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From: Charlotte Mattern <>
Subject: Re: German Lutheran church in Wash. D.C.
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 14:25:17 -0400


John Burns wrote:
>
> (John Burns) wrote:
>
> > (JASON BOURGEOIS) wrote:
> >
> >>My ancestor Emily Schuster (parents Charles and Ernestine) was baptized in a
> >>German Lutheran church in Washington DC in 1859. Does anyone know any
> >>information about such a church, and whether or not its baptismal records are
> >>still available? (Any information is useful but my main aim is to locate the
> >>maiden name of her mother, Ernestine). The parents were from Saxony. Thanks
> >>for any help, information, or correspondence.
> >The Morman Family History Library have films for Concordia Evangelical
> >Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C. Not sure how early, but at least
> >from 1865. Hope this helps.
> This was the German Lutheran Church in D.C. in 19th Century. The FHL
> films include marriages and baptisms from 1833-1943.
>
> ----
> John Burns
> Vienna, VA
>
The LDS FHC microfilm # for the above church records is 1303264. They
seem pretty complete with communions and confirmations, etc. Parts of
them are hard to read. I have used them for births, marriages, deaths
and just to find the earliest date a name appears.
Charlotte

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