John, thanks for this information. I found my g-grandmother listed. My question is, since I work real close (walking distance) to the historical society on James ST, would it be worthwhile to search the orginal? I have her death date, but nothing else; i.e. marriage, birth, and that of her parents. Would this info be written in the orginal records? Karen In a message dated 10/24/2006 11:35:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, baltohist7@verizon.net writes: Karen, Confirming Lisa's info, the 1899 Baltimore City Directory listed the Fifth German Reformed Church, at Canton Ave & Broadway, with Rev. Marcus Bachman as the pastor. In a stroke of luck for you, the late Pauline Leitner and her husband Robert transcribed records from the church and they are now online at the Maryland Genealogical Society's web site. This is a great resource that deserves our support. You can access the records at: http://www.mdgensoc.org/database%20transcriptions/transcriptions.html It looks like Rev. Bachmann himself and many of his family were buried from there. John