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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790180?collectionNameFilter=true Texas, Church Records, 1852-1994] - index and images, very incomplete
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790180?collectionNameFilter=true Texas, Church Records, 1852-1994] - index and images, very incomplete


{{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>  
 
Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located. <br>
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==Baptist==
==Baptist==
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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]


==The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)==
 
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'''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for&nbsp;Texas''' Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the 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==
==Disciples of Christ==
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