St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Des Peres, Mo.)


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Guide to Lutheran Church Records
St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Des Peres, 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 Lutheran churches in this set are available by the name of the church and geographically by the location of the church (state, then city).

St. Paul's Lutheran Church [1838] 1849– Ballas and Manchester Road Des Peres, Missouri 63131 St. Louis County First founded as the "German Evangelical Congregation of Des Peres" in 1838, the pastor serving this community came from Holy Ghost Church in St. Louis City. In 1846–1847 the congregations split. (For early records, see Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, Evangelical Church Finding Aid.) Offshoots of this congregation were formed in 1874, with Concordia Lutheran in Kirkwood , and in 1875, with St. John's in Ellisville. See also: St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Des Peres: 150 years: Christ, Our Foundation, Faith and Future, 1849-1999, R977.865/S157 Text in German and English.
SLCL Roll	Item	Ministerial Act	Years	Index	Concordia Roll	Comments
70	I	Baptism (see online Index for 1849-1904)	1849–1868 1880–1882 1869–1880
		Confirmation	1850–1887
		Marriage	1849–1900
		Burial (see online Index for 1851-1891)	1851–1901
	II	Membership Register	1921
		Baptism (see online Index for 1849-1904)	1905–1914 1883–1904 1915–1944			p. 33–46 47–68+ 69–114
		Confirmation	1888–1904 1905–1944			p. 102–119 209–268
		Marriage	1902–1944			p. 309–340
		Burial	1902–1944			p. 341–371
	III	Acceptances and Releases	1954–1959
		Marriage	1972–1974			p. 1–4
		Baptism	1945–1974			p. 53–110
		Confirmation	1945–1974			p. 169–214
		Marriage	1945–1972			p. 221–248
		Burial	1945–1974			p. 249–261
		Communicants	1945			p. 372
		Acceptances and Releases	1945–1953			p. 381–388
		Annals	1945–1955			p. 389–391
	IV	Baptism	1975–1997			p. 1–57
		Baptism (Adults)	1975–1997			p. 1–4
		Confirmation	1975–1997
		Marriage	1975–1997
		Burial	1975–1997
90		Releases & Acceptances	1945–1959			#2516–2533
		Marriage	1945–1974			#2535–2565
		Baptism	1945–1974			#2567–2625
		Confirmation	1945–1974			#2629–2674
		Burial	1945–1974			#2676–2689
		Communicants	1945			2692
		Annals	1945–1955			2694–2697

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Modified: 31 July 2008