Mary - Thanks for thinking of sending the HENRICH info. As far as I know, my grgrandpa Fritz HEINRICH was an only child who came over with his mother only, and then right to Chicago. I know what you're saying about internet searches. In most cases, I don't bother with that surname, just because of the "false drops". Ray Ziemer Warrenville, IL Researching ZIEMER, BONOW, KRUECKE/KRUECKOW, GERGOLLA, HEINRICH, ROLOFF, BAER, HARDT > Pommern, Ost/West Preussen > Chicago, IL

Hello all, There are MANY burial records for St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown, Berks County, PA, which have been posted to the GenConnect obituaries board listed as "EasternPA". To take a look at that board, go to the following URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/EasternPaObits The surnames involved there are too numerous to send. There may very well be other churches/denominations included on that board, but I can tell you from the messages that I have seen that MANY of them are for the church mentioned above. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu

Hello, One of you is research HEINRICH. When I searched on that name before, I got only what is known in the Library Science world as "false drops", meaning that I found Heinrich as a first name rather than a last name (this is a big problem for me when I am attempting to research my MOSES family). This one is for HENRICH, which is very close to HEINRICH. It is for Chester County, PA, where I myself happen to do much research on. In fact, I am a member of the list that this message went to. If this HENRICH line looks close, I can let you know some more about Chester County resources. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT x-loop/LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 11:15:36 -0800 From: Domatz@aol.com To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: HENRICH/BIERBRAUER/HOFFMAN/WINTER Is anyone doing the Chester Co PA Henrichs? This is my line. Descendants of Johann Henrich Generation No. 1 1. JOHANN1 HENRICH was born Abt. 1767 in Chester or Montgomery Co., and died April 14, 1821 in Berks Co.. He married MAGDALENA BIERBRAUER in Chester Co., daughter of HERMAN BIERBRAUER and CHRISTINA HOFFMAN. Children of JOHANN HENRICH and MAGDALENA BIERBRAUER are: i. ELIZABETH2 HENRICH, ii. HANNA HENRICH, iii. CHRISTINA HENRICH, iv. CATHRYN HENRICH, v. MARIA HENRICH, b. November 09, 1800, 2. vi. GEORG HENRICH, b. February 12, 1803, Colebrookdale, Pa; d. July 16, 1865, Bellegrove, Lebanon Co. Pa.. vii. SARA HENRICH, b. June 12, 1805, viii. ANNA HENRICH, b. October 07, 1807, ix. JACOB HENRICH, b. November 17, 1818, Berks Co., Pa.; d. July 19, 1822, Berks Co., Pa.. More About JACOB HENRICH: Fact 1: Buried - Christ Luth - Stouchsburg, PA Generation No. 2 2. GEORG2 HENRICH (JOHANN1) was born February 12, 1803 in Colebrookdale, Pa, and died July 16, 1865 in Bellegrove, Lebanon Co. Pa.. He married LOUESA/ELIZABETH WINTER August 1831, daughter of JOHANNES WINTER and ERNESTINA WEINOEL. More About GEORG HENRICH: Fact 1: Buried - Bellegrove Lutheran Cemetery Fact 2: Originally from Berks Co More About LOUESA/ELIZABETH WINTER: Fact 1: Buried at Bellegrove Lutheran Cem. Lebanon Co PA Children of GEORG HENRICH and LOUESA/ELIZABETH WINTER are: i. JOHANNES3 HENRICH, b. October 31, 1833, Berks Co. Pa.; ii. GEORG FRANKLIN HENRICH, b. January 10, 1836, Berks Co. Pa.; More About GEORG FRANKLIN HENRICH: Fact 1: Md- possibly Elizabeth M. Sanders iii. LEVI HENRICH, b. July 19, 1838, Berks Co. Pa.; ; m. MATILDA L., iv. CARL WILLIAM HENRICH, b. October 30, 1840, Berks Co. Pa.; d. ??. More About CARL WILLIAM HENRICH: Fact 1: He got nothing in his mother's will because Fact 2: He got more than enough while his father was alive v. DANIEL HENRICH, b. March 10, 1843, Berks Co. Pa.. 3. vi. DAVID HENRY/HENRICH, b. July 09, 1845, Heidelburg Twp.; d. November 03, 1915, Lebanon, Pa.. vii. SAMUEL REITH HENRICH, b. July 01, 1850, Berks Co Pa.; . viii. JACOB ADAM HENRICH, b. January 06, 1853, Berks Co Pa.; d. January 27, 1854, More About JACOB ADAM HENRICH: Fact 1: Christ Lutheran - Stouchsburg, PA 4. ix. EMMA ELIZABETH HENRICH, b. September 23, 1855, Berks Co. Pa.. Doris Matz <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/8067/">domatz's webpage</A>

Hello All, When I saw this one, I thought I should pass it along right away; I know several of you have inquired about the St. Louis area. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:29:19 -0800 From: SSolem8522@aol.com To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT x-loop/LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Hope Lutheran Cemetery transcription, Floodwood Township, is online Hi List, Just to let you know that Hope Lutheran Cemetery transcription is online. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui/hopeluth.htm 2 down and 2 more to go! enjoy, Shirley

Hello all, I just discovered a set of marriage records that have been posted to the web, for a Reverend/Pastor Francis J. Schneider who officiated at weddings in the New York City area. The dates are in the 1880's. The address for that web page is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Marriage/Schneider.html -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu

Hello all, I was just looking at a webpage that led me to what appears to be a very good webpage discussing archives of Lutheran and related churches in Germany. Unfortunately, the entire webpage is all in German (understandable, because the creator lives there...). Do any listmembers read German well enough to see what this page really says? The address is: http://www.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/darchi18.htm I can read just enough to figure out that this has something to do with the archives for Lutheran churches, but I can tell not much more than that. By the way, I am still wrestling with these PML posts that keep coming to me. I did some searches for names mentioned by subscribers, but haven't found anything yet for the searches I did do. My mail system is getting overwhelmed by the posts that keep coming in, because I have so little time to deal with them. I am thinking about ceasing the acquiring of new posts, and then trying to deal with the ones I already have before starting up again. Will get back to you on which searches I have done shortly. If one of you is able to read the German on the webpage listed above, can you tell us what it says (briefly, the page is very long)? -- Thanks, Mary Taffet List Administrator for Lutheran Roots

Today in History (January 13): 1897 Niels Pedersen Grennet, organized Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark, died 1966 Johan Arnd Aasgaard, Norwegian American Lutheran church leader, died (b. 1876); educated at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; United (Norwegian Lutheran) Seminary; pastor in DeForest, Wisconsin (1901-11); taught at United Church seminary (1906-07); president of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota (1911-25); president of The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (name changed in 1946 to The Evangelical Lutheran Church) (1925-54); helped lay groundwork for the merger that resulted in the formation of The ALC in 1960 If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 12): 1584 This date became January 22 in the Swiss cantons of Fribourg, Lucern, Schwyz, Solothurn, Unterwalden, Uri and Zug when they adopted the Gregorian calendar (created by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, to replace the older, inaccurate Julian calendar created by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.) 1826 Ernst Gustav Hermann Miessler, American Lutheran missionary to the Chippewa Indians, born in Reichenbach, Silesia (d. 1916); educated for missionary service at Dresden, Germany; came to the United States as a Leipzig missionary to the Chippewas near Saginaw, Michigan in 1851; the mission was nearly broken up by governmental transfer of the Indians to Isabella Co., Michigan, but Miessler continued to serve until 1869, when he moved to Saginaw, retiring in 1871 to engage in the study and practice of medicine in Chicago 1839 The "Republik", the third ship carrying Saxon immigrants, arrives in New Orleans 1847 Johan Arndt Bergh, United Norwegian Lutheran church leader, born in Odemark, Norway If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 11): 1730 Beata Sturm, "Wuerttenberg Tabitha", died (b. 1682); in her youth she was blind for almost two years; although severely limited in sight, she read the Bible through thirty times; she had a good memory and could repeat a sermon almost word for word; she studied the writings of Luther and confessed that no one had so beautifully preached Christ to her and made so much of Him as Luther had done; she visited widows and orphans, the poor, sick, and needy, and especially as were in spiritual trouble; she would deprive herself of necessities in order to give to others 1791 "The First-day or Sunday-school Society" organized in Philadelphia; composed of members of different denominations; first general Sunday school organization in the United States; founded by William White; this marked the beginning of the American Missionary Fellowship, which was chartered in 1817; today, this evangelical and interdenominational organization is headquartered in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and works primarily in the U.S. in missionary training and evangelism 1817 Timothy Dwight, hymnist, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he was president of Yale University (b. 1752) and was a native of Massachusetts as well as a grandson of Jonathan Edwards; Dwight served as eighth president of Yale from 1795 until his death; he is remembered today as author of the hymn of testimony "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" 1843 Francis Scott Key, hymnist, died (b. 1779); Maryland-born son of a Continental Army officer; although usually touted as the author of America's national anthem, he was also a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and taught Bible classes in and around Washington, D.C.; he was also among the organizers of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, founded in 1820 If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Seeking information on Nauman family, Gottleib, George, Charles, Caspar, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1750s-1830s.

Seeking information of Stover Family circa 1722 1870 York County Paradise Township Pa. Georg Michel Stover 1722-1781 wife Christine. Son Johan Jacob Stover Sr. 1748-1830 wife Susanna Maul.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Bozovich" <roz1@poweruser.com> To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 6:41 PM Subject: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] 1846 Marriage Record > > Hello List, > > > > I have obtained a copy of the marriage record of my gr gr > > grandparents from the Recorder of Deeds in St. Louis, MO. It > > states that a "F. Pioker, Pastor" united them in marriage > > according to the laws of the state of Missouri and the usages > of > > the Evangelic Protestant Church of St. Louis, MO. This was in > > June of 1846. I know that my gr gr grandfather was later a > > member of a Lutheran Church in Illinois. Can someone steer me > in > > the right direction for finding out which church this Pastor > > Pioker (sp?) might have been affiliated with? Thanks! Greetings Rosemary, From similiar information on a marriage in 1860, I was able to determine the church and found the record by using the St. Louis city directory for 1860. The directories frequently listed the pastor as well as sexton and even the beginning of the church and the size, at least in several which I have used. I copied the page with the Evangelical churches from the 1860 but there is not a Pastor Pioker, the closest is Rev. Toby Pioster. He was pastor of the Independent Evangelical Protestant Church, located on the south-west corner of Mound and Eighth streets, erected 1856. The LDS has a large number of microfilmed [or on fiche] city directories for St. Louis available for usage at your local Mormon church. You could check their online catalog at http://www.familysearch.org Look under St. Louis city [not county] and Churches. The only ones which look old enough are St. Mark's and St. Peter's, maybe St. Paul's, but some don't have dates, but those seem to refer to the building anyway and not the congregation . The books of the two churches in which I was interested were both available on film through the LDS. There are also two mailing list through Rootsweb for St. Louis with very helpful subscribers: StLouis-MO-L MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L I hope that you will be able to find the church. Karen Grossart at Grossart@MCS.net

> Hello List, > > I have obtained a copy of the marriage record of my gr gr > grandparents from the Recorder of Deeds in St. Louis, MO. It > states that a "F. Pioker, Pastor" united them in marriage > according to the laws of the state of Missouri and the usages of > the Evangelic Protestant Church of St. Louis, MO. This was in > June of 1846. I know that my gr gr grandfather was later a > member of a Lutheran Church in Illinois. Can someone steer me in > the right direction for finding out which church this Pastor > Pioker (sp?) might have been affiliated with? Thanks! Rosemary <roz1@poweruser.com>

Greetings, I am looking for any one who is researching the above name. they are a family from Germany who immigrated to Canada in 1915. We members of a Lutheran Church in Russia/ Germany. Where would one look for birth records of the family? Thank you Jim

I do not know what happened to the one for the 9th of January Today in History (January 10): 1624 During January, the religion of the prince becomes that of his subjects in Germany 1729 The Protestant Episcopal Church leader, Dean Berkeley, arrived in Rhode Island during January for the purpose of founding a university in the colonies 1738 First Protestant and Lutheran orphanage in United States, begun by Salzburgers of Georgia in Savannah 1878 During January, the Ohio Synod confers a DD degree on C. F. W. Walther 1880 The Ohio Synod contemplates withdrawal from the Synodical Conference due to Predestinarian Controversy during January 1883 Elling, Eielsen, lay preacher in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; came to America and helped organize "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America" (The Ellingian Synod) and served as its president; died 1885 During January, preliminary plans for the Icelandic Synod were held in Mountain, North Dakota 1911 During January, German and English Sunday School leaflets first appeared in the Missouri Synod If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 8): 1788 Jacob Leist, president of Ohio Synod, born in Snyder County, Pennsylvania 1792 Birth of Lowell Mason, American sacred music composer, in Medfield, Massachusetts; he spent his life stimulating religious community life by organizing church choirs and fostering congregational singing; during his lifetime he published more than 40 collections of music, and wrote or arranged more than 1000 hymn tunes; the most enduring of his sacred melodies include BETHANY ("Nearer My God, to Thee"), DENNIS ("Blest Be the Tie That Binds"), HAMBURG ("When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"), OLIVET ("My Faith Looks Up to Thee"), UXBRIDGE ("Be Present at Our Table, Lord"), and the melody to "Work, for the Night Is Coming" If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 7): 1590 Jakob Andreae, theologian, reformer, leader in drafting "Formula of Concord", died; introduced Lutheranism to much of Germany 1584 This date became January 17 when Bohemia (Austria) and the rest of Germany adopted the Gregorian calendar (created by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582) to replace the older, more inaccurate Julian calendar (created by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.) 1597 This date became January 17 in the Swiss canton of Appenzell, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted to replace the Julian calendar 1914 First issue of "Northwestern Lutheran" 1944 Overture for Lutheran Unity" adopted by executive committee of American Lutheran Conference in Chicago If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Today in History (January 6): 1714 John Christopher Hartwick, helped organize Pennsylvania Ministerium, born in Saxe-Gotha, Germany 1793 Virginia Special Conference organized 1835 Swedish Mission Society founded 1853 First conference of Swedish Lutheran congregations held in Moline, Illinois 1896 Birth of Vergilius T. A. Ferm, American Lutheran theologian, in Sioux City, Iowa; as professor of philosophy for many years at the College of Wooster in Ohio, Ferm authored and edited many important works on religion; one work still in print today is _The Encyclopedia of Religion_ (1945), which he edited 1906 Legal separation of church and state in France begins If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404

Hi Mary, Sounds like you are taking one step foward and two steps backwards!! You'll never catch up. Thank you for the opportunity for us to list our names and locations. I am searching for the records for St. John's Lutheran Church(First of East New York) located at 227 New Jersey Ave, Brooklyn, NY(1880-1960). It closed in the early 1970's. The names I am searching for are: KUFS, BACHMANN, SCHAEFER, and KISTENMACHER Sue Binghamton, NY Rootsweb Sponsor

Greetings - I am researching the following: ZIEMER, BONOW, KRUECKE/KRUECKOW, GERGOLLA, HEINRICH, ROLOFF, BAER: In German Evangelical parishes from Prussia through the 1880's: Pommern; Elbing, Marienwerder, Wittigwald in West/Ostpreussen. Also ancestors of Olaus MAGNUSSON ca. 1860 Alboke Parish, Oland, Sweden; ancestors of Carl BREDBERG/OLAFSSON ca. 1870 Aleklinta Parish, Vestergotland, Sweden. In the USA, from the 1880's: ZIEMER, BONOW, GERGOLLA, HEINRICH, HARDT, ROLOFF - at Gethsemane, St. Peter's & St. Stephen's on Chicago's South Side. GERGOLLA, ROLOFF, SEEGERS, BRAUN in Spink Co., S.Dakota (Redfield?) OLSON, BREDBERG on Chicago's Far South (East) Side. OLSONs also in Ft.Collins, CO. Thanks for your interest. Ray Ziemer Warrenville, IL