This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/4118.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary Beth, I suppose one might find churches that turn a blind eye to the regulation -- (in the eyes of most people, Germany's privacy laws are unnecessarily exaggerated) -- so let me know if you have any luck with the church as far as post-1874 records go. Robert