This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: goneresearching Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/19034.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Tip 1: Locate the civil record of the marriage (the one registered with the county) and note the name of the pastor from the record. There is a book done by the Downriver Gene Soc. that cross referenced pastors up to 1900 with churches from the city directories. These include some of the outskirt areas that were in the city directory. So name of pastor should get you the church. Option 2 is google the pastor's name. The Michigan marriage records can be found on www.familysearch.org in the digitized films area (bottom of search page). One possible church for Springwells Twp residents is: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (4305 Military Ave, Detroit, MI 48210). It began before 1890. I helped a lady with her family in Springwells and they were in this church. The church has a website but I do not know their policy of old record lookups (each church is different. Good Luck. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.