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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Church Records''' {{TX-sidebar}} | |||
{{Adoption TXGenWeb}}Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:355-364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> <br><br> The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has some church records for Texas. For example, the library has microfilm copies of original documents from the Catholic archives in El Paso, Galveston, and San Antonio. The records from the San Antonio archdiocese include 100 microfilms for the city of San Antonio for the years 1703 to 1957. | {{Adoption TXGenWeb}}Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:355-364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> <br><br> The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has some church records for Texas. For example, the library has microfilm copies of original documents from the Catholic archives in El Paso, Galveston, and San Antonio. The records from the San Antonio archdiocese include 100 microfilms for the city of San Antonio for the years 1703 to 1957. | ||
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Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located. <br> | Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located. <br> | ||
[[File:Panna Maria Church.jpg|300px|right]] <br> | [[File:Panna Maria Church.jpg|300px|right]] <br> | ||
== Baptist == | |||
[http://www.swbts.edu/libraries Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]<br>A. Webb Roberts Library <br>2001 West Seminary Drive <br>Fort Worth, TX 76122 <br>Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330) <br>Fax: (817) 921-8754 | [http://www.swbts.edu/libraries Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]<br>A. Webb Roberts Library <br>2001 West Seminary Drive <br>Fort Worth, TX 76122 <br>Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330) <br>Fax: (817) 921-8754 | ||
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*Carroll, James M. ''A History of Texas Baptists.'' 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. {{FHL|191869|item|disp=FHL film 1000597 item 1}}; digital version Vol. II: [http://stpaulsseminary.com/Sophomore%20Year/Department%20of%20History/Ecclesiastical%20History/First%20Semester/Baptist%20History/Baptist%20History%20Collection/LIBRARY/Lesson%2025.PDF St. Paul's Seminary.com] | *Carroll, James M. ''A History of Texas Baptists.'' 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. {{FHL|191869|item|disp=FHL film 1000597 item 1}}; digital version Vol. II: [http://stpaulsseminary.com/Sophomore%20Year/Department%20of%20History/Ecclesiastical%20History/First%20Semester/Baptist%20History/Baptist%20History%20Collection/LIBRARY/Lesson%2025.PDF St. Paul's Seminary.com] | ||
== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) == | |||
'''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Texas''' Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | '''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Texas''' Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | ||
== Disciples of Christ == | |||
Brite Divinity School Collection <br>[http://www.library.tcu.edu/ Mary Couts Burnett Library ]<br>Texas Christian University <br>2913 West Lowden <br>Fort Worth, TX 76129 <br>Phone: (817) 921-7117 <br>Fax: (817) 921-7447 | Brite Divinity School Collection <br>[http://www.library.tcu.edu/ Mary Couts Burnett Library ]<br>Texas Christian University <br>2913 West Lowden <br>Fort Worth, TX 76129 <br>Phone: (817) 921-7117 <br>Fax: (817) 921-7447 | ||
== Methodist == | |||
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[[Image:Texas church records.png|thumb|right|500px]] [http://www.smu.edu/bridwell/Collections/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/CenterforMethodistStudies.aspx Center for Methodist Studies ]<br>United Methodist Historical Collection <br>Bridwell Library <br>Southern Methodist University <br>6005 Bishop Boulevard <br>P.O. Box 750476 <br>Dallas, TX 75275 | [[Image:Texas church records.png|thumb|right|500px]] [http://www.smu.edu/bridwell/Collections/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/CenterforMethodistStudies.aspx Center for Methodist Studies ]<br>United Methodist Historical Collection <br>Bridwell Library <br>Southern Methodist University <br>6005 Bishop Boulevard <br>P.O. Box 750476 <br>Dallas, TX 75275 | ||
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*Phelan, Macum. ''History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. {{FHL|188852|item|disp=FHL film 599530 item 1}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/MN5075ucmf_0 Internet Archive] | *Phelan, Macum. ''History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. {{FHL|188852|item|disp=FHL film 599530 item 1}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/MN5075ucmf_0 Internet Archive] | ||
== Roman Catholic == | |||
[http://www.amarillodiocese.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=152 Diocese of Amarillo]<br>P.O. Box 5644<br>Amarillo, TX 79117<br>Phone: (806) 383-2243 | [http://www.amarillodiocese.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=152 Diocese of Amarillo]<br>P.O. Box 5644<br>Amarillo, TX 79117<br>Phone: (806) 383-2243 | ||