The Evangelical Church in Germany is a protestant church and a separate body from the Lutheran Church. It was in the US that some Evangelical congregations merged with the Lutherans. Other Evangelical congregations merged with the United Church of Christ. Sheila K. -------------- Original message from 101heath <101heath@comcast.net>: -------------- > I found my Ziebell surname in the Church directory listings for > Evang. 1868-1916 in Schivelbein, Pommerania, Prussia. They were not > in the Catholic church membership surname list. Does anyone know-- > does Evang. mean protestant? It was in German. The word was not > spelled out. Just Evang. Kirche-Schivelbein. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message