As a clarification, none of the 8 churches in the UCC index for Worcester has a founding date of 1869. Just want to clear up any confusion. Karen Jenter Michigan In a message dated 6/1/2006 3:04:22 A.M. Pacific SA Standard Time, [email protected] writes: In 1957 the Congregational Christian Churches (Pilgrim) merged with the Evangelical & Reformed Churches (German background) to form the United Church of Christ. I checked the UCC web site and found there are 8 churches in Worcester with a founding date of 1869. Here is the link to locate these churches. _http://www.ucc.org/find/index2.html_ (http://www.ucc.org/find/index2.html) (just put in the city and state) Here is a link that talks about the archives _http://www.ucc.org/aboutus/archives/_ (http://www.ucc.org/aboutus/archives/) (you can click on each background to see what they have) Hope this helps!!!!! Hope this helps Karen Jenter Michigan (http://www.ucc.org/find/city_ucc.php)