This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Naratil, Mooney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QdB.2ACI/2470.2 Message Board Post: According to the Biographical History Directory of Palmerton 1944-1949 Volume 1 Edition 1 compiled by Archpriest Father V. Gindlin, the church was built in 1856 by a German Catholic congregation. No further info in this book other than it was destroyed by fire. I'll keep looking.