In a message dated 8/7/2004 7:59:06 PM Central Daylight Time, pforden@dimensional.com writes: I am new to the list. A couple of years back, I went looking for the records from about 1850 + for St. John's Lutheran Church in Williamstown. I went to a couple of different churches, but was told that they did not have the records. I looked through old church records stored in Lebanon (as I recall now) but did not find the ST. John's records. Penny..... Is the church no longer in existence? If not, then you might want to contact the archives for the Lutheran Synod to which congregation was affiliated at the time of its closing. It was the practice to deposit Church records with the denominational archives upon dissolution. Check the websites of the various Lutheran bodies and follow the links to their archives. If you don't know trhe Synod of the church, then I'd suggest you start your search with the following three Lutheran bodies: Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Peace..... .....Daryl Rev. Daryl D. Gehlbach Pastor Trinity Lutheran Church of Lake Johanna 3245 New Brighton Road Arden Hills, MN 55112 Vacancy Pastor Prince of Peace Lutheran Church for the Deaf 3245 New Brighton Road Arden Hills, MN 55112