Christine, if your family was lutheran and lived in the Braunsweig
dukedom, You should
be able to find information about them at:
Niedersachsisches Staatsarchiv, Frostweg 2, 38302 Wolffenbuettel, Germany.
They have an email address also, it is:
<postelle@staatsarchiv-wf.niedersachsen.de>
They have all of the lutheran church books archived from the area.
Several persons
there speak english. It's a bit pricy but they do excellent work and all
reports are
stamped for being actual data from the church.
Good luck,
Carl in Texas