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==== Lutheran  ====
==== Lutheran  ====
*[https://www.luthersem.edu/archives/ '''Luther Seminary''']<br>
[http://www.luthersem.edu/archives/ '''ELCA Region3 Archives''']<br>
2481 Como Ave.<br>
2481 Como Avenue<br>
St. Paul, MN 55108<br>
Saint Paul, MN 55108-1496<br>
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Phone: (651) 641-3205<br>
*[https://www.luthersem.edu/archives/archives-collections/elca-region-3-archives/ '''Inventory: ELCA Region 3 Archives: Tracing the region’s Lutheran tradition''']
E-mail:pdaniels@luthersem.edu<br>
:The American Lutheran Church (ALC) Archives are now part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Archives. They have divided their records into nine regions. Region 3 covers Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. '''If a church is still active, the regional archive can help locate their records. The records of Minnesota churches that have been disbanded are at this archive.'''  
*Archives hold records for '''closed churches.''' '''For open churches write directly to [[Lutheran Church in the United States#Correspond with or visit the actual churches.|the local church.''']]
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[http://www.elca.org/ '''Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)]]]]'''<br>'''8765 West Higgins Road<br>Chicago, IL 60631-4198<br>Phone: (773) 380-2818<br>Fax: (773) 380-2977
Though not a current synodical archives, the Lutheran Church Archives at Gustavus Adolphus College
holds administrative records of Minnesota affiliates of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), and its
predecessors, the Augustana Synod and the United Lutheran Church in America. Predecessor and
supporting synods have included the Minnesota Conference and Synod, the Red River Valley Conference
and Synod, and the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest. In addition, there are
congregational histories, biographical filesregarding clergy and church leaders, andmicrofilmed
Swedish Lutheran church records (ending about 1930).


This archive has microfilm copies of part of the records at the Region 3 facility in St. Paul. They can help locate records of a congregation if you know the name of the congregation.
[http://gustavus.edu/go/archives '''College and Lutheran Church Archivist/Academic Librarian''']<br>
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Gustavus Adolphus College<br>
800 West College Avenue<br>
St. Peter, MN 56082-1498<br>
Phone:(507) 933-7572<br>
E-mail: archives@gustavus.edu<br>


==== Roman Catholic  ====
==== Roman Catholic  ====
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