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Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Utah were The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Methodists, and Presbyterians.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> | Before 1900 the largest religious groups in Utah were The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Methodists, and Presbyterians.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> | ||
You must determine the denomination of an ancestor to find their church records. | You must determine the denomination of an ancestor to find their church records. | ||
==Reported Membership by Denomination, 1916== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
! Denomination !! Members !! PCT | |||
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| Adventist || style="text-align:right" | 175 || style="text-align:right" | 0.06% | |||
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| Baptist || style="text-align:right" | 1,305 || style="text-align:right" | 0.46% | |||
|- | |||
| Congregational || style="text-align:right" | 1,616 || style="text-align:right" | 0.58% | |||
|- | |||
| Disciples of Christ || style="text-align:right" | 318 || style="text-align:right" | 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| German Evangelical Synod || style="text-align:right" | 118 || style="text-align:right" | 0.04% | |||
|- | |||
| Jewish || style="text-align:right" | 670 || style="text-align:right" | 0.24% | |||
|- | |||
| Latter-day Saint (563) || style="text-align:right" | 257,719 || style="text-align:right" | 91.76% | |||
|- | |||
| Reorganized LDS || style="text-align:right" | 563 || style="text-align:right" | 0.20% | |||
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| Lutheran || style="text-align:right" | 257 || style="text-align:right" | 0.09% | |||
|- | |||
| Methodist || style="text-align:right" | 1,848 || style="text-align:right" | 0.66% | |||
|- | |||
| African Methodist Episcopal || style="text-align:right" | 69 || style="text-align:right" | 0.02% | |||
|- | |||
| Presbyterian || style="text-align:right" | 2,254 || style="text-align:right" | 0.80% | |||
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| Protestant Episcopal || style="text-align:right" | 1,469 || style="text-align:right" | 0.52% | |||
|- | |||
| Roman Catholic || style="text-align:right" | 10,000 || style="text-align:right" | 3.56% | |||
|- | |||
| Salvation Army || style="text-align:right" | 111 || style="text-align:right" | 0.04% | |||
|- | |||
| Swedish Evangelical Free || style="text-align:right" | 71 || style="text-align:right" | 0.03% | |||
|- | |||
| All other || style="text-align:right" | 2,285 || style="text-align:right" | 0.81% | |||
|} | |||
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== The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) == | == The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) == | ||