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