Minnesota Church Records: Difference between revisions

*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/216672-redirection '''''Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in Minnesota: Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals.'' (Online)'''] St. Paul, Minnesota: Historical Records Survey, 1942. (Family History Library {{FHL|30400|title-id|disp=book 977.6 K23h; microfilm 962275 item 2}}.) This list is by county, then town or city. It mentions the church records of some congregations that existed at the church in 1940 and gives the years that the records were available.  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/278472-redirection '''''Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Minnesota'' (Online)'''.] St. Paul, Minnesota: Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library {{FHL|200329|title-id|disp=book 977.6 K24h; microfilm 1036193 item13; microfiche 6051165}}.) This volume contains an incomplete list of churches; many congregations were missed. Information is arranged first by denomination, then district or conference, then the name of the church. Entries include the address of the church, year of incorporation, and often the name of the minister in 1941.

*Hage, Anne A., '''''Church Records in Minnesota: A Guide to Parish Records of Congregational, Evangelical, Reformed, and United Church of Christ Churches, 1851–1981'''''. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minnesota Conference, United Church of Christ, 1983. (Family History Library {{FHL|244596|title-id|disp=book 977.6 K2h}}.) This source mentions the kinds and dates of records at each church up to 1981.

*'''''ALC Congregations on Microfilm''.''' Dubuque, Iowa: The Archives, [197–?]. (Family History Library {{FHL|269930|title-id|disp=microfiche 6330690–93}} [set of 4.]) No circulation to Family History Centers. Arranged by state and city of congregation. The microfiche number for Minnesota is 6330691. There are over 200 churches listed in Minnesota with the city, name of the church, type of records, county, and their microfilm or microfiche number.

*Hobart, Chauncey. '''''History of Methodism in Minnesota''.''' 1887. Reprint, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota: Park Genealogical Books, 1992. (Family History Library {{FHL|586588|title-id|disp=book 977.6 K2hc}}.) This history contains a glossary of terms used in nineteenth-century Methodism and an every-name index to biographies included in the work.

*Campbell, E. V. '''''History of the Churches of the Presbytery of St. Cloud''.''' St. Cloud, Minnesota: Journal Press, 1907?. (Family History Library {{FHL|623025|title-id|disp=microfilm 1845852 item3}}.) Gives information about the organization and early life of the Presbyterian Church especially in St. Cloud area.

*Catholic Church. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. '''''Official Minnesota Catholic Directory, 1989: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Diocese of Crookston, Diocese of Duluth, Diocese of New Ulm, Diocese of St. Cloud, Diocese of Winona'''''. St. Paul, Minnesota. The Catholic Bulletin, 1988. (Family History Library {{FHL|355072|title-id|disp=book 977.6 K24c}}.) This directory gives the address and telephone number of each church and includes a list of towns and the diocese to which the town belongs. These directories are updated yearly.