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What happened to Heritage Bank?
Heritage Bank in Blue Island, IL (earlier called Bremen Bank and Trust Company and 3 other names) merged into First Midwest Bank, National Association of Chicago, IL on Oct 26, 1998. After 1 more change of hands, what was Heritage Bank is today part of Old National Bank (Evansville, IN).
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.
- 1912Bremen Bank and Trust Company opens in Blue Island, IL
- Jan 15, 1987renamed Heritage Bremen Bank and Trust Company
- Jan 2, 1990renamed Heritage Bank Tinley Park
- Oct 26, 1991renamed Heritage Bank and Trust Company
- Nov 29, 1991renamed Heritage Bank
- Oct 26, 1998MERGEDHeritage Bank merged into First Midwest Bank, National Association of Chicago, IL.FDIC certificate 9272 ends; its business continues under certificate 3709.
- Feb 16, 2022MERGEDFirst Midwest Bank, National Association (by then renamed First Midwest Bank) of Chicago, IL merged into Old National Bank of Evansville, IN.FDIC certificate 3709 ends; its business continues under certificate 3832.
- TodayOPEN
Old National BankMain office Evansville, IN · FDIC certificate 3832 · 354 offices in 10 states on June 30, 2026Every Old National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.oldnational.com
If you still have something from Heritage Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Heritage Bank as lienholder, start with Old National Bank. 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.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Old National Bank to search for the account under the name Heritage Bank. 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 Old National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Heritage Bank 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. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
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 ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 9 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 16700 80th AveTinley Park, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 12015 Western AveBlue Island, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 17500 Oak Park AveTinley Park, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 11900 S Pulaski RdAlsip, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 800 S State StLockport, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 13500 Cicero AveCrestwood, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 3737 147th StMidlothian, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 4101 183rd StCountry Club Hills, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| 1301 N Larkin AveJoliet, IL | OpenOld National Bank |
| Route 83 and 74th StreetDarien, IL | No longer reported |
| 7645 W. St.Francis RoadFrankfort, IL | No longer reported |
| 19648 La Grange RoadMokena, IL | No longer reported |
| 1888 East Lincoln HighwayNew Lenox, IL | No longer reported |
| 4820 West Court StreetMonee, IL | No longer reported |
| 6011 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL | No longer reported |
| 11200 W. 143rd StreetOrland Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 17533 Oak Park AvenueTinley Park, IL | No longer reported |
| 12727 South RidgelandPalos Heights, IL | No longer reported |
| 14301 South Cicero AvenueCrestwood, IL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Heritage Bank
7 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Heritage Bank MidlothianMidlothian, IL | Oct 15, 1994 |
| Heritage Bank AlsipAlsip, IL | Apr 9, 1993 |
| First Chicago Bank for Savings, F.S.B.Frankfort, IL | Dec 12, 1992 |
| Heritage Bank Country Club HillsCountry Club Hills, IL | Oct 24, 1992 |
| Heritage Bank and Trust CompanyBlue Island, IL | Oct 26, 1991 |
| Heritage Bank of Oak LawnOak Lawn, IL | Oct 26, 1991 |
| Heritage Bank CrestwoodCrestwood, IL | Oct 26, 1991 |
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 9272 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.