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=== Church Records and Archives === | === Church Records and Archives === | ||
Church records have been kept in [[Iowa]] since the 1830s. Information from church records varies greatly, depending upon the denomination and the record keeper. Records may contain such information about members of the congregation as age, dates of baptism, christening, or birth, marriage information, wife’s maiden name, and death dates. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses at church events or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Knowing this may help you find the foreign town from which your ancestors immigrated. | Church records have been kept in [[Iowa Genealogy|Iowa]] since the 1830s. Information from church records varies greatly, depending upon the denomination and the record keeper. Records may contain such information about members of the congregation as age, dates of baptism, christening, or birth, marriage information, wife’s maiden name, and death dates. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses at church events or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Knowing this may help you find the foreign town from which your ancestors immigrated. | ||
Before 1900 the largest religious groups were the [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]] churches along with [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|The Society of Friends (Quakers)]] and other small groups were also early settlers. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa#Religion/ Iowa Religions] </ref><ref>[http://www.greene.k12.ia.us/Fink%20Web%20Page/standards_iowa_history.htm/ Iowa History Standards and Benchmarks] </ref><ref>[http://www.quakernet.org/Discipline%201974/brief_history_of_iowa_yearly_mee.htm/ Brief History of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends] </ref> | Before 1900 the largest religious groups were the [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], [[Lutheran Church in the United States|Lutheran]] churches along with [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|The Society of Friends (Quakers)]] and other small groups were also early settlers. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa#Religion/ Iowa Religions] </ref><ref>[http://www.greene.k12.ia.us/Fink%20Web%20Page/standards_iowa_history.htm/ Iowa History Standards and Benchmarks] </ref><ref>[http://www.quakernet.org/Discipline%201974/brief_history_of_iowa_yearly_mee.htm/ Brief History of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends] </ref> | ||