Jeff, It's a long shot, especially since there was more than one Pastor Muhlenberg, but you might try to get access to the three volume set called "The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg". You will need all three volumes, because the third volume is the only one with an index. Every surname that appears anywhere in one of the three volumes is indexed in the third volume, by first name. You will find out from the index which volume(s) & page number(s) are applicable. If however the Pastor Muhlenberg involved was not Henry Melchior, then I don't know where to lead you next. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was, as I understand it, one of the first, if not the first, Paster of the Lutheran church in America. He was ordained in Germany and then sent to Pennsylvania certainly by 1743, if not before then. He travelled a lot, so many different locations are addressed in his journals. He made notes of every baptism, every marriage, and every death he attended (at least as far as I know...). Two entries in Volume II of this series proved crucial for my own research, as they linked together two generations that I would have no other way of linking. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu P.S. For some reason, the properties of the list seem to have been changed such that the reply no longer goes to the list. Should I change it back, or leave it the way it is now? 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