Church records can be found for this church at the Pottsville Library. They are in Schuylkill County Vital Records, Volume 2. The following is from Rootsweb and Munsell's History of Schuylkill County. Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church (German).-Rev. Jacob Weber, who was born in Wurtemburg, came to America in 1849, and arrived in Mahantongo, in this county in January, 1857, as a missionary. June 14th of that year he preached his first sermon in Ashland, and four days later organized the above named congre- gation, with 125 members. The meetings were held in the stone school-house until 1860, when a small church was built on the corner of Fourteenth and Market streets, in which building the congregation worshiped until 1869, when it was removed, and the present large and commodious edifice was erected. The corner stone of this building was laid October 10th, 1869, in the presence of Revs. Robert Weiser, of Mahanoy City; Henterlinter, of Pottsville, Grossman, and the pastor of Ashland. The conse- cration took place May 29th, 1870, Rev. Messrs. Wedekind, of New York, and Sanner, of Tremont, officiating. Rev. J.J. Weber still retains the pastorate. The church membership in 1880 was 350. The Sunday-school, organized in 1860, with a membership of eight, now numbers two hundred and twenty-five. William Burmeister was the first superintendent, and filled the office until 1878, when F.E. Heinze, the present efficient superinten-dent, was elected. I can't find a current listing for this church name in Ashland. Maybe they combined with another church or changed the name of the church. On Wed, 30 May 2007 20:42:17 EDT Menzel8535@aol.com writes: > Can anyone tell me if the Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, still > exists > in Ashland, PA? lIt was located at 14th Market Street in 1941. I > have my > grandmother's baptism certificate, written in German, from October > 17, 1875. > > I am interested in locating additional church records for her family > from > the dates 1856 to 1880. Does anyone know if they still exist? Are > they on > microfilm? > > Claudia from MN > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PASCHUYL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >