I ran across the following excerpt on the LoHo20001 Blog. Written by Don Cruise, I recommend that you read the full blog - not just my teaser…
Saint Augustine’s Church [New York City] was formerly a chapel of the parish of Trinity Church (Wall Street) and is the outgrowth of two churches - All Saints’ Church […]
LOUISVILLE Before the Lewis and Clark expedition charted its course, the Declaration of Independence was signed or the First Great Awakening of American colonial Protestants, Presbyterians formally organized in the United States.
It was 300 years ago that the first presbytery meeting in the U.S. was held, ultimately paving the way for what is today […]
The following news release highlights the launch of over 13,000 geo-coded Scots deaths records at the new WorldVitalRecords.com website. This unique set of Scottish Death Records was extracted from parish records of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Specific parishes include Cockpen, Midlothian; Cranston; Crichton; Dalkeith; Dunfermline, Fife; Edinburgh; Fala; Gladsmuir; Heriot; Humbie; Newbattle; Pencaitland, Midlothian; […]
The Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri contains thousands of original church records from Missouri churches. The collection consists of newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including the Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches - as well as […]
The book contains the known historical material of the Centennial, Brookside, Beech Grove, and Summit Methodist Episcopal Churches of Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. There are some large gaps in the material.
The wedding records include information from 1872 to present. Listed may be the name of the bride and groom, address, minister, place of […]
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California has just launched a major new online database. The searchable database makes accessible the records of about 101,000 baptisms, 28,000 marriages and 71,000 burials performed in California between 1769 and 1850.
According to the website, “The Early California Population Project (ECPP) provides public access to all the information contained […]
The following is a news release from the new Church of England (Anglican) website. Having realized the need by genealogists for information about records, the Anglican Church has created a new website, with which to guide researchers in the right direction. Although the site has no indexes or digitized records itself, it does give instruction […]
The previous blog about Arlene Eakle’s take on portions of The Da Vinci Code deals with the necessity of going back to original sources. The following excerpt is from an article that has been around for over a year - and I missed it. However, In it, Linda Sparks Starr points out that there may […]
New Book Announcement:
This is the fifth and final volume in a series. The burial records always include the decedent’s name and date of death; usually their age; sometimes their birth date and parents names; and occasionally added notes by the pastor (”Oh, he was a wild lad!”), details of the cause of death (”Johan Jurg, […]
TAVISTOCK [Perth County, Ontario]- It began with a determined group of German Lutheran immigrants arriving in a new country. The year was 1881.
Now, some 125 years later, St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Tavistock will celebrate that milestone this Sunday with an anniversary service.
The service will begin with a cemetery dedication and decoration at 2 p.m. […]
MONTROSE [Colorado] In its 100-year history, St. Mary Parish has seen its fair share of ups and downs.
From when the church burned down in 1911 to its increasing numbers over the years, parishioners took time this week to pay tribute to the churchs colorful history.
A lot has changed over the years, said Father Don Malin. […]