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Catholic Research in the St. Louis,
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Archdiocese
of St. Louis [Missouri]
• Diocese of
Belleville [Illinois]
• Links for St. Louis Area Catholic Research
Special
Collections has microfilm copies of
- Catholic parish records for the
Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Catholic parish records for the Diocese
of Belleville [Illinois]
- Records
of the Diocese of Louisiana and the
Floridas 1576–1803
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Archdiocese
of St. Louis [Missouri]
St. Louis County Library wishes to thank the St. Louis Archdiocesan Archives for their on-going support and
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The St. Louis area has a rich Catholic history, stemming back to its French heritage in the 1700s.
The
Archdiocese of St. Louis includes
all or part of the following areas
of Missouri:
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- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Perry County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
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- St. Louis City (an independent city after 1876)
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Warren County
- Washington County
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There
have been (past and present)
approximately 300 Catholic
parishes or mission churches in
the Archdiocese and the oldest
microfilmed parish records are
from the 1760s.
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Diocese
of Belleville [Illinois] |
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On the eastern side of the
Mississippi River is the diocese of Belleville which includes 28
counties in southern Illinois.
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- Alexander
- Clay
- Clinton
- Edward
- Franklin
- Gallatin
- Hamilton
- Hardin
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Lawrence
- Marion
- Massac
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- Monroe
- Perry
- Pope
- Pulaski
- Randolph
- Richland
- Saline
- St.
Clair
- Union
- Wabash
- Washington
- Wayne
- White
- Williamson
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Links
to Help Genealogists Research Catholic
Ancestors in the St. Louis Area
Return
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