HI List.....thanks for the quick responses...now that i know that the Reformed Church was the German reformed church and an "off shoot" of the Lutheran religion....but my ancestor William, wasn't entirely German....he was also English...father's surname REYNOLDS....but....his mother was a HEISER /HEYSER....hence where the German came from i guess....William then married a gal who was Lutheran....guess that's feasible as well???....not sure who was "allowed" to marry who back then....when William, my ancestor's daughter, Sarah was 16, i have a record where she converted from "Lutheran to Catholic"....would a German Reformed Church member who married a Lutheran, therefore their children would be raised Lutheran??...the parents of the wife of William were listed as "consistent members of the Evangelical Church"....but gave the money to build a "St. John's Lutheran Church".....i'm a religion illiterate when it comes to Protestantism....do Evangelical and Lutheran and German Reformed all fit together somehow??....any help appreciated...Joe Cambria County Quik Search Genealogical Services Member of Association of Professional Genealogists_ http://hometown.aol.com/camcoquiksearch/myhomepage/business.html_ (http://hometown.aol.com/camcoquiksearch/myhomepage/business.html)

Joe: See my reply to John re; reformed churches. I would also add that our ancesters experienced a whole new life here, complete freedom. Within my own family they helped establish two Presbyterian churches "old siders vs new siders" and it was father against son, but as i said to John by the next generation they were marry German Lutherans. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: <JoeKeR63@aol.com> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:04 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] Re:Reformed Congregation = which religion? > HI List.....thanks for the quick responses...now that i know that the > Reformed Church was the German reformed church and an "off shoot" of the > Lutheran > religion....but my ancestor William, wasn't entirely German....he was > also > English...father's surname REYNOLDS....but....his mother was a HEISER > /HEYSER....hence where the German came from i guess....William then > married a gal who > was Lutheran....guess that's feasible as well???....not sure who was > "allowed" > to marry who back then....when William, my ancestor's daughter, Sarah was > 16, i have a record where she converted from "Lutheran to > Catholic"....would a > German Reformed Church member who married a Lutheran, therefore their > children > would be raised Lutheran??...the parents of the wife of William were > listed > as "consistent members of the Evangelical Church"....but gave the money > to > build a "St. John's Lutheran Church".....i'm a religion illiterate when > it > comes to Protestantism....do Evangelical and Lutheran and German Reformed > all fit > together somehow??....any help appreciated...Joe > > Cambria County Quik Search Genealogical Services > > Member of Association of Professional Genealogists_ > http://hometown.aol.com/camcoquiksearch/myhomepage/business.html_ > (http://hometown.aol.com/camcoquiksearch/myhomepage/business.html) > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >