Church records and registers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85025741
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Bethany Baptist Church, Buhl, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0149
Abstract
Contains original and photocopies of the church records books of Bethany Baptist Church of Buhl (now at Coker), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, dating from 1832 to 1981, including the Articles of Faith, Rules of Decorum, members names, pastor’s salary, and the constitution of the Bethany Baptist Church.
Dates:
1832 - 1981
Big Creek Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0156
Abstract
Deed for land, lists of members, and monthly meeting minutes of this Baptist church in Coker, Alabama.
Dates:
1821 - 1913
Bluff Park United Methodist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0178
Overview
A collection of financial records, membership rolls, church directories, and the floor plan of this Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dates:
1978-1981
Bone Camp Methodist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0184
Abstract
This collection contains the constitution, membership lists, articles of faith, rules of decorum, records of church activities 1843-1904, and church register, 1862-1935, giving lists of members and of pastors of this Methodist church in Northport, Alabama.
Dates:
1843-1935
Border Springs Baptist Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0189
Abstract
Photocopies of records, including board meeting minutes, the covenant, rules of decorum, lists of members, of members received, and resolutions by this Caledonia, Mississippi church.
Dates:
1900-1949; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1949
Brandon Memorial United Methodist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0202
Overview
Lists of members, pastors, marriages, baptisms, and deceased members, as well as church directories of this Methodist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1911-1991
Brien Chapel A.M.E. Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0211
Overview
Records of this African Methodist Episcopal church in Burnsville, Alabama, from 1924-1973.
Dates:
1924-1973; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1956
Iveson L. Brookes papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0214
Abstract
A large collection of letters to and from this Baptist clergyman, planter and southern sectionalist, including defenses of the South, Brookes's business transactions, and family matters.
Dates:
1811-1911; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1865
Maude Buntin collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0229
Overview
Miscellaneous papers related to Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, including the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Centennial program, 1937, the 50th anniversary booklet of the Tuesday Study Club, 1964, a Bible Study schedule for 1913, and clippings and photos related to Pickens County landmarks.
Dates:
1913-1976
Collins family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0346
Abstract
Photocopies of letters written by various family members, primarily James S. Collins, Martha Louvenia Smyth Collins (Mrs. James S. Collins – second wife of James S.), James “Jim” Madison Collins, Lake Huron Collins Madison, Martin Lomax “Max” Collins, Irene (Mrs. Lomax Collins) and Purser Collins. There are also photocopies of the birth, marriage, and death pages from several family Bibles as well as copies of typed and handwritten pages of genealogical data and obituaries clipped from...
Dates:
1875–1990
Cubahatchie Baptist Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0381
Overview
Collection of meeting minutes and membership lists, 1887-1933, for this Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama, church.
Dates:
1887-1933
Minutes of the Talladega Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898-1899
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0384
Overview
Photocopy of a record book including the minutes, rolls, and mission reports of this Talladega church
Dates:
1891-1899
Dunn's Creek Baptist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0458
Overview
Records of members, deeds to church land, enrollments and dismissals, deaths, and expenses of this Baptist church in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Dates:
1834-1979
Old Ebenezer Church history
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0468
Overview
Paper providing a brief history of the church and its founders. Also includes a list of members and description of church teachings.
Dates:
1909
Lista Geil Eddins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0472
Overview
Diaries, clippings, photographs, correspondence, sheet music, and church bulletins belonging to this University of Alabama music department head.
Dates:
between 1910-1971
Fairview Presbyterian Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1613
Overview
This collection consists of five record books. The first two are Union Parish Records, and they contain the history of the Union Parish in Alabama and records from 1888 through 1952. The last three are ledgers of the First Presbyterian Church of Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, from 1848 through 1989. The ledgers include meeting minutes of the church and a variety of bulletins. Church located in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama.
Dates:
1848-1989
First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0517
Overview
List of pastors, rules of decorum, the church covenant, and baptism lists, 1838-1904. It also includes an article, "Chronicles of the First Baptist Church," by Tom Garner, clerk.
Dates:
1818-1927
First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0518
Overview
Contains record books, 1820-1948; list of baptisms, 1845-1894; Board of Trustees record books, 1838-1911; Board of Deacons minute book, 1886-1888; and miscellaneous other documents for this Tuscaloosa, Alabama church.
Dates:
1820-1948
Tom Garner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1412
Overview
This paper by Tom Garner contains lists of pastors and members and monthly meeting minutes of this Baptist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1925
Guy Gilliland papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0570
Overview
Letters between Gilliland and his sweetheart (later wife) Josie, church materials from Trinity United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, greeting cards, and photographs
Dates:
1909-1981
Vernon Grosse collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0599
Overview
Collection of pre- and post- Civil War letters and genealogies (all photocopies), as well as minutes for the New River Baptist Church, in Fayette County, Alabama, from 1826-1911.
Dates:
1801-1911
Marvin P. Harper papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0632
Abstract
A variety of documents covering: slave ownership documents concerning crimes and deaths; Farrah Law Society plaque; UA football picture from 1920s; Church programs; Stamps; Daughters of the Confederacy minutes. McCall diploma, 1879; and Kennedy family papers.
Dates:
1875-1930
John Collier Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0536
Overview
A sizeable collection of church correspondence, sermons, and other religious materials, and family correspondence and other personal items of this farmer and Southern Baptist minister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates:
1841 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1892
Judson Baptist Association, Henry County, Alabama, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0793
Abstract
A single record book containing church articles, decorum for the order of business, and minutes for church meetings 1850-1865 of this Henry County, Alabama, Baptist church. The collection also contains a program for the inauguration of James Huey Edmondson as president of Judson College, 1967.
Dates:
1850 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1865
Emmett N. McCall papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0943
Abstract
Financial records and ledgers of McCall's Dixonville Racket Store, a general store in the Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama, area. Also includes correspondence, Mormon church records, mortgage deeds, and cotton acreage allotments.
Dates:
1874-1944
Methodist Episcopal Church, Uniontown, Ala., church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0302
Overview
Membership registers, a ledger of church giving, and minutes and records of the Woman's Missionary Society of this Methodist church in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, from 1869 to 1966
Dates:
1869-1966
Nazareth Primitive Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1037
Abstract
Photocopies of the minutes of monthly meetings of this Alabama Baptist church
Dates:
1899-1936
Newbern (Ala.) Methodist Church membership register
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1045
Overview
The signatures of the members of this Methodist Church in Newbern, Perry County, Alabama, in 1950
Dates:
1950
Newbern Circuit, Alabama Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, church registers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1044
Overview
A register of members of several churches in this Perry County, Alabama, circuit and minutes of quarterly conferences. The collection includes records pertaining to Newbern, Craig's Chapel, Flatwoods, Hamburg, Mt. Carmel, Wesley's Chapel, and Scott's Station churches.
Dates:
1858-1951
Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1071
Abstract
Church register of this Marengo County, Alabama, Methodist church, which records names of members received before 1917, baptisms, and deaths.
Dates:
1911 - 1973
Salem Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1224
Abstract
Photocopies of two record books containing articles of faith, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes 1824-1895, maps, and church meeting minutes of this New Lexington, Alabama, church.
Dates:
1824-1895
St. John's Catholic Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1332
Abstract
Records of this Catholic church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1844-1954, including lists of baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations, and first communions.
Dates:
1844-1954
St. Matthew's Holy Name Society records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2310
Overview
Minute book for St. Matthew's Holy Name Society in Mobile, Alabama
Dates:
1928-1941
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1434
Overview
Two petitions, one for "White", the other "Colored", about prohibiting the sale of liquor within a half mile of St. Johns Mission Church and St. Paul Church. Also included are the record book of County Court for 1925 and the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court ledgers from 1837-1849, 1842-1850, and 1842-1867.
Dates:
1825-1867
Union Baptist Church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1461
Overview
A ledger containing membership lists, lists of pastors, and minutes of deacons' meetings of this Baptist church in Sweetwater, Marengo County, Alabama.This collection contains two record books of the Union Baptist Church. Both of the books end in 1874, but the first one begins in 1839 and the second one begins in 1852. They include a church history, church record book index, meeting minutes, constitution of the church, a lineage chart of Brenda Englebert, plot map of Marengo County, a church...
Dates:
1862-1873
Union Baptist Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1462
Abstract
Contains membership lists (including black members), regulations, doctrine, minutes, and membership letters for this Sweetwater, Marengo County, Alabama, church.
Dates:
1839-1992
Union Parish records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1463
Overview
Contains records and letters of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Uniontown, Alabama form 1845-1900.
Dates:
1850-1955
J. E. Windham ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1565
Overview
Ledgers of J. E. Windham of Gainesville, Alabama, and photocopies of two volumes of the Gainesville Presbyterian Church records.
Dates:
between 1820 and 1900