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*Frederick Lewis Weis's ''The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia,'' is an alphabetical listing of the clergy in Delaware from 1638-1776, and includes names, dates, and places. A copy of the book is located in the {{FHL|589337|item}}. For a copy nearest you, check [http://www.worldcat.org/title/colonial-clergy-of-maryland-delaware-and-georgia/oclc/4040295&referer=brief_results WorldCat]. | *Frederick Lewis Weis's ''The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia,'' is an alphabetical listing of the clergy in Delaware from 1638-1776, and includes names, dates, and places. A copy of the book is located in the {{FHL|589337|item}}. For a copy nearest you, check [http://www.worldcat.org/title/colonial-clergy-of-maryland-delaware-and-georgia/oclc/4040295&referer=brief_results WorldCat]. | ||
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Historical Background[edit | edit source]
In the colonial period, the Church of England, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Moravian churches were the largest religous groups in Georgia. After 1900 the largest religious groups were the Baptists and Methodists.[1]
Georgia State Archives[edit | edit source]
The largest collection of Georgia church records can be found at the Georgia State Archives. The archives borrowed pre-1940 church records from many local congregations and preserved them on microfilm. The collection is continually growing but is not complete.
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Georgia Baptist Historical Collection
Eugene W. Stetson Memorial Library
Mercer University
Macon, Ga 31207
The Family History Library has microfilmed some research materials at Mercer University. For example, FHL 204489 includes ten histories of various Baptist associations. There are also histories and inventories such as the following:
- Inventory of the Church Archives of Georgia: Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Film 1425645 Item 3; Book 975.8 K2hb A copy is available online at Archive.org.
- Campbell, Jesse H. Georgia Baptists: Historical and Biographical. Richmond: H.K. Ellyson, 1847. Digital Version; At various libraries (WorldCat); {{FHL|195312|item|disp=FHL Film 1033617 Item 3; Book 975.8 K2c (1874 edition)}; 1847 edition FHL Film 206288 Item 2 A copy of the 1874 edition is available at Archive.org.
- History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga.: J.P. Harrison & Company, 1881. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Film 896565
Church of England (Anglican, Protestant Episcopal)[edit | edit source]
If your ancestor was a minister in Colonial Georgia, see:
- Frederick Lewis Weis's The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia, is an alphabetical listing of the clergy in Delaware from 1638-1776, and includes names, dates, and places. A copy of the book is located in the FHL Collection. For a copy nearest you, check WorldCat.
Methodist[edit | edit source]
United Methodist Museum
P.O. Box 24081
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Phone: (912) 638-4050
Fax: (912) 638-9050
E-mail Address: methmuse@bellsouth.net
For a history of the Methodist Church, see:
- Harold Lawrence, Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900 (Tignall, Georgia: Boyd Pub., 1984). At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 975.8 K2L
- James Lloyd Knox, Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900, a supplement. (Milledgeville, Georgia : Boyd Pub. Co., c1995). At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.743 K2a
Moravian[edit | edit source]
The Moravian Archives
41 West Locust Street
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
United States of America
Phone: (610) 866-3255
Fax: (610) 866-9210
For information concerning missions to the American Indians visit Moravian Missions Among American Indians. For a map and list of missions visit Early Moravian Missions in Eastern Pennsylvania and Surrounding Areas 1740-1773.
Mission records are also available through FHL Collection. The records are indexed in Index to the records of the Moravian Mission among the Indians of North America by Carl John Fliegel. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 970.1 F642i, 4 vol.
Roman Catholic[edit | edit source]
Office of Archives and Records
Archdiocese of Atlanta
680 W. Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30308-1984
Phone: (404) 978-2772
Fax: (404) 885-7462
The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Rockdale, Spalding, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Troup, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, White, Whitfield and Wilkes.[2]
Archivist, Catholic Diocese of Savannah
601 East Liberty St.
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: (912) 201-4070
The diocese includes the counties of: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Bryan, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Crawford, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Harris, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jones, Lanier, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, Macon, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Muscogee, Peach, Pierce, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox and Worth.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
A wiki article describing an online collection is found in:
Georgia Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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- ↑ Sydney E. Ahlstrom, A Religious History of the American People (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). FHL Book 973 K2ah.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Map of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States of America, Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Columbus, accessed 3 Nov 2010.