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Lutheran Church records held by the Special Collections Department
Location: Bremen-Hyde Park area of north St. Louis at the northwest corner of Salisbury and Florissant.
"It was organized on April 26, 1849 by twelve Lutherans of New Bremen, a community then two miles north of the St. Louis city limits. . . . Beginning with the founding of Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Baden on May 15, 1860, six daughter organizations have been formed from Bethlehem Church." ("History of St. Louis Neighborhoods: Hyde Park and Bissell-College Hill," p.18)
See also:
"One Hundredth Anniversary," 1849-1944, R977.866/O58
"The Diamond Jubilee of Bethlehem Lutheran Church," R977.866/O58
Text in German and English.
SLCL Roll |
Book |
Ministerial Act |
Years |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | Baptism | 1849-1859 | p. 1-74 |
| 10 | 1 | Confirmand | 1859 | p. 74-89 |
| 10 | 1 | Confirmand | 1851-1866 | p. 74-89 |
| 10 | 1 | Baptism | 1860-1864 | p. 90-132 |
| 10 | 1 | Marriage | 1850-1869 | p.133-164; Years out of order |
| 10 | 1 | Baptism | 1864-1869 | p. 174-210 |
| 10 | 1 | Communicant | 1850-1870 | p. 211-271 |
| 10 | 1 | Confirmand | 1870-1887 | p. 272-304 |
| 10 | 1 | Burial | 1851-1869 | p. 325-339 |
| 10 | 2 | Baptism | 1870-1885 | p. 1-155 |
| 10 | 2 | Marriage | 1870-1885 | p. 161-191 |
| 10 | 2 | Burial | 1870-1885 | p. 201-257 |
| 10 | 3 | Baptism | 1885-1897 | p. 29-154 |
| 10 | 3 | Confirmand | 1885-1897 | p. 201-253 |
| 10 | 3 | Communicant | 1885-1895 | p. 261-300 |
| 10 | 3 | Marriage | 1885-1897 | p. 301-331 |
| 10 | 3 | Burial | 1885-1897 | p. 333-380 |
| 10 | 3 | Church History | 1849-1873 | p. 381-384 |
| 10 | 4 | Baptism | 1898-1916 | p. 33-148 |
| 10 | 4 | Confirmand | 1898-1916 | p. 209-282 |
| 10 | 4 | Marriage | 1916-1910 | p. 297-308 309-340 |
| 10 | 4 | Marriage | 1898-1910 | p. 297-308 309-340 |
| 10 | 4 | Burial | 1898-1916 | p. 341-398 |
| 11 | 5 | Baptism | 1917-1946 | p. 33-138 |
| 11 | 5 | Marriage | 1942-1946 | p. 150-156 |
| 11 | 5 | Confirmand | 1942-1946; | p. 188-193; 209-268 |
| 11 | 5 | Confirmand | 1917-1933 | p. 188-193; 209-268 |
| 11 | 5 | Marriage | 1932-1942 | p. 269-285 |
| 11 | 5 | Confirmand | 1933-1942 | p. 286-308 |
| 11 | 5 | Marriage | 1917-1932 | p. 309-340 |
| 11 | 5 | Burial | 1917-1946 | p. 341-400 |
| 11 | 6 | Index to Book 6 | Incomplete; no page numbers given | |
| 11 | 6 | Baptism | 1946-1967 | p. 53-136 |
| 11 | 6 | Burial | 1967 | p. 161 |
| 11 | 6 | Confirmand | 1947-1959 | p. 169-219 |
| 11 | 6 | Marriage | 1946-1967 | p. 221-246 |
| 11 | 6 | Burial | 1946-1966 | p. 249-281 |
| 11 | 6 | Confirmand | 1960-1967 | p. 282-298 |
| 11 | 6 | Burial | 1966-1967 | p. 299-300 |
| 11 | 7 | Ministerial acts, gains, losses | 1957-1961 | Remarks section contains sponsors, witnesses, survivors and congregation transferred to/from. |