Hello Pauline, I was wondering if any Morris' are listed in your city directory? Pauline <rayandpauline@atlanticbb.net> wrote: 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" To: 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 > ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.