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Church records and registers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 369 Collections and/or Records:

Salem, Mass. Tabernacle Church records, 1743-1858.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5122
Abstract

Tabernacle Church of Salem, originally known as Third Church of Salem, was formed after a split from First Church in 1735. This collection contains the early records of the church, including meeting minutes, pew taxes and apportionments, and financial records. Of particular note are records pertaining to ecclesiastical council proceedings.

Dates: 1743-1858

Salisbury, Mass. First Church request for reconciliation, 1746.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0957
Abstract The First Church in Salisbury was formally gathered in 1638 and the first meeting house was completed in 1640. In 1714 the town voted to maintain two churches and the First Church also became known as the East Church. In 1725 the second meetinghouse was constructed. Beginning in 1802 Methodists were allowed to use the meeting house for worship and in 1833 the Congregationalists voted to join the Methodists and form the East Parish United Methodist Church. In 1834 the third and final...
Dates: 1746

Sanford, Me. North Congregational Church records, 1786-1905.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5036
Abstract The town of Sanford, originally in Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1768 and the Congregational Church in Sanford was gathered on March 28, 1786. Construction on the first meeting house was completed in 1792. The second meeting house was constructed in the northern half of Sanford in 1831. The Congregational Church became the North Congregational Church in 1847 after 14 members left to form the South Congregational Church. The second meeting house was destroyed in a fire in 1878 and...
Dates: 1786-1905