Ursula I put the Concordia Historical Society in my search bar and their web site came up. i got no help with the Bengsch/Brussat name but they do have a lot of searchable info. It is worth looking at. There is much history of the church there. Darlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lutheran Connectons > Marvin, et al > > I know that the Missouri Synod and probably the Iowa Synod too kept track > of the pastors in the various states in which they served as I have three > Evangelical Lutheran Calendars from 1903, 1904, 1905 that lists the > pastors that served in any parish in the nation. I would also agree with > Marvin that they probably have access to records as they pertain to the > state of Missouri. > > What I cannot believe is that the synod was the recipient of duplicate > church records from the hundreds if not thousands of different parishes in > the US. > > Someone wrote that Concordia would assist you in locating the parish > records of your ancestors. Well, that assistance may consist of merely > telling you the name of the town/parish where they can be found. Most > family researchers know the name of the church their ancestors attended. > > What I'm getting at is this, if my ancestors attended St James in some far > away hamlet, I wouldn't assume that Concordia would be able or willing to > look up a birth or marriage certificate for that particular church. > > I think someone needs to research the function and capabilities of the > Concordia Historical Institute and then report back to us so we all are > aware of this resource. > > Ursula > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marvin Huggins" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:33:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lutheran Connectons > > > Concordia Historical Institute has records of some Missouri Synod > congregations and can help pin down the location of other records. > Lutheran > congregations keep their records locally in most cases. And records can > vary > greatly from one parish to another with how much detail was entered > about > where people came from in Germany. > The CHI web site is at [1]http://www.lutheranhistory.org/. Send email to > the > reference department at [2][email protected] and they will > let > you know whether there are records that might relate to your family or > suggest possible congregations to contact. > Marvin Huggins > St. Louis, MO > Jeanne Fizell wrote: > > Is that where you find both American Lutheran and Missouri Synod records > please? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [3]<[email protected]> > To: [4]<[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 12:59 PM > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lutheran Connectons > > > > > The address is :: > [5][email protected] > > I aam a member as long as my dues are up to date. > Phil Kuehn > > > ------- Original Message ------- >>From : M Hurney[[6]mailto:[email protected]] > Sent : 12/31/2009 11:33:22 AM > To : [7][email protected] > Cc : > Subject : RE: [G-P-L] Lutheran Connectons > > Contact Concordia Historical Society in St. Louis. They have German > Lutheran Church records. You can find their address if you Google them. > I > contacted them a few years ago for my great grandparent's marriage > information. I sent them a $25.00 donation and they were very > accomodating > researching for the information I wanted. On the Lutheran marriage > information it ways where the bride and groom were born. This was the > door > that opened for me to find many ancestors - Eldena, Mecklenburg and Gross > Wanzer, Prussia - now in Sachen Anhalt. Well worth the $25.00. 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