In a message dated 4/3/2005 8:12:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, john112g3@aol.com writes: Second, you might be dealing with two families, one your correct one, the other transient who showed up in the Lutheran Church. Secondary records can be dangerous to use without going back to the original. Third, I'd try to check the original documents on film if possible. --- Sometimes you can determine that there are two different families of the same name merely by examining the other records for the same church/congregation for the same time period, or even other church records for the same geographic area. The LDS records of the church are not really "secondary" records but they are "derivative" records and, as you note, if you have any reason to suspect there could be errors in translation (if the originals were not in English) or transcription, then it is always wise to check the original handwritten records in the films as you suggest. In one family I was researching I had a tombstone inscription listing a man's date of birth and date of death and while I was pretty sure he was the same man I had a baptismal record for--the baptismal record (from a printed source) didn't agree with the dob on the tombstone. I obtained the film and figured out that the date DID agree with the tombstone and the transcriber had misread the abbreviations for the months January and June. Joan