Frank: In my experience churches and cemeteries respond better if you contact them either by phone or mail not by email. So you might want to try and call the churches. Additionally, I would come right out and ask if there is a fee to do research. What kind of information are you expecting to find in the church records? You didn't mention the timeframe and I don't know exactly what kind of information the church would have other than baptism, death, etc. What information did you get from Mt. Olivet? Sometimes cemetery records are pretty good, listing next of kin, last residence. Good luck. Kathi Jones-Hudson DC Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/dcolumbia/district.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/