In a message dated 4/30/02 9:03:26 AM, [email protected] writes: > >Mount Clemens Public Library holds microfilm copies of original >handwritten records in German held by Zion United Church of Christ >(formerly Zion Evangelical Church), Mount Clemens, Michigan. The films >include the constitution, church council minutes, birth records >1862-1904, marriages 1862-1904 and deaths 1864-1891. >These films are not available for interlibrary loan; they must be >searched on site. Further, these are handwritten records IN GERMAN, so >a >facility with the language and old German script is necessary to use >them. Debbie I have been slowly indexing these wonderful churchbooks. The pastors of this church recorded as much info as they could... many records give the village and province where an individual was born or came from, also on many death records parents/sibling relationships are given which can help piece families together. Lisa Eschenburg