Barbara, I am sure there are older Lutheran Churches of the time period. I suspect they were Lutheran only because the majority of the immigrants from Mecklenberg were Lutheran. Especially those that had arrived before 1859. I suspect my 1848-49 and 1859 directories will have a list of churches. Can you give me the surname you are looking for? Maybe he is listed I have a St. Matthew Anniversary book here. St. Matthew Church (Ev. Lutheran) was founded by the sainted Pastor Muehlhaeuser about Sept 20, 1865. This church started on Teutonia (but I don't know what ward it was in) It would not surprise me if Pastor Muelhaeuser started more churches in that time period. Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/15/02 at 3:29 PM GipCWoman@aol.com wrote: >Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? >He may not have been in a church..... >The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & Mitchell >St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was >dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build >it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... >They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer >people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an >actual church was built.... >A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with German-language >services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home Ave. >The old church was demolished in 1977. >This is the only info I have...... > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237