New Jersey, Newark, St. Stephan's Grace Community Lutheran Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

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== Record Description ==

 

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== Record Content  ==

 

Information in a '''baptism record''' may include:

 

*Child's gender

*Baptism date  

*Name of father

 

Information in a '''death, burial, or funeral record''' may include:

 

*Name and residence of deceased

*Date and place of death

 

 

*Name and residence of groom

*Groom's birth date and place of birth

*Name of groom's father and his birthplace

*Maiden name of groom's mother and birthplace

 

== How to Use the Record  ==

 

 

 

 

=== Search the Collection ===

 

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Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind:  

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*You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.

*Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

 

 

When you have located your ancestor in a church record carefully evaluate each piece of information in the record. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. For example:  

 

*Use christening and birth records of christenings (baptisms) to identify a person’s birth date and place. These are an excellent substitute for civil birth records.  

*Use confirmation records to identify a person’s birth date and place and his or her age. If only the age is given, use it to calculate the person’s death date.

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*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.

 

=== Tips to Keep in Mind  ===

 

*Extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same county or nearby.

*An infant’s christening usually took place within a few days or few weeks of the birth, depending on the religion. Some churches, such as the Baptists, baptized only adults not infants. Members of other sects blessed their infants when they were a few weeks or a few months old.

*Church records are considered a primary source. They are usually reliable because they are kept by the minister, or a clerk appointed by the minister, who usually recorded an event at or very near the time it occurred.

*There is also some variation in the information given from record to record.

=== Unable to Find Your Ancestor? ===

 

*Look for variant spellings of the names.

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*Check the records of other religious sects in the area or nearby communities.

 

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== Related Websites  ==

 

 

== Related Wiki Articles  ==

 

*[[Essex County, New Jersey Genealogy]]

*[[Lutheran Church in the United States]]  

*[[New Jersey Church Records]]

*[[New Jersey, Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]  

*[[New Jersey Genealogy]]  

*[[New Jersey Vital Records]]

 

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