Hi Tom, I would suggest that you contact the Archives Dept. of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and ask them if they have records of the Churches that Pastor Lange served. Their e-mail address is: archives@elca.com They have microfilms of many early Lutheran Church records for loan and for sale. It costs $15 to borrow one of these microfilms for one month, or you can buy one for $45. However, if a Church in question still exists, you must obtain permission from the present Pastor of the Church in order to actually purchase the microfilm. You can look at these microfilms at your local library if you do not have your own microfilm reader. The website for the ELCA Archives is: www.elca.org/archives/intro.html When you get to that page, you will see two items at the bottom of the page relating to Genealogy that you can click on. Good luck in your search! Doris

Thank you for your suggestions, Doris, but I have already gone that route. I then contacted the Gettysburg seminary concerning churches in the Osterburg area, but the records begin much too late. I then inquired whether there might be journals of itinerant ministers who served that area, and that is how I learned of Rev. Lange's labors. Apparently the group in that area was so small at the time that they did not have regular ministers and relied on men such as he for baptisms, weddings, etc. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dooris63@aol.com> To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Rev. Frederick William Lange > Hi Tom, > > I would suggest that you contact the Archives Dept. of the Evangelical > Lutheran Church in America and ask them if they have records of the Churches > that Pastor Lange served. Their e-mail address is: archives@elca.com > They have microfilms of many early Lutheran Church records for loan and for > sale. It costs $15 to borrow one of these microfilms for one month, or you > can buy one for $45. However, if a Church in question still exists, you must > obtain permission from the present Pastor of the Church in order to actually > purchase the microfilm. You can look at these microfilms at your local > library if you do not have your own microfilm reader. The website for the > ELCA Archives is: www.elca.org/archives/intro.html When you get > to that page, you will see two items at the bottom of the page relating to > Genealogy that you can click on. Good luck in your search! > > Doris >