FYI -- There is a database from ancestry.com that is available for free searching until 11/20. Details below. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [snip] ============================================================ DATABASES OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) ============================================================ [snip] ____________________________________________________________________ YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1733-1800: CHRIST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH The ministers of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, located in the city of York, began keeping records in 1733. The late F. J. C. Hertzog translated the original entries from German to English in 1919. The records in this database span the years 1733-1800 and include the names of 17,565 individuals who lived in York County. For researchers of German immigrant ancestors who settled in Pennsylvania and their descendants, this database can provide valuable vital statistics not available in other records. Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. "York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Hertzog, F. J. C. "Records, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, City of York, York County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1800." Manuscript by the translator, 1919. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4936.htm ____________________________________________________________________ [snip]