Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 368 Collections and/or Records:
Dayton, Ohio. Murlin Heights United Church of Christ records, 1948-2011. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4965
Dates:
1948-2011
Dayton, Ohio. St. Luke's United Church of Christ records, 1908-2013.
Collection
Identifier: RG5331
Abstract
In 1908, a group of men and women gathered together in the home of Christian Poock to form what would become St. Luke's. The next year, St. Lukes officially had its first pastor, Reverand F. A. Meusch. That year they also became a member of the German Evangelical Synod of North America. In 1955 the church offically joined the United Church of Christ. They continued to function and provide community and spirtiual outreach until it was decided that the church was no longer able to function....
Dates:
1908-2013
Dean Walker's collection on Mount Desert, Maine church records, 1792-1905.
Collection
Identifier: MS5136
Abstract
Dean Augustus Walker was born in 1860 in Turkey. He attended Yale and the University of Chicago and was married to Mary Ladd Smith in 1896. He was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1901 and served the Mt. Desert Congregational Church of Tremont for three years. His later career focused on teaching various religious and language courses for a number of institutions, including the Syrian Protestant College in Beruit. Walker died in Auburndale, Massachusetts in 1914. This collection is...
Dates:
1792-1905; Majority of material found within 1886-1905
Dedham, Mass. Riverdale Congregational Church records, 1913-1992. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0063
Dates:
1913-1925, 1941-1992
Derby Vt. United Congregational Church records, 1876-1921. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4927
Dates:
1876-1921
Des Moines, Iowa. Plymouth United Church of Christ records, 1857-1976 (gaps). : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1312
Dates:
1857-1976 (gaps)
Detroit, Michigan. Fort Street Congregational Church records, 1904-1922. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4971
Dates:
1904-1922
Dorchester, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1727-1784.
Collection
Identifier: RG0861
Abstract
In 1631, a log cabin was built to serve as the first meeting house of the recently settled Dorchester Plantation. For its first five years of existence, the parish had two ministers, John Warham and John Maverick. They were followed by Rev. Richard Mather, who served from 1636-1669. The church evolved from a Trinitarian Congregational church, during the pastorate of Thaddeus Mason Harris (1793-1836), to the Unitarian denomination. The First Parish Dorchester Church, now a member of the...
Dates:
1727-1784
Dorchester, Boston, Mass. Second Church records, 1770-1991.
Collection
Identifier: RG0069
Abstract
The Second Church in Dorchester was first organized on January 1, 1808 by 64 members of First Church. The first official pastor for the newly formed Second Church was Dr. John Codman. Codman was a member of an influential family and graduated from Harvard. His pastorate continues to be the longest for the church and during this time was regularly visited by Daniel Webster and (on occasion) John Adams. The last pastor of Second Church in Dorchester was Reverend Donald P. Brickley. He...
Dates:
1770-1991