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From: "Charles Owens" <>
Subject: [MDALLEGA] The Location of St. Luke's German Lutheran Records
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 13:23:53 -0500
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Hi Everybody,

I finally found the location of where St. Luke's German Lutheran records
went. They went to the Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, PA. I was told by
a librarian there that they have a microfilm of the records. It also turns
out that LDS through the local family history centers has the records on
microfilm which can be ordered for viewing. See below:
Title Church records, 1847-1900 [St. Luke's Lutheran Church]

Authors St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Cumberland, Maryland) (Main Author)

Notes Microfilm of original records at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Text in German and English.

Subjects Maryland, Allegany, Cumberland - Church records

Format Manuscript (On Film)

Publication Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah,
1985

Physical on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Title Church records, 1847-1900 [St. Luke's Lutheran Church]

Authors St. Luke's Lutheran Church (Cumberland, Maryland) (Main Author)

Marriages 1847-1885; Baptisms 1847-1885; Confirmations 1847-1885;
Communicants (including confirmations) 1879-1885; Burials 1847-1885;
Communicants (including confirmations) 1870-1870, 1850-1858 (names not
included), 1859-1870 FHL US/CAN Film

1434180 Item 8

Pastors; Baptisms 1885-1900; Confirmations 1886-1900; Communicants
1885-1894, 1895-1900 (names not included); Marriages 1885-1900; Burials
1885-1900 FHL US/CAN Film

1434180 Item 9

I ordered the microfilm and I was able to find my families in the records.
The German script is a little difficult to read at times. I wouldn't rely
on the transcribed records from St. Luke's so much since I've found some
errors in comparing the original records to the transcribed records. In
addition, the transcribed records are very incomplete.

I just wanted to pass this info onto everybody.



Happy Hunting,



Chuck


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