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

Karen, I have two old city directories , one from 1933 and one from 1895-1896 and their about eleven Steppe families in them , two in the oldest one and nine in the newer one..............If you want them I will copy and send them to you, I will try to do it this afternoon, if not in the next couple of days....................Pauline ( Allegany County, Cumberland, Md. directories ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Hangsleben" <phangsleben@ghg.net> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:19 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Marriage registry/Death of a contact > 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 >

St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Cumberland is just across the street from the Courthouse..well, maybe a block away. Connie

St. Paul's Lutheran Church was not there when most of these weddings took place - until ca. 1960 that was the site of the Roman house, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church was downtown on Baltimore Street (where the Downtown Dollar Store is today). It was, however, still within walking distance of the court house and many people did go there to be married. > St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Cumberland is just across the street from > the > Courthouse..well, maybe a block away.