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Introduction | Scope and Content | Order of Microfilming
Introduction
The records of the St. John's Lutheran Church of Findlay, Ohio were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections for
microfilming in June of 1992 with the cooperation of Miriam Smith.
No restrictions have been placed on the research use of this collection and duplication is permitted. The collection was processed
for microfilming and a register prepared by Monica Manny in June of 1992.
Scope and Content
The collection of the St. John's Lutheran Church contains two volumes of record books which document church membership for
the period from 1858 to 1930 and one minute book documenting the membership and activity of the Mission Society for the period
1908 to 1918.
The first record book volume, dating from 1858 to 1897 and written entirely in German, contains information on communicants,
confirmations, baptisms, marriages, and burials.
The second record book contains information which is partly written in German and partly written in English. The first section
of this volume is a family register which documents church membership in great detail. Written in German with an index to
family surnames, the register was recorded in alphabetical order by the male head of each household. Entries were made for
husband, wife, and children. Information recorded on each person lists the date and place of birth, date of baptism, date
of confirmation, date of local residency, date of marriage, and date of death. Oftentimes, the husband's occupation is also
included. If a second marriage occurred, further entries were made under the husband's name for the second wife and the children
of that marriage. If a family or family member moved, the place name to where they relocated was also recorded. The next section
consists of loose pages which were inserted into the record book. These pages, written in German, comprise a registry of baptisms
for the period 1866 to 1883. The remainder of the book documents membership for the period from 1897 to 1930. Written in English,
these sections consist of registries listing baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and communicants.
The Minute Book is written entirely in English and documents the work of the women's Mission Society between 1908 and 1918.
This volume describes the monthly activity which took place during each Society Meeting and also contains an annual list of
members and the amounts paid as monthly tithes by each member.
Order of Microfilming
Roll 1
- Record Book, (communicants, confirmations, baptisms, marriages, burials-- written in German)1858-1897
- Record Book, (family registry, baptisms to 1883--written in German; baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, communicants
from 1897- -written in English)1866-1883, 1897-1930
- Minute Book, Mission Society, (written in English)1908-1918
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