Information about German churches in St. Louis
An overview of the historical development of German churches in St. Louis to 1900 was published in the March 2015 issue of PastPorts, the newletter of the History & Genealogy Deparment. The newsletter can be downloaded for free as a PDF (913 kb)
Finding aids to church records on microfilm held by the History & Genealogy Department are on this website:
- Catholic Church records
- Lutheran Church records
- United Church of Christ (German Evangelical) records
The following publications also provide information about and aids for researching German churches in St. Louis:
Bibliography of German Churches in St. Louis (107 kb)
Historical Timeline of German Congregations in St. Louis, by denomination (100 kb)
Historical Timeline of German Congregations in St. Louis, chronological list (106 kb)