William Alfred Passavant (1821-94) established it in 1859 (Cf.E. Clifford Nelson, _The Lutherans in North America_ (Fortress Press, c.1975), p.198. Check with Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Williard Mueller ---------- > From: Gail Steckel <gailstec@pa.net> > To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Lutheran Children's Home-Germantown, PA > Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 8:54 PM > > Posted on: Lutheran Roots Queries > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Special/LutheranRoots?read=6 > > Surname: Moore > ------------------------- > > Am trying to locate the whereabouts of old records of the Lutheran Children's > Home (orphanage), located in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. Any ideas?