In a message dated 09/30/2004 10:41:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Deb, My great-grandmother was also born in Danville in 1883 and was also German Lutheran. I haven't found her birth recorded anywhere, either. I hope someone will have an answer for us as to where to look. I did go through the microfilmed Vermilion County Birth Register, but did not find my great-grandmother's birth recorded there. My great-grandmother was Marie Krueger b. 1883 and her parents were Christian Krueger b. 1844 in Baken, Prussia, and Anna Maria Ringler b. 1850 in Bromskirchen, Hesse-Darmstadt. Michele Chavez Palmdale, California ===== Original Message from [email protected] at 9/30/2004 8:02 pm >Can someone give me some advice? My Grandmother was born in Danville in >1883. I sent for a birth certificate but was told there was none. She was German >Lutheran. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can find some record of > her birth or perhaps a baptism? > >Thanks, >Deb I would suggest that you find the closest Lutheran Church and see what records they might have. Most churches kept records of baptisms and marriages. Hope this helps Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: [email protected] Visit my Memorial to Family Veterans at: http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison...??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.freepeltier.org