While we're on Lutheran churches and wedding records, I will repeat a question I think I tried a few years ago. Is anyone aware of what Lutheran churches would have been in Cumberland in 1866? I am trying to find out about the marriage of my great grandmother's parents or step parents who were married January 1, 1866. They are in the record book in the courthouse with only their names. His last name was Hueschkel or Heuschkel and hers was Spencer. Years later Mary Elizabeth Spencer wrote in a civil war pension application that the marriage was done by a Lutheran minister named Schwankovsky. There is an affidavit in the pension file from Schwankovsky verifying this but by the he was in Grand Rapids Michigan. So if the list can help me, is it known what church in Allegany county Schwankovsky was affiliated with? The record in the courthouse only gives the names of the couple and the date. Thanks, Art Grady --- Karen Hangsleben <phangsleben@ghg.net> wrote: > Thank you to all who commented about the marriage > records held by the > clerk's office. I would like to look for church > records as it seems that > would give me the most information. My question is > one I use to have the > answer for and now can't find. Years ago I was told > that there was a church > in proximity to the courthouse/clerk's office and > many walked there to be > married since there wasn't a waiting period. What > church was this? The > marriage record I received recently had the parties > married in a Lutheran > church - St. Paul by a Rev. Yost. I'd thought the > couple Methodist even > though the wife's parents converted to Roman Cath. > sometime before they > died. Getting married in a Lutheran church might > therefore have been a > matter of convenience. The groom was living in > Pittsburgh, PA at the time of > their marriage - but, he was born in MD. > > > > Now, the sad news. Several kind people took an > interest in my STEPPE search > and tried helping me in the past week. I came so > very close to finding a > gentleman by this name that might have helped me. > Unfortunately, he died > earlier this month. To come this close makes me > heartsick. Take it from me; > if you have waited to write a letter, make a phone > call or to delve into > another branch of your family history don't put it > off telling yourself > you'll write etc. later. Later might never come! > > > > Sadly, Karen Nelson Hangsleben, TX > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/

There ought to be a Lutheran library or some such that would have a bio on this minister. If so it should include all the churches in which he ministered. I would go to a local Lutheran church and ask. The Cath. Ch. has a Cath directory maybe the Lutheran's do too. Good Luck - Karen Nelson Hangsleben -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Art Grady Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:02 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Lutheran churches and pastors in 1866 in AlleganyCty. While we're on Lutheran churches and wedding records, I will repeat a question I think I tried a few years ago. Is anyone aware of what Lutheran churches would have been in Cumberland in 1866? I am trying to find out about the marriage of my great grandmother's parents or step parents who were married January 1, 1866. They are in the record book in the courthouse with only their names. His last name was Hueschkel or Heuschkel and hers was Spencer. Years later Mary Elizabeth Spencer wrote in a civil war pension application that the marriage was done by a Lutheran minister named Schwankovsky. There is an affidavit in the pension file from Schwankovsky verifying this but by the he was in Grand Rapids Michigan. So if the list can help me, is it known what church in Allegany county Schwankovsky was affiliated with? The record in the courthouse only gives the names of the couple and the date. Thanks, Art Grady

Art- I Googled "Lutheran Minister Schwankovsky" and got several hits like the following. Perhaps if you google, you can connect with a Schwankovsky family member and find out a good deal. This may or may not be the Luthern Minister Schwankovsky you are looking for but the period of time is close. Sharon ************************************************ Family name: schwankovsky Last, First Galbraith, Ted E-Mail: teddybare@i2k.com Street: 149 Kimberly Dr City, State: Prudenville Mi Country: USA Date: 1999-10-25 Family Website: Additional Family Information: Looking for information on Conrad Schwankovsky, a Lutheran Minister in the mid 1800"s. Served in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan areas. ****************************************** History of Butler Co., PA 1895 St. Peter's Evangelical Union Church was formally organized in 1849, as "The Evansburg Lutheran and Reformed Church," by Rev. Herman MUNTZ, but the union did not last long. A contract between the members of the Reformed and Lutheran churches of Evans City, was signed April 25, 1853. The record is written in German. This contract was in force until August 2, of that year, when the bodies divided, Mr. MUNTZ organizing "St. Peter's German Luth- [p. 425] eran Church," and taking fifteen families with him, who held the original building of 1850. The pastors since Mr. MUNTZ's time have been Revs. C. SCHWANKOVSKY, 1854, K. W. BRECHT, 1855; C. WALTBURGER, 1858; E. F. WINTER, 1863; Casper SCHEEL, 1880 and the present pastor, Rev. Henry VOEGLE, who came in 1890. The church was chartered January 15, 1872, on petition of Rev. E. F. WINTER, Jacob STROUP, William GOEHRING, Zeno MARKEL, Peter BURR and other members of the society.