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Guide to Evangelical and United Church of Christ Records
Holy Ghost Evangelical Protestant Church (St. Louis, Mo.)

The chart below provides information detailing the records available for this church in microfilm and printed format in the Special Collections Department. Lists showing other Evangelical and United Church of Christ churches in this set are available by the name of the church and geographically by the location of the church (state, then city).

Holy Ghost Evangelical Protestant Church 1834– 4916 Mardel St. Louis, Missouri 63109 In 1834 located at 5^th and Clark 1858 located at 8^th and Walnut 1895 located at Grand and Page 1923 located at Spring and Flad Holy Ghost moved to Mardel Avenue in 1944, just west of Kingshighway at Chippewa. First known as Die Unabhaengige Deutsche Evangelische Protestantische Gemeinde der Kirche Zum Heiligen Geist or the Independent German Evangelical Protestant Congregation of the Church of the Holy Ghost. A split occurred in 1843 when part of the congregation formed the "German Evangelical Congregation of St. Louis." In 1845 those who split off built two churches: the North Church, known as St. Peter's, and the South Church, known as St. Marcus. Under leadership of Frederick Picker (their minister from 1843–1855), the congregation split again in 1856 with a new congregation being formed under the name of Independent Evangelical Protestant Church, at 8^th and Mound Streets. See "Holy Ghost Cemetery" page for burial records for this congregation. Marriage records (1834–1844) published in St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 19, Number 1, 2, 3 and 4; Vol. 20, Number 1, 2, 3 and 4; and Vol. 21, Number 1. See also Historical Review of the Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, R977.865/B676H Text in German and English.
Roll	Item	Ministerial Act	Years	Index	FHL Roll	Comments
14	3	Baptism	1834–1839	Y	1503025	p. 1–398; includes list of pastors, 1834–1964
	4	Baptism	1839–1841	Y		p. 1–414
	5	Baptism	1841–1845	Y		p. 1–448+
15	1	Baptism	1854–1856	Y	1503026	p. 1–83
	2	Baptism	1846–1854			p. 1–488
	3	Baptism	1855–1863	Y		p. 1–399
	4	Baptism	1863–1872	Y		p. 1–477
16	1	Baptism	1873–1883	Y	1503027	p. 1–395 Index recorded twice; one at end of item easier to read
	2	Baptism	1884–1907	Y		p. 1–382 Dates on item title page are incorrect.
	3	Chronological list of pastors Baptism Confirmation Marriage Burial Communicants, Collections and Gifts to Charity	1908–1961 1908–1961 1908–1961 1908–1961 1914–1930		1503027	p. 1–783 221–260 261–320 321–400 401–402, 501–509
	4	Confirmation	1856–1905		1503027
17	1	Marriage	1834–1839	Y	1505028	p. 1–317
	2	Marriage	1840–1849			p. 3–404
	3	Marriage	1850–1855	Y		p. 1–187
	4	Marriage	1855–1871	Y		p. 1–360
	5	Marriage	1872–1882	Y		p. 1–279
18	1	Marriage	1882–1887		1503029	p. 278–399
	2	Marriage	1888–1907	Y		p. 1–239
	3	Burial	1846–1859
	4	Burial	1859–1868
	5	Burial	1868–1873			Cont. on Roll 19
19	1	Burial	1873–1886		1503030	Continued from Roll 18, Item 5
	2	Burial	1887–1903			p. 2–355
	3	Holy Ghost Cemetery Burials	1860–1894
	4	Holy Ghost Cemetery Burials	1877–1887			Continued on Roll 20, Item 1
20	1	Burials	1887–1895		1503031	Cont. Roll 19
	2	Burials	1895–1903
	3	Burial Services	1867–1907
	4	Cemetery Lot Owners		Y		p. 1–87
	5	Cemetery Lot Owners	1846–
	6	Cemetery Lot Owners	1840–1849
	7	Membership Lists	1856–1917			Alphabetical arrangement
	8	School Records	1845–1851
107		Confirmation	1856–1905
		Membership Lists	1856–1917
		Jubilee Concert Programs	1904 & 1906
		Miscellaneous Correspondence
		Constitution	1896
		Cemetery Lot Owners Index	1846–			Alphabetical
		Burials	1859–1868
108		Marriage	1872–1887	Y		p. 1–397, 2–396 This entire film—the left hand pages were microfilmed and then the right hand pages.
		Marriage	1888–1907	Y		p. 1–237? 2–236
		Constitution	1843
		Miscellaneous Papers

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Modified: 13 March 2008