If they were Missouri Synod Lutheran, write Concordia Historical Society in St. Louis with $20.00 and they will look it up for you. They had the hometown in Germany for my great grandparents who listed Prussia and Mecklenburg on their wedding information. You can Google them for the address. Also the manifest where they left Germany also lists the town. Mine were on the Hamburg list and they matched the church records. Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Nelson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:23 AM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] reply to: Help finding ggrandparents > Hi everyone, > > I wish to thank everyone who responded to my request for help in locating > my great grandparents. > > I have searched every available record in America regarding these people > and all only list Prussia as the homeland. I have searched census, ship, > naturalization, death records, newspaper obits, interview other family > members, etc. with the only record I have been unable to review is the > church records because the church won't respond to my letters. > > This is my brick wall and I may have to accept that I will never find the > answer. > > Thank you all very much. > > Have a Great Day > > Mike > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2304 - Release Date: 08/15/09 06:10:00

M Hurney wrote: > If they were Missouri Synod Lutheran, write Concordia Historical Society in > St. Louis with $20.00 and they will look it up for you. They had the > hometown in Germany for my great grandparents who listed Prussia and > Mecklenburg on their wedding information. You can Google them for the > address. Hi M, Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis - http://chi.lcms.org/ - is indeed a valuable resource, especially if your ancestor (or whomever you are looking for) was a pastor or teacher. They have records of their places of service, and often have very detailed obits. You were fortunate, M, that Concordia Historical Institute had the records you needed. The congregational records they have are only what individual churches have sent them. They also have a collection of family-submitted documents. Mona -- Mona Houser [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ My data base: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monahouser