ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH (BELLE PLAINE, MINN.):

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: St. John's Lutheran Church (Belle Plaine, Minn.).
Title:Parish records.
Dates:1867-1970.
Abstract:Parish registers (4 vols., 1867-1970) containing information on members, communicants, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials; parish record books (2 vols., 1867-1919) that include minutes and financial data; constitutions (undated); and bylaws (1890) of a Scott County German Evangelical Lutheran congregation established in 1867 and formally organized in 1877. Many of the records are in German.
Quantity:1 microfilm reel.
Location:M629

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. St. John's Lutheran Church (Belle Plaine, Minn.) Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,963

Originals loaned to the Scott County Historical Society for microfilming by: St. John's Lutheran Church, Belle Plaine, Minnesota.

Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Deborah M. Kahn, September 2003

Catalog ID number: 09-00323664


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
M629Constitutions, undated.
Voting members; members eligible to vote who have not yet signed the constitution, undated, 1900-1958,
Parish Register, 1868-1962:
Bylaws, December 26, 1890.
Members (?), undated, 1894-1962.
Marriages, 1869-1883.
Communicants, 1868-1883.
Baptisms, 1868-1884.
Confirmations, 1869-1882.
Burials, 1868-1884.
Parish Record Book, undated, 1889-1919:
Minutes, 1889-1919.
Members/Attendance record/Communicants (?), undated, 1891-1918.
Parish Register, 1867-1959:
Index.
Members, 1867-1918.
Baptisms, 1868-1943.
Confirmations, 1869-1925.
Communicants, 1884-1931.
Marriages, 1869-1959.
Burials, 1884-1959.
Confirmation register, 1926-1970.
Baptismal register, 1944-1970.
Financial record book, 1867-1891.
May be a record of offerings.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
German Americans -- Minnesota -- Scott County.
Lutheran Church -- Minnesota -- Scott County.
Lutherans, German -- Minnesota -- Scott County.
Organizations:
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Belle Plaine, Minn.).
Places:
Scott County (Minn.) -- Statistics, Vital.
Document Types:
Church records and registers.
Microforms.

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