St Comos und Damian Church (Petzen)

The Krückebergs and Weilands were members of St Comos und Damian in Petzen. There were other identically named churches in other locals in Germany. The church in Petzen is shown below.

Figure 1. Home Church of Krückebergs and Weilands who later came to township, Adams County, Indiana.

You can read more about it on the German Wikipedia article.

Lower Saxony State Archives

The Petzen church registers (Kirchenbücher) recorded the births, marriages, and deaths of the members. These volumes (or digitalizations of them) are held in the Niedersächsenes Staatsarchiv (Lower Saxony State Archives). The regioanl department in Bückeburg has the church registers (Kirchenbücher) for Petzen.

The volume details can seen using their online Arcinsy tool.

To navigate to it using Arcsys:

From Bückeburg Regional Department →
Choose Sammlungen (Collections) →
Choose Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe (Lutheran State Church of Schaumburg-Lippe) →
Choose Kirchenbücher der Ev. Gemeinden in Schaumburg (Church Registers for the parishes in Schauburg) →
On the 4^th page are the church registers for Petzen, the home church of the Krückebergs.

Viewing the Petzen Church Registers on Archion.de

The Kirchenbücher (church registers) of St Comos and Damian (Petzen) are now available at archion.de, the German Protestant church records portal. While a subscription is required to view records, a use-when-you-want subscription option is availble.

To navigate to the Petzen records, chosse Browse (top menu item), then follow these outlined choices:

Niedersachsen: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv →
- Kirchenbücher der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe →
  - Petzen →
    
    Verzeichnis der Getauften und Konfirmierten 1641-1784
    
    Verzeichnis der Getrauten und Gestorbenen 1641-1784
    
    Verzeichnis der Getauften, Konfirmierten, Getrauten und Gestorbenen 1785-1827

Figure 2. Navigating to Petzen Church registers