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''[[Image:Church of the Assumption Houghton County MI.jpg|thumb|right]][[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[Image:Church of the Assumption Houghton County MI.jpg|thumb|right]][[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Michigan_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
<br>Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Michigan were the Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches. Information about early churches, ministers, and circuits is in published histories of some of the churches of Michigan.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | <br>Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Michigan were the Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches. Information about early churches, ministers, and circuits is in published histories of some of the churches of Michigan.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | ||
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=== Baptist === | === Baptist === | ||
'''Kalamazoo College'''<br>Upjohn Library<br>1200 Academy Street<br>Kalamazoo, MI 49006<br>Phone: (616) 337-7153<br>Fax: (616) 337-7143<br> | '''Kalamazoo College'''<br>Upjohn Library<br>1200 Academy Street<br>Kalamazoo, MI 49006<br>Phone: (616) 337-7153<br>Fax: (616) 337-7143<br> | ||
=== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) === | === Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) === | ||
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Michigan 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 Family History Library 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|129780|item|FHL Fiche 6031507, Book 979.2258 A3j}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Michigan 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 Family History Library 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|129780|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6031507, Book 979.2258 A3j}}. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | ||
=== Lutheran === | === Lutheran === | ||
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The ELCA Archives has records of many congregations and those on microfilm can be borrowed for a small fee. A list of church records in its collection is given in: | The ELCA Archives has records of many congregations and those on microfilm can be borrowed for a small fee. A list of church records in its collection is given in: | ||
ALC Archives. ''ALC Congregations on Microfilm''. Dubuque, Iowa: The Archives, [197-?]. {{FHL|269930|item|disp=FHL fiche 6330690–93}}.Arranged by state and city of congregation. Fiche 6330690 includes Michigan. The ALC Archives are now part of the ELCA Archives. | ALC Archives. ''ALC Congregations on Microfilm''. Dubuque, Iowa: The Archives, [197-?]. {{FHL|269930|item|disp=FHL fiche 6330690–93}}.Arranged by state and city of congregation. Fiche 6330690 includes Michigan. The ALC Archives are now part of the ELCA Archives. | ||
=== Methodist === | === Methodist === | ||
[http://www.adrian.edu/library/resources/admissions.php Shipman Library<br>Adrian College]<br>110 South Madison Street<br>Adrian, MI 49221<br>Phone: (517) 265-5161<br>Fax: (517) 264-3331 <br> | [http://www.adrian.edu/library/resources/admissions.php Shipman Library<br>Adrian College]<br>110 South Madison Street<br>Adrian, MI 49221<br>Phone: (517) 265-5161<br>Fax: (517) 264-3331 <br> | ||
=== Roman Catholic === | === Roman Catholic === | ||
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The diocese includes the counties of: [[Arenac County, Michigan|Arenac]], [[Bay County, Michigan|Bay]], [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare]], [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]], [[Gratiot County, Michigan|Gratiot]], [[Huron County, Michigan|Huron]], [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella]], [[Midland County, Michigan|Midland]], [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]], [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac]] and [[Tuscola County, Michigan|Tuscola]].<ref name="rome" /> | The diocese includes the counties of: [[Arenac County, Michigan|Arenac]], [[Bay County, Michigan|Bay]], [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare]], [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]], [[Gratiot County, Michigan|Gratiot]], [[Huron County, Michigan|Huron]], [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella]], [[Midland County, Michigan|Midland]], [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]], [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac]] and [[Tuscola County, Michigan|Tuscola]].<ref name="rome" /> | ||
'''The Drouin Collection'''<br><br> [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1111 Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954] ($) (Ancestry). This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. For more details see [[The Drouin Collection: Six databases|"The Drouin Collection: Six Databases"]] | '''The Drouin Collection'''<br><br>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1111 Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954] ($) (Ancestry). This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. For more details see [[The Drouin Collection: Six databases|"The Drouin Collection: Six Databases"]] | ||
The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. <br> | The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. <br> | ||
For information concerning Catholic records, see: | For information concerning Catholic records, see: | ||
*''Inventory of the Church Archives of Michigan, The Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Detroit''. Detroit, Michigan: Michigan Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library {{FHL|268551| | *''Inventory of the Church Archives of Michigan, The Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Detroit''. Detroit, Michigan: Michigan Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library {{FHL|268551|item|disp=book 977.4 K2hca}}; {{FHL|268551|item|disp=film 962282 item 1; fiche 6051290}}<br><!--{12085458477010} --> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||