jeff_lintner@dph.sf.ca.us wrote: > Thank you to all on this list that have helped provide some suggestions to me in > the past. I am presenting a question that has stumped myself and an ancestor of > the other person involved in this question. Let me explain. I am looking for any > information/leads/suggestions regarding Lutheran church records for NYC between > 1766 and 1774, thereabouts. It is known that my ancestor Georg Lindner/George > Lintner and Stephen Schreiber were residents of NYC in 1773 when they bought > land together. Where they lived in NYC is a mystery at present. Also, it is > known that these two men had "partaken of the Lord's Supper" from a Lutheran > minister. Here is the exact reference. > > "Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts - English 1664-1776, pg. 825, 1774 > April 18 - certificates- Muhlenberg, minister of the Lutheran Congregation of > New York that Stephen Schreiber and George Lintner had partaken of the Lord's > supper." > > This reference was important as it was noted in George and Stephen's > naturalization document that they had partaken of the Lord's supper. > > Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the direction of being able to contact > the present location of the Lutheran Congregation of New York and/or Minister > Muhlenberg? Mr. Screiber's ancestor believes that Minister Muhlenberg was a > traveling minister, perhaps out of Philadelphia. I am hoping that the statement > 'Lutheran Congregation of NY' does serve a greater purpose than to state their > religious preference. > > Thank you for any help that can be offered. > > Jeff Lintner You should contact the Lutheran Historical Society at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. 61 W. Confederate Ave 17325. Tele 410 945 6268 lhs@abs.net http://www.abs.net/~lhs hope that this helps. John Dornheim