The birth of Johann Chirstoph Schacke was found in the Evangelisch, Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Bayern microfilm records. I have also been wondering about the fact that the records were in two different churches when it appears likely that the men were brothers. One thing that I have considered is that their wives families belonged to the two different churches. Another less likely possibility that I considered was that the church selection was based on which church was closer and thus making it easier to hold the christening quicker. Hopefully some more knowledgeable individual on this list might know the correct answer or know of other possibilities. Lesley Shockey At 05:00 PM 4/9/2007, you wrote: >Thanks for the post about Kirchheimbolanden > >Where did you find the record of the birth of Johann Christoph Schacke on >Jun 8 1720 in Kirchheimbolanden? >Was it from the Catholic church book in Kirchheimbolanden? > >If so then you have a similar situation to mine. > >From 1695-1725 I find Comens /Comen baptisms in the Catholic church in >Kirchheimbolanden >and in the Lutheran Churches in Morschheim, Orbis and Wendelsheim a few >miles away. > >Were members of the same family really in different religions or did laws or >customs force one to be baptized catholic in the town of Kirchheimbolanden >but Lutheran or Evangelical in villages a few miles further north? > >W. Raymond Cummins >Mississauga ON Canada >cummins@utm.utoronto.ca