Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 369 Collections and/or Records:
West Brookfield, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1754-1917.
Collection
Identifier: RG1179
Abstract
The town of Brookfield was first settled during the 1660s. The first meeting house in Brookfield was built atop Foster's Hill in Brookfield and shortly after construction began on the second meeting house, the First Church was officially organized in 1717. West Brookfield split from Brookfield in 1848 and the First Church became Congregational Church. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1964. The records include membership lists, church correspondence, church and parish meeting...
Dates:
1754-1917
West Medway, Mass. West Medway Community Church records, 1750-1901. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4685
Dates:
1750-1901
Westborough, Mass. Church of Christ records, 1724-1787.
Collection
Identifier: RG5367
Abstract
The Church of Christ was gathered on October 28, 1724 with Ebenezer Parkman, who served the church until his death, as its minister. In 1825 the church reformed as the First Congregational Society. This collection contains digital surrogates and a microfilm copy of the record book for the Church of Christ.
Dates:
1724-1787
Westborough, Mass. Evangelical Church records, 1859. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0999.a
Dates:
1859
Westerly, R.I. Hill Church records, 1793, 1893-1963. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0175
Dates:
1793, 1893-1963.
Westford, Mass. First Parish Church records, 1781. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1000
Dates:
1781
Weston, Mass. First Parish Church records, 1709-1864.
Collection
Identifier: RG5342
Abstract
In 1698, the area of Watertown that would later be named Weston, was set off as the "Farmers' Precinct" based around the newly established Church of Christ. The first four ministers of the church were considered progressive and by the 1830s the theology of the church was beginning to shift towards Unitarianism. In 1867 a new church covenant was adopted that established the church as a Unitarian church. The collection includes vital records, meeting minutes, a daily ministerial journal, and...
Dates:
1709-1864
Weymouth, Mass. Old South Church records, 1723-1905.
Collection
Identifier: RG5273
Abstract
The Second Church in Weymouth, also known as the South Church, was gathered in 1723 with James Bayley ordained as the first minister. The first meeting house was constructed in 1722 and the second in 1785. The ordination of a Universalist minister in 1834 resulted in a rift in the church membership with the orthodox members eventually forming the Union Church in 1842. The third meeting house was constructed in 1854. In 1892 the Second Church was incorporated as the Old South Church in...
Dates:
1723-1905
Whately, Mass.Congregational Church records, 1842. : [manuscript]
Collection — Box 3
Identifier: RG1001
Dates:
1842
Wheeling, W.Va. St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church records, 1885-1887.
Collection
Identifier: RG5346
Abstract
The St. John’s German Evangelical Church was founded in 1835 by a group of German immigrants who had settled in Wheeling. In 1870, the church merged with another parish and the name changed to St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church. The records of the church appear to report church activity and the weekly sermons.
Dates:
1885-1887