EPISCOPAL CHURCH. DIOCESE OF MINNESOTA: An Inventory of Its Parish Record Books

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EPISCOPAL CHURCH. DIOCESE OF MINNESOTA:

An Inventory of Its Parish Record Books

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
	Creator:	Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota.
	Title:	Parish record books.
	Date:	1856-1985.
	Abstract:	Parish registers (including baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials), minutes, and account books of closed parishes in the Diocese of Minnesota.
	Quantity:	8.7 cu. ft. (13 boxes)
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The Diocesan offices over the years took custody of the parish registers of closed parishes, and of other minute and account books no longer used by various churches, and incorporated them into the official diocesan records. Parish registers include records of baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial. Many also contain notes on parish history. Additional notes on content for selected volumes are given below. Parishes for which there is substantial documentation on parish affairs and/or parishioners are the Calvary Church (St. James), Church of St. Ansgarius (Minneapolis), Church of the Good Shepherd (St. Paul), Christ Church (Crookston), St. Sigfrid's Church (St. Paul), St. Paul's Church (Belle Creek), St. Peter's Church (Shakopee), Trinity Church (Stockton), Trinity Parish (Duluth), Emmanuel Church (Eagle Bend), and All Saints Church (Minneapolis).

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION
	These records are divided into the following forty-nine sections:

		General Parish Data
		Anoka and Elk River
		Appleton. Gethsemane Church
		Baldwin. Grace Church
		Baudette. S. John's Church
		Belle Creek. St. Paul's Mission
		Blooming Prairie Church
		Blue Earth. Good Shepard Church
		Breckenridge and Wahpeton Parish
		Crookston. Christ Church
		Duluth. St. Luke's Mission
		Duluth. Trinity Parish
		Dundas. Church of the Holy Cross
		Eagle Bend. Emmanuel Episcopal Church
		Elk River. Trinity Church
		Farmington. Church of the Advent
		Fridley. Holy Trinity Church
		Glencoe and Brownton. Christ Church
		Jackson. Christ Church
		Lakeside. St. John's Church
		Leech Lake. Good Shepherd Church
		Madison Lake. Good Shepherd Church
		Mantorville. St. John's Church
		Melrose. Trinity Mission
		Minneapolis. All Saints Episcopal Church
		Minneapolis. Church of St. Ansgarius
		Morton. Church of the Ascension
		North Branch. St. Thomas Church
		Old Chiefs Village. St. Antipas Church
		Olivia. St. John's Church
		Owatonna. St. Paul's Church
		Pine Island, West Concord, and Kasson
		Point Douglas. St. Paul's Parish
		Princeton. Hope Church
		Red Lake. St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church
		Red Wing. Christ Church
		Redwood Falls. Church of the Holy Communion
		Rice. Good Shepherd Church
		Rockford. Breck Memorial Chapel
		Rush City. Grace Church
		St. James. Calvary Church
		St. Paul. Church of the Good Shepherd
		St. Paul. St. James Church
		St. Paul. St. Sigfrid's Church
		Shakopee. St. Peter's Church
		Slayton. St. Barnabas Church
		Stockton. Trinty Church
		Taylors Falls. Holy Cross Mission
		Tracy. St. Mark's Mission
		Waterville, Elysian, Morristown, and LeSueur Center

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RELATED MATERIALS
	Most parish registers remain in the custody of the individual parishes.

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OTHER FINDING AIDS
	See the inventory for the diocesan records of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Minnesota for information on other diocesan records in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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INDEX TERMS
	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:
		Baptismal records--Minnesota.
		Church finance.
		Church management--Minnesota.
		Church records and registers--Minnesota.
		Marriage records--Minnesota.
		Parishes--Minnesota--History.
		Registers of births, etc.--Minnesota.
	Places:
		Minnesota--Statistics, Vital.
	Organizations:
		Episcopal Church--Minnesota--History.
	Types of Documents:
		Baptismal registers--Minnesota.
		Burial records--Minnesota.
		Marriage registers--Minnesota.
		Parish registers--Minnesota.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Restrictions:
		Access to records less than 25 years old requires the permission of both the Minnesota Historical Society and the Diocese of Minnesota. Persons wishing to quote or publish anything found in or based on restricted papers must also secure permission from the Society and the Diocese.
	Preferred Citation:
		[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Episcopal Church. Minnesota Diocese. Parish record books. Minnesota Historical Society.
		See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
	Accession Information:
		Accession numbers: 15,348. See accession file 1773B for additional accession numbers
	Processing Information:
		Processed by: Lydia Lucas, November 1995 and Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, October 1998
		PALS ID numbers: 09-00320520; 09-00320531; 09-00320538; 09-00320528; 09-00320539; 09-00320533; 09-00320530; 09-00320527; 09-00320541; 09-00320540; 09-00320529

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below.

General Parish Data

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P1035

For each parish, gives year the first services were held, year organized, year admitted into the Convention, bishops in charge and dates, rectors and dates of service, year the church building opened, by what missionary society it was fostered, and year it became self-supporting.

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P1035

Registrar's Book, J. C. Braden, 1856-1876. Volume 99.

For each parish, gives annual totals of foreign and diocesan offerings; parochial [aid? offerings?]; aid received; name of rector and missionary; and numbers of communicants, confirmations, baptisms, marriages, burials, Sunday school teachers and scholars, and parish school teachers and scholars.

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Anoka and Elk River

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Box

144.E.20.9B

Parish register, 1876-1891.

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Appleton. Gethsemane Church

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Box

P1035

Parish minute book, 1926-1967. Volume 153.

Of annual parish meetings. Includes miscellaneous reports, correspondence, and clippings.

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Baldwin. Grace Church

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1905-1946.

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Baudette. St. John's Church

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Box

144.E.20.9B

Parish register, 1886-1919.

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Belle Creek. St. Paul's Mission

Services apparently ceased in 1938.

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Box

144.E.20.9B

Parish register, 1862-1933.

Parish minute book, 1883-1930.

Sunday school records and minutes of annual meetings. Also includes register of church services and offerings and financial records.

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Box

P1035

Parish minute book, 1931-1951. Volume 100.

Minutes of annual meetings, incl. information on total offerings, finances, numbers of services, arrangements for services, funerals, and baptisms.

Also available on microfilm, as Annual Reports of Activities and Services (M276, item no. 5).

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Box

P1035

Belle Creek Branch. Women's Auxiliary minute books and accounts, 1908-1933. 2 volumes..

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Blooming Prairie Church

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Box

P1035

Account Book, 1867-1872, 1877-1878. Volume 101.

Accounts of Mills, Follett & Co., bankers, with Rev. George C. Tanner (1867-1872), and of Tanner in account with the Blooming Prairie Church (1877-1878).

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Blue Earth. Good Shepherd Church

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144.E.20.9B

Parish registers, 1871-1973. 2 volumes.

Miscellaneous records and news clippings, undated and 1902-1981.

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Breckenridge and Wahpeton Parish

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Box

P1035

Notebook of services and baptisms, 1878-1884. Volume 102.

Brief notes regarding each Sabbath and baptismal service held in these parishes.

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Crookston. Christ Church

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144.E.20.9B

Parish registers, 1881-1978. 4 volumes.

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Registers of church services, 1888-1985. 2 volumes.

Miscellaneous records, 1912-1985.

Mainly letters of transfer and marriage certificates.

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Duluth. St. Luke's Mission

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1917-1922.

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Duluth. Trinity Parish

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P1035

Minute book: Vestry meetings, 1904-April 8, 1912. Volume 146.

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P1035

Minute book: Vestry meetings, April 10, 1912-September 12, 1914. Volume 147.

Minutes of meetings of the Provisional Chapter of Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Trinity Parish vestry, and the Bishop's Committee.

Cathedral Guild minutes, 1924-1944. Volume 148.

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Dundas. Church of the Holy Cross

These two volumes are also available on microfilm (M275, item no. 3).

Location

Box

P1035

Parish records, 1865-1886. Volume 103.

An incomplete compilation of records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, parish history and church services, largely gleaned by rectors F. Humphrey and Edward Moyses from scattered records and communicants' recollections, most parish records having been lost.

Financial records, 1879-1880, 1882. Volume 104.

Records of subscriptions paid by various parishioners, and of Sabbath offerings (1879-1880); minutes of parish meeting (November 15, 1882).

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Eagle Bend. Emmanuel Episcopal Church

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Box

P1035

Minute book, 1904-1918, 1926-1959. Volume 156.

Minutes of the parish and the vestry. Includes miscellaneous correspondence. The minutes for 1904-1918 are in Swedish.

Account book, 1943-1946. Volume 157.

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Elk River. Trinity Church

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144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1867-1913.

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Farmington. Church of the Advent

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Box

P1035

Parish Guild minute book, 1900-1904. Volume 105.

Mainly regarding plans for parish social activities, charitable work, fund-raising projects, and contributions to church furnishings. Includes the guild's constitution (organized January 1900).

Also available on microfilm (M276, item no. 2).

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Fridley. Holy Trinity Church

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144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1911-1921, 1923-1958. 2 volumes.

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Box

P1035

Gives type of service, place, time, attendance, communions, offering, and name of clergy presiding. Also includes miscellaneous loose church bulletins, including the final service bulletin before its 1959 merger with St. Matthew's, Minneapolis, which gives a short history of the church.

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Glencoe and Brownton. Christ Church

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1881-1915.

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Jackson. Christ Church

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1900-1930.

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Lakeside. St. John's Church

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1907-1911.

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Leech Lake. Good Shepherd Church

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1879-1904.

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1879-1949.

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Madison Lake. Good Shepherd Church

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Box

144.E.20.10F

Parish register, 1889-1894.

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Mantorville. St. John's Church

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1890-1944.

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Melrose. Trinity Mission

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish registers, 1879-1928. 2 volumes.

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Minneapolis. All Saints Episcopal Church

Additional records of this church are available on microfilm (cataloged separately).

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142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1899-1932.

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Box

P1035

Parish minute book, 1936-1945. Volume 159.

Minutes of wardens, vestrymen, and annual parish meetings. Includes related reports and correspondence.

Account book, 1968. Volume 160.

Account book, 1970. Volume 161.

Women's Division. Minute book, December 1959-1970. Volume 162.

Includes miscellaneous related correspondence.

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Minneapolis. Church of St. Ansgarius

Additional records of this church are available on microfilm (cataloged separately).

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P1035

Parish minute book, 1901-1922. Volume 106.

In Swedish.

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P1035

Vestry[?] minutes, 1902-1907. Volume 107.

In Swedish.

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Morton. Church of the Ascension

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish register, 1926-1936.

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North Branch. St. Thomas Church

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish register, 1887-1914.

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Old Chiefs Village. St. Antipas Church

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish register, 1889-1919.

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Olivia. St. John's Church

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1890-1977.

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Box

144.F.1.1B

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Owatonna. St. Paul's Church

These volumes are also available on microfilm (M275, item no. 10).

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P1035

Account book, 1867-1870. Volume 108.

George C. Tanner in account with St. Paul's Church (1867-1869) and Sunday school (1869-1870).

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P1035

Golden Cord Society secretary's book, 1898-1902. Volume 109.

Minutes and accounts of this girl's society formed to raise money to beautify the interior of the church.

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Pine Island, West Concord, and Kasson

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Box

144.F.1.1B

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Point Douglas. St. Paul's Parish

A photocopy of this volume is separately cataloged as P1216.

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Box

P1035

Parish account book, 1884-1898. Volume 110.

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Princeton. Hope Church

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1870-1912.

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Red Lake. St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1877-1913.

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Red Wing. Christ Church

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Box

P1035

Parish record book, 1856, 1873-1874, 1886-1890. Volume 111.

The volume was originally used as a diary, 1856-1857, by Edward R. Welles prior to his becoming rector of Christ Church in 1858 (he left the church in 1874 when he was elected to the episcopate of Wisconsin). The diary entries (30 pages) were made while Welles was pursuing theological studies at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y. Included are a description of a trip up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to St. Louis, thence to Geneva by way of Detroit and Buffalo; Welles' daily schedule of studies; a description of a lecture series sponsored by the Young Men's Association of Waterloo, N.Y., Welles' home; and answers to a series of questions from the divinity examination (1835) of Dublin University, written as a review exercise.

The remainder of the volume contains an alphabetical list of contributors to the church (1873-1874), and lists of communicants (with attendance records?) (1886-1890).

Also available on microfilm (M276, item no. 1)

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Redwood Falls. Church of the Holy Communion

Portions of these records are available on microfilm (M270).

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Box

142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1907-1954.

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Box

P1035

Service record book, 1925-1939. Volume 163.

Gives date, place, attendance, time, type of service, number of communicants, officiating clergy, offerings, lesson used, weather, and remarks. For the years 1925-1926, 1934, 1936-1937, 1939.

St. Veronica's Guild. Record book, 1920-1924. Volume 164.

Correspondence, constitution and bylaws, minutes, and accounts of this women's organization.

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144.F.1.1B

St. Veronica's Guild. Record book, 1925-1939.

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Rice. Good Shepherd Church

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish register, 1906-1944.

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Rockford. Breck Memorial Chapel

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish register, 1888-1895.

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Rush City. Grace Church

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Box

144.F.1.1B

Parish registers, 1887-1935. 3 volumes.

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St. James. Calvary Church

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142.F.15.2F

Parish register, 1902-1970.

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144.F.1.2F

Guild minute books, 1889-1902, 1906-1911, 1915-1924, 1928-1937. 7 volumes.

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St. Paul. Church of the Good Shepherd

Parish registers are available on microfilm, as part of "Protestant Episcopal Churches in St. Paul. Parish Records" (M286).

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P1035

Minutes of parish and vestry meetings, 1866-February 1887. Volume 112.

Minutes and treasurer's reports; historical clippings and notes. This volume has been dismantled and foldered. The pages are extremely brittle. Letters from Henry B. Whipple, originally with this volume, have been interfiled in the Diocese of Minnesota correspondence and miscellaneous papers. Other parish papers, including several deeds, are filed with the Parish Histories in the George C. Tanner Papers.

Minutes of parish and vestry meetings, April 1887-February 1917. Volume 113.

Minutes; some correspondence.

Guild record book, August 1870-November 1880; July-November 1892. Volume 114.

Guild record book, December 1880 - November 1910. Volume 115.

The guild books contain minutes of meetings, which address the care of the sick and poor, the guild sewing society, missionary and charitable work, maintenance of the church and grounds, the guild constitution, and social activities, and include notes of discussion topics.

Parish school records, 1880-1890. Volume 116.

Names of students, with grades(?) in various subjects.

Sunday school record book, 1880-1907. Volume 117.

Lists of pupils.

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P1035

Account book, 1870-1873. Volume 122.

Account book, 1873-1874. Volume 123.

Account book, 1877-1881. Volume 124.

Account book, 1882-1885. Volume 125.

Account book, 1885-1888. Volume 126.

Account book, 1888-1889. Volume 127.

Account book, 1889-1891. Volume 128.

Account book, 1891-1895. Volume 129.

Account book, 1895-1898. Volume 130.

Account book, 1908-1909. Volume 131.

Account book, 1911-1917. Volume 132.

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St. Paul. St. James Church

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P1035

Minute book, 1901-1909. Volume 133.

Minutes of vestry meetings, with treasurer's and guild reports.

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St. Paul. St. Sigfrid's Church

Additional records of this church are available on microfilm (cataloged separately).

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P1035

Parish register, undated [ca.1896]. Volume 134.

Entries give parishioner's name, wife, children, birth date and place, date of arrival (in U.S.?), date became a member of the parish, address, occasionally a notation of transfer or death. In Swedish.

Parish register, undated. Volume 135.

Entries give parishioner's name, wife, children, residence, birth place and date, date of confirmation, date married, date received into communion, year arrived in America, former residence, year arrived in St. Paul.

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P1035

Records and accounts, 1896-1909. Volume 136.

In Swedish.

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Shakopee. St. Peter's Church

Portions of these records are available on microfilm (M275, item no. 11).

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P1035

Minute book, 1856-1907. Volume 137.

Minutes of parish meetings. Includes occasional brief financial records.

Parish register, 1871-1921. Volume 138.

Lists of families, baptisms, communicants, marriages, burials, offerings, some financial records.

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144.F.1.2F

Parish register, 1977-1979.

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P1035

Financial records, 1875-1900. Volume 139.

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Slayton. St. Barnabas Church

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144.F.1.2F

Parish register, 1910-1943.

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Stockton. Trinity Church

These volumes are also available on microfilm (M276, item no. 6).

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P1035

Parish register, 1858-1879. Volume 140.

Brief data on the organization of the parish. Baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, funerals.

Minute book, 1859-1873. Volume 141.

Minutes of parish meetings.

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Taylors Falls. Holy Cross Mission

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144.F.1.2F

Parish register, 1897-1899.

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Tracy. St. Mark's Mission

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144.F.1.2F

Parish register, 1899-1968.

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Waterville, Elysian, Morristown, and LeSueur Center

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144.F.1.2F

Parish register for St. Andrew's Church (Waterville), Grace Church (Elysian), St. John's Church (Morristown), and St. Paul's Church (LeSueur Center), 1892-1911.

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