Illinois]: The author, 1987.
- Fabert, Wayne M. and Marjorie Spracklen. Parish Records
of St. John's Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1860-1875.
Urbana, Illinois: Champaign County Historical Archives, 1990.
- Fabert, Wayne M. Parish Records of St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Sadorus, Illinois, 1875-1941. Urbana,
Illinois: Champaign County Historical Archives, 1990.
- Fabert, Wayne M. Parish Records of St. Peter's
Evangelical Church (later E. & R., and United Church of Christ)
at Champaign, Illinois, 1865-1943. Urbana, Illinois:
Champaign County Historical Archives, 1990.
- Fabert, Wayne M. Parish Records of Zion Lutheran Church
at Philo, Illinois, 1875-1931. Urbana, Illinois: Champaign
County Historical Archives, 1990.
- Family Bible and Church Records. [S.l.]: Illinois
Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1986-1987.
- Fayetteville Township and Engelmann Township Cemeteries,
St. Clair County, IL. Belleville, Illinois: St. Clair County
Genealogical Society, 2005.
- First Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois).
Records of the First Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Chicago. The
Church, 1871-1935.
- First Lutheran Church (Monmoth, Illinois). First Lutheran
Church, Monmoth, Il. Monmouth, Illinois: Warren County,
Illinois Genealogical Society, 1996.
- First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago,
Illinois). [Church Records], 1846-1895. The Church,
1846-1895.
- First Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois).
Zion Church Records. The Church, 1868-1943.
- Foss, Carolyn Cromeenes and Judy Foreman Lee. Massac
County, Illinois, St. John's Lutheran Church Records, 1860-1889
and Cemetery. Newburgh, Indiana: J.F. Lee, 1991.
- Friedrich, Edwin C. Records of the Bethlehem Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois.
Davis, California: The author, 1992.
- The German English Lutheran Zion Congregation at Blair,
Randolph County, IL, Church Records. Illinois: Randolph
County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Griffin, Darrel. Church Book of the Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in
Carlinville, Macoupin Co., Illinois, 1860-1872.
[Carlinville, Illinois?: The author?], 1989.
- Griffin, Darrel. Vital Records of the Zion Lutheran
Church in Carlinville, Illinois, 1873-1890. [Carlinville,
Illinois?: The author?, 1989.
- Grosse, T. Johannes. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cemetery and Burial Records, 1837-1988, and Soul's Register,
1888. Lombard, Illinois: DuPage County (IL) Genealogical
Society, 1989.
- Halvorsen, Robert A. A Preliminary Register of Lutheran
Clergy Serving in the State of Illinois, 1850-1918. [S.l.:
s.n., 1964.
- Huff, Joan Fageol. Transcription of Tombstone
Inscriptions, St. Peter Cemetery, 2501 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington
Heights, IL: Western Portion Inside Same Fence as Memory Gardens
- Just East of Waterman Ave. Arlington Heights, Illinois:
The author, 1976-1978.
- Huff, Joan Fageol. St. Peter Lutheran Church Records,
1862-1912. Arlington Heights, Illinois: The Church, 2003.
- In the Name of Jesus, Church Book, St. Peter's Lutheran,
Randolph (Bremen), Randolph County, Illinois, Records.
Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Independent Evangelical Lutheran Bethania Congregation
(Chicago, Illinois). [Church Records, 1878-1906] The
Church, 1878-1906.
- Inscription on Stones of Crane School Durand Howard
(Howard Union) Lutheran (Rock Run-Church Hill) Webster
(Oakland-Farmingdale-Turner) St. Mary's: Cemeteries in Durand
Township, Winnebago County, Illinois. Rockford, Illinois:
North Central Illinois Genealogical Society, 1987.
- James, June. St. John Lutheran Church, Chester, Illinois,
Randolph County, Early Church Records. Illinois: Randolph
County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- James, June. St. John Lutheran Church: Early Church
Records, Red Bud, Illinois, 1855-1937: Births, Baptisms,
Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths. Chester, Illinois:
Randolph County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- James, June A. St. John Lutheran Church Early Church
Records, Red Bud, Illinois, 1855-1937: Births, Baptisms,
Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths. [Chester, Illinois?:
Randolph County Genealogical Society?], 2002.
- Knigge, Carol A. Long Grove, Illinois Church Records:
Book I, 1846-1878. Richmond, Illinois: The author, 1989.
- Koss, David and Louis D. Melnich. Evangelical and
Reformed Cemetery, Schaumburg Township, Cook Co., Ill.
Winnetka, Illinois: North Suburban Genealogical Society, 1977.
- Krogness, Samson Madsen. Personal Pastoral Record Book.
The author, 1866-1893.
- Lawless, Lucille. Timber Township Cemeteries. Peoria,
Illinois: Peoria County Genealogical Society, 1992.
- Lisbon Lutheran Church (Lisbon, Illinois). [Church
Records]. The Church, 1854-1903.
- Lundberg, Gertrude W. Cook County Cemeteries.
Homewood, Illinois: Root and Tree Genealogical
Publications,1972.
- Lundberg, Gertrude W. Cook County Tombstones.
Homewood, Illinois: Root & Tree Publications, 1970-1979?
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Chicago, Illinois).
[Church Records, 1916-1957]. The Church, 1916-1957.
- Mason County, Illinois, Lutheran Church Records:
1865-1904. Havana, Illinois: The Mason County Members of the
Church, 1990.
- Mason County, Illinois, St. John's Lutheran Church.
Nauvoo, Illinois: The Genealogical Society, 1989.
- McDonough Co., Ill., Church Record. Springfield,
Illinois: Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1991-
- [Mercer County, Illinois Cemetery Records]. [S.l.:
s.n., 1930-1990?]
- Moreland Lutheran Church. [Church Records]. The
Church, 1941-1974.
- Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Moreland, Illinois).
[Church Records]. The Church, 1886-1974.
- Oak Hill Cemetery Reading. South Holland, Illinois:
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society, 1995.
- Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Thomasboro, Illininois).
Kirchen Buch der deutschen Ev. Luth. Friedens Gemeinde in
Compromise Township, Champaign Co., Illinois, Nord-America, von
1880 bis. The Church, 1880-1988
- Records of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hensley
Township, Champaign County, Illinois, 1875-1928; Records of St.
John's Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1860-1988.
Champaign, Illinois: St. John's Lutheran Church, 1988.
- Records of West Pullman Methodist Episcopal and St.
John's Lutheran Churches of Chicago. [S.l.]: Illinois
Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1985-1986.
- St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church (Quincy, Illinois).
Church Records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society,
1985, 1851.
- St. James Lutheran Church (Claremont, Illinois). Records
of St. James Lutheran Church, Claremont, Illinois.
Claremont, Illinois: J. Doan, 1997.
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois).
Records of First Saint John Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois,
1867-1974. The Church, 1867-1974.
- St. John United Church of Christ (Naperville, Illinois).
Records of St. John United Church of Christ Formerly Evangelical
Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist, Naperville,
Illinois. Naperville, Illinois, The Church, 1982.
- Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Tinley Park,
Illinois). Records of Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Tinley Park, Cook County, Illinois. Chicago,
Illinois: The Newberry Library, 1990.
- Saint John's Lutheran Church (Pleasant Ridge, Maryville,
Illinois). Saint John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge,
Maryville, Illinois. The Church, 1900s.
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery. South
Holland, Illinois: The South Suburban Genealogical and
Historical Society, 1987.
- St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago,
Illinois). Records of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Chicago, 1872-1978. The Church, 1872-1978.
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Kankakee, Illinois). Parish
Report: St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Kankakee, Illinois)
Kankakee, Illinois: The Church, 1946.
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Peoria, Illinois). St. Paul's
Lutheran Church Records, Peoria, IL. Peoria, Illinois:
Peoria County Genealogical Society, 1998.
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Troy, Illinois). St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Now St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Troy, Illinois, 1940-1993. [S.l.: s.n., 1900s]
- St. Peter Lutheran Church (Arlington Heights, Illinois).
[Registers of St. Peter Lutheran Church]. Arlington Heights,
Illinois: The Church, 1900-1992.
- St. Peter Lutheran Church, Evansville, Illinois, Early
Church Records, 1871-1959: Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages,
Deaths. Chester, Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical
Society, 2000s.
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Prairietown, Illinois). St.
Peters' Lutheran Church, Prairietown, Illinois: Early Church
Records. Prairietown, Illinois: The Church, 1900s.
- Salem Lutheran Church (1891-1892). [Church Records].
Chicago, Illinois: The Church, 1886-1958.
- Scherer, Mary. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1869-1959,
Richland County, Illinois. Olney, Illinois: Mary Scherer,
1985.
- Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Saron Church. [Church
Records]. The Church, 1888-1931.
- Swick, Gary L. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Troy, Illinois. [S.l.: s.n., 1900s]
- Talkemery, William C. Ersten Evangelisch Lutherischen
Kirche: A Translation of Parish Records, 1835-1900.
Beardstown, Illinois: First Evangelical Lutheran Church,
1990-2000?
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (1870-1997). [Church
Records]. The Church, 1870-1978.
- Trinity Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois). [Church
Records]. The Church, 1857-1958.
- Trinity Lutheran Church (South Chicago, Illinois).
[Church Records]. The Church, 1900-1971.
- Trinity Lutheran Church (Springfield, Illinois). Trinity
Lutheran Church, Springfield, Il. Baptisms. Springfield,
Illinois: The Church, 1989.
- Trinity Lutheran Church (Springfield, Illinois). Trinity
Lutheran Church Marriages, 1839-1920. Springfield, Illinois:
The Church, 1985.
- Trinity Lutheran Church (Welge, Illinois). Trinity
Lutheran Church, Welga/Welge, 1883-1910. Chester, Illinois:
Randolph County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Horse Prairie, Randolph County,
Illinois, Early Church Records, 1842-1958. Chester,
Illinois: Randolph County Genealogical Society, 1990s.
- Trinity Lutheran Church Records, Illinois St. Between 3rd
and 4th (German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lamasco City,
Vanderburg). Evansville, Indiana: Microfilmed by Willard
Library, 1994.
- Zion Lutheran Church (Chicago, Illinois). [Church Records]. The Church, 1881-1942.
Church Histories
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Durdel, Frieda. 125th Anniversary, 1868-1993:
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past, Our Hope for Years to Come.
Manito, Illinois: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1993.
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Sepp, Thelma. History of St. Paul Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Dewey, IL. [Urbana? Illinois: The author],
1993.
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Suits, Virlon. History of Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Flatville, Illinois. Urbana, Illinois, Champaign
County Historical Archives, 1988.
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Tillock, Emma S. Junge and Elvera E. Junge
Mahan. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Baldwin,
Illinois, 1883-1983. [Illinois: The authors, 1960s]
- Zion Lutheran Church (Pinckneyville, Illinois). Zion Lutheran Church, Pinckneyville, Illinois: One Hundred Years of Grace with the Lord, 1885-1985. Pinckneyville, Illinois, The Church, 1985.