Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 368 Collections and/or Records:
Bradford, Vt. Goshen Church records, 1805-1989. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0033
Dates:
1805-1989
Braintree, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1697-1871.
Collection
Identifier: RG5302
Abstract
The Mount Wollaston Parish Meeting House was established in 1639 in the present-day Quincy Area, and by 1640 the town was renamed Braintree. This Meeting House was the site of the original church, which first gathered on September 10, 1707. In 1708, old Braintree was divided into the North Precinct (Quincy) and the South Precinct (Braintree). When Quincy became an official town in 1792, the 1707 church was designated as the First Church in Braintree. The records in this collection include...
Dates:
1697-1871
Brewster, Mass. First Church records, 1700-1977. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1338
Dates:
1700-1770
Bridgewater, N.H. Congregational Church records, 1818-1865. : [manuscript]
Collection — Box 2
Identifier: RG0820
Dates:
1818-1865
Brighton, Boston, Mass. Faneuil Congregational Church records, 1884-1984.
Collection
Identifier: RG0025
Abstract
The Faneuil Congregational Church was organized in the Brighton area of Boston, MA from 1903 to 1976. It grew out of the Faneuil Sunday School and built its own church building in 1913. The church closed in 1975 and was officially dissolved in 1976 due to the lack of membership. The collection contains records about the administration and history of Faneuil church and some of the organizations within it. The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, annual...
Dates:
1884-1984
Brimfield, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1821-1852. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0821
Dates:
1821-1852
Bristol, R.I. Congregational Church records, 1687-1705. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0822
Dates:
1687-1705
Brockton, Mass. First Parish Congregational Church records, 1738-1980.
Collection
Identifier: RG0037
Abstract
The First Parish Congregational Church in Brockton was originally founded as the Fourth Parish Church in Bridgewater in 1737 and formally gathered as such in 1740. The name of the church changed, in 1823, to First Parish Congregational Church to reflect the incorporation of the town of North Bridgewater. In 1827 a portion of the church's membership left to form the South Congregational Church and in 1850 another portion left to form the Porter Evangelical Congregational Church. In 1874 the...
Dates:
1738-1980
Brockton, Mass. Porter Congregational Church, 1800-1979.
Collection
Identifier: RG5395
Abstract
The Porter Evangelical Church in North Bridgewater, later the Porter Congregational Church in Brockton, was established in 1850 by members who left the First Parish Congregational Church over ecclesiastical differences. The church purchased a building just north of the First Parish Congregational Church in 1851 and the building was further renovated in 1883, 1925, and 1950. The Wendell Avenue Church and Waldo Congregational Church were both formed out of area missions administered by the...
Dates:
1800-1979
Brockton, Mass. South Congregational Church records, 1835-1979.
Collection
Identifier: RG5394
Abstract
In 1836 a significant portion of the members of the First Parish Congregational Church withdrew their membership to form the South Congregational Church in Plain Village, now Campello, Brockton. The first meeting house was constructed in 1836 and The South Congregational Church of North Bridgewater was formally gathered on January 3, 1837 with Rev. John Dwight as the first minister. On May 23, 1853, the first meeting house was destroyed by fire; the second meeting house was constructed a...
Dates:
1835-1979