First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records AIS.1974.24, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
This collection consists of the Records of First German Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1838, and includes 4 volumes of Church Registers (some in German), 1842-1926. These registers contain officers, members, probationary members, baptisms, marriages, burials, and chronological and alphabetical indexes.
Volume 1 contains Kirchenbuch, 1842-1866 (in German); full members, 1847-1966; and probationary members, 1847-1866. Volume 2 contains record book, 1866-1878 (in English); probationers, 1866-1877; alphabetical / chronological list of members, 1842-1880; list of officers, 1870; baptisms, 1866-1880; and marriages, 1868-1878.
Volume 3 contains record book, 1851-1892 (early records in German); historical notice (in German); baptisms, 1852-1891 (in German to c. 1884); marriages, 1851-1892; probationers, 1851-1895; alphabetical list of members, 1851-1863; Record for the Classes Severally (indexes), 1871-1892. Volume 4 contains Kirchenbuch, 1890-1926 (in German); list of ministers Prediger, 1838-1927; officers, 1896-1925; members, 1851-1926; statistics (ministers salary and other expenses); baptisms, 1890-1926; marriages, 1893-1925; probationers, 1895-1925.
ULS Archives & Special Collections, July 1988
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Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
These records were a gift from First German Methodist Episcopal Church, (Birmingham) Pittsburgh, Pa., 1974.
This collection was processed by David Rosenberg in July, 1988.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in September, 2003. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1373406
This collection has been microfilmed by Archives Service Center from originals located at First German Methodist Episcopal Church, (Birmingham) Pittsburgh, Pa.
First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records AIS.1974.24, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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