Does anyone know if there is a printed transcript/abstract or index to St. John's Evang. Luth Church, Hagerstown? Or where originals would be? I am looking to prove the marriage of Susanna Reitenauer/Ridenour b. 1786 (d/o Martin Reitenauer and Catherine Kershner) and David Barr/Behn October 12, 1805. Maria E. Brower, CA

Hi Maria: Try www.heritagebooks.com, a great source of such books in Westminster, MD 4211577-5026. My copies of "Washington County, Maryland Church Records of the 18th Century 1768 - 1800", " Bible Records of Washington County, Maryland", and "Maryland German Church Records, vol 12, Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, Hagerstown, MD" will take a lot of your time as they have mine. A skilled genealogist told me not to put to much faith on the name as the name of that Hagerstown Lutheran church changed with each pastor change. Good hunting, Phil of KS Maria Brower <mbrower@nccn.net> wrote: Does anyone know if there is a printed transcript/abstract or index to St. John's Evang. Luth Church, Hagerstown? Or where originals would be? I am looking to prove the marriage of Susanna Reitenauer/Ridenour b. 1786 (d/o Martin Reitenauer and Catherine Kershner) and David Barr/Behn October 12, 1805. Maria E. Brower, CA ==== 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

Hi.. My early distant relatives were from Hagerstown and went to that church. I was interested in the same church data. It is is available on microfilm from the Mormon archives. I spent a lot of time studying it. To see it, go to a local Mormon church and ask for the Genealogy Library. Non members are always welcome to use the Library. (I am not a Mormon) They will order a copy of the microfilm from Salt Lake. Takes a couple of weeks to get it. The local Library retains the microfilm but individual pages can be copied. There are microfilm readers and page copiers on site. The service is very inexpensive and is an excellent source of information. If you are unable to identify the correct tape from their catalog, let me know; I probably have the tape ID number in my records. Regards.. Bill Hopwood woodhop@cablespeed.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Brower" <mbrower@nccn.net> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 9:07 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] St. John's Evang. Luth Church > Does anyone know if there is a printed transcript/abstract or index to St. > John's Evang. Luth Church, Hagerstown? Or where originals would be? > I am looking to prove the marriage of Susanna Reitenauer/Ridenour b. 1786 > (d/o Martin Reitenauer and Catherine Kershner) and David Barr/Behn October > 12, 1805. > Maria E. Brower, CA > > > > > ==== 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 > >