Immanuel Lutheran was on Longnecker...still exists on Lovejoy verinigen...means united this is most probably St Johns Lutheran this too has move it is now on Main Street in Williamsville St Stphens is still existant, however it to has moved and now ----- Original Message ----- From: <YCSSALLAM@aol.com> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:05 AM Subject: [NYERIE] Evangelical Church Records/St. Emanuel, St. Matthew, St. Johannis, St. Stephen >I recently received the Civil War records for a gg uncle, Jacob BLEYLE. > Apparently, he and then his widow, Sophia (nee May), had a difficult time > getting > a pension from the military. Very unfortunate for them, but fortunate for > me > over 100 yrs later. In the file there are christening certificates for > his > children. The widow had to prove that the children were the legitimate > children > of my gg uncle, so she had to get copies of the christening certificates > from > the churches. However, they were christened in different churches. I am > having difficulties finding these churches. > > These are the churches that I am looking for on the certificates. > 1) St. Emanuel's (Evangelical Protestant-East Buffalo 1878 & 1879, the > certificates are in German) > 2)St. Matthew's (German Protestant Evangelical Church-Buffalo, NY 1871 & > 1873 > both in German) > 3)St. Johannis (Deutshen Vereinigten Evangelischen St. Johannis-Buffalo > NY-1870 in German-I don't understand the Vereinigten part of it) > 4)St. Stephen's Evangelical Church (Buffalo, NY 1882-this is actually a > signed affidavit of the extract by the pastor, F. Schelle, of the record) > > I don't have a copy of their marriage certificate, but there is also a > signed > affidavit of an extract of the record by the pastor, Albert Zeller. It is > from the German Evangelical Church in North Buffalo. They were married > March > 1869. > > Does anyone know where these records would be kept (if at all) and if the > churches still exist, where they are located? I am hoping that I may be > able to > find my gg grandfather/mother, John (Jacob's brother) and Julia (nee > Buehler) > BLEYLE at one of the churches. > > Many thanks, > > Christine > Searching BLEYLE, WALTER, SICKAU, GRITZKE, OLIN & KILLINGBECK > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ > Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >