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What happened to A Lincoln Savings Association?
A Lincoln Savings Association in River Forest, IL was merged into Cragin Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago, IL with federal assistance on Mar 31, 1977. After 3 more changes of hands, what was A Lincoln Savings Association is today part of Bank of America, National Association (Charlotte, NC).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1922A Lincoln Savings Association opens in River Forest, IL
- Mar 31, 1977ASSISTED MERGERA Lincoln Savings Association was merged into Cragin Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago, IL with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 30165 ends; its business continues under certificate 29266.
- Nov 11, 1995MERGEDCragin Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed LaSalle Cragin Bank, FSB) of Chicago, IL merged into LaSalle Talman Bank, F.S.B. of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 29266 ends; its business continues under certificate 28244.
- Mar 31, 2000MERGEDLaSalle Talman Bank, F.S.B. (by then renamed LaSalle Bank, F.S.B.) of Chicago, IL merged into LaSalle Bank National Association of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 28244 ends; its business continues under certificate 15407.
- Oct 17, 2008MERGEDLaSalle Bank National Association of Chicago, IL merged into Bank of America, National Association of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 15407 ends; its business continues under certificate 3510.
- TodayOPEN
Bank of America, National AssociationMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 3510 · 3,598 offices in 39 states on June 30, 2026Every Bank of America, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankofamerica.com
If you still have something from A Lincoln Savings Association
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows A Lincoln Savings Association as lienholder, start with Bank of America, National Association. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
A Lincoln Savings Association was merged with federal assistance on Mar 31, 1977. The FDIC's limit on lien releases is for mergers without government assistance, so FDIC Resolution Inquiries (888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central, weekdays) can tell you whether it holds anything for this bank.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Bank of America, National Association to search for the account under the name A Lincoln Savings Association. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Bank of America, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the A Lincoln Savings Association office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 30165 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.