In some denominations, the minister would take the church records with him when he moved to another congregation. This is more likely to happen in frontier churches and in denominations that tended to keep less detailed records. Catholic priests tended to not do this, but there are exceptions. As a result, the records may be in the last church the minister ministered at, the hands of a descendant of the actual minister, a local historical society or library that happened to obtain the records, or somewhere else. Any of these places could be quite a distance from where the actual church was located.
We have set the dates for our 2026 trip to the Allen County Public Library’s genealogy collection. Details on our announcement page.
To transliterate something means to write it in the closest possible way using the letters of a different alphabet or script. Sometimes there simply is no way to transcribe every letter of a document as it was written using the keyboard or script of choice. Slight alterations or choices may have to be made. That’s what could done when transcribing this marriage record between a husband and wife with the same last name. Many descendants use the last name Huls, but if I’m trascribing this marriage the way it is written, then it needs to be “”Metha Hüls married Gerjet Meinert Hüls at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.” If I do not have the ability to use an ulmaut on my keyboard, then I could go with “Metha Huels […]
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