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| + | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8974 New Mexico and Texas, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1870-1970] ($) | ||
{{Adoption TXGenWeb}}Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:355-364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> <br><br> The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has some church records for Texas. For example, the library has microfilm copies of original documents from the Catholic archives in El Paso, Galveston, and San Antonio. The records from the San Antonio archdiocese include 100 microfilms for the city of San Antonio for the years 1703 to 1957. | {{Adoption TXGenWeb}}Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Texas Genealogy|Texas]] were the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics.<ref>William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, ''Religious Bodies: 1906'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:355-364. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZdiZWeStAC Google Books].</ref> <br><br> The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has some church records for Texas. For example, the library has microfilm copies of original documents from the Catholic archives in El Paso, Galveston, and San Antonio. The records from the San Antonio archdiocese include 100 microfilms for the city of San Antonio for the years 1703 to 1957. | ||
Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located. <br> | Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located. <br> | ||
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| − | + | == Baptist == | |
| − | [http://www.swbts.edu/libraries Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]<br>A. Webb Roberts Library <br>2001 West Seminary Drive <br>Fort Worth, TX 76122 <br>Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330) <br>Fax: (817) 921-8754 | + | [http://www.swbts.edu/libraries '''Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary''']<br>A. Webb Roberts Library <br>2001 West Seminary Drive <br>Fort Worth, TX 76122 <br>Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330) <br>Fax: (817) 921-8754 |
| − | '''Baylor University'''<br>[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/centrallib/ Moody Memorial Library ]<br>Box 6307 <br>Waco, TX 76703<br>Phone: (254) 710-2111 <br>Fax: (254) 710-3116 | + | '''Baylor University'''<br>[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/centrallib/ Moody Memorial Library ]<br>Box 6307 <br>Waco, TX 76703<br>Phone: (254) 710-2111 <br>Fax: (254) 710-3116 |
| − | + | '''[http://texasbaptists.org/ministries/other-ministries/texas-baptist-historical-collection Texas Baptist Historical Collection]'''<br>209 N. 8th Street<br>Waco, TX 76701<br>Phone: (254) 754-9446 | |
| + | For a history of the Baptists in Texas, see: | ||
*Carroll, James M. ''A History of Texas Baptists.'' 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. {{FHL|191869|item|disp=FHL film 1000597 item 1}}; digital version Vol. II: [http://stpaulsseminary.com/Sophomore%20Year/Department%20of%20History/Ecclesiastical%20History/First%20Semester/Baptist%20History/Baptist%20History%20Collection/LIBRARY/Lesson%2025.PDF St. Paul's Seminary.com] | *Carroll, James M. ''A History of Texas Baptists.'' 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. {{FHL|191869|item|disp=FHL film 1000597 item 1}}; digital version Vol. II: [http://stpaulsseminary.com/Sophomore%20Year/Department%20of%20History/Ecclesiastical%20History/First%20Semester/Baptist%20History/Baptist%20History%20Collection/LIBRARY/Lesson%2025.PDF St. Paul's Seminary.com] | ||
| − | + | == Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) == | |
'''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Texas''' Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | '''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Texas''' Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films. | ||
| − | + | == Disciples of Christ == | |
Brite Divinity School Collection <br>[http://www.library.tcu.edu/ Mary Couts Burnett Library ]<br>Texas Christian University <br>2913 West Lowden <br>Fort Worth, TX 76129 <br>Phone: (817) 921-7117 <br>Fax: (817) 921-7447 | Brite Divinity School Collection <br>[http://www.library.tcu.edu/ Mary Couts Burnett Library ]<br>Texas Christian University <br>2913 West Lowden <br>Fort Worth, TX 76129 <br>Phone: (817) 921-7117 <br>Fax: (817) 921-7447 | ||
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[[Image:Texas church records.png|thumb|right|500px]] [http://www.smu.edu/bridwell/Collections/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/CenterforMethodistStudies.aspx Center for Methodist Studies ]<br>United Methodist Historical Collection <br>Bridwell Library <br>Southern Methodist University <br>6005 Bishop Boulevard <br>P.O. Box 750476 <br>Dallas, TX 75275 | [[Image:Texas church records.png|thumb|right|500px]] [http://www.smu.edu/bridwell/Collections/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/CenterforMethodistStudies.aspx Center for Methodist Studies ]<br>United Methodist Historical Collection <br>Bridwell Library <br>Southern Methodist University <br>6005 Bishop Boulevard <br>P.O. Box 750476 <br>Dallas, TX 75275 | ||
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*Phelan, Macum. ''History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. {{FHL|188852|item|disp=FHL film 599530 item 1}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/MN5075ucmf_0 Internet Archive] | *Phelan, Macum. ''History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. {{FHL|188852|item|disp=FHL film 599530 item 1}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/MN5075ucmf_0 Internet Archive] | ||
| − | + | == Roman Catholic == | |
[http://www.amarillodiocese.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=152 Diocese of Amarillo]<br>P.O. Box 5644<br>Amarillo, TX 79117<br>Phone: (806) 383-2243 | [http://www.amarillodiocese.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=152 Diocese of Amarillo]<br>P.O. Box 5644<br>Amarillo, TX 79117<br>Phone: (806) 383-2243 | ||
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The Family History Library has some church records for Texas. For example, the library has microfilm copies of original documents from the Catholic archives in El Paso, Galveston, and San Antonio. The records from the San Antonio archdiocese include 100 microfilms for the city of San Antonio for the years 1703 to 1957.
Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located.
Baptist
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
A. Webb Roberts Library
2001 West Seminary Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76122
Phone: (817) 923-1921 (x3330)
Fax: (817) 921-8754
Baylor University
Moody Memorial Library
Box 6307
Waco, TX 76703
Phone: (254) 710-2111
Fax: (254) 710-3116
Texas Baptist Historical Collection
209 N. 8th Street
Waco, TX 76701
Phone: (254) 754-9446
For a history of the Baptists in Texas, see:
- Carroll, James M. A History of Texas Baptists. 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: Baptist Standard Publishing Co., 1923. FHL film 1000597 item 1; digital version Vol. II: St. Paul's Seminary.com
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Texas Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the FamilySearch Catalog. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
Disciples of Christ
Brite Divinity School Collection
Mary Couts Burnett Library
Texas Christian University
2913 West Lowden
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Phone: (817) 921-7117
Fax: (817) 921-7447
Methodist
United Methodist Historical Collection
Bridwell Library
Southern Methodist University
6005 Bishop Boulevard
P.O. Box 750476
Dallas, TX 75275
For a history of the Methodist Church, see:
- Phelan, Macum. History of Early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866. Nashville, Tenn.: Cokesbury Press, 1924. FHL film 599530 item 1; digital version at Internet Archive
Roman Catholic
Diocese of Amarillo
P.O. Box 5644
Amarillo, TX 79117
Phone: (806) 383-2243
The diocese includes the counties of: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher and Wheeler.[2]
Diocese of Austin
6225 Highway 290 East
Austin, TX 78723-1025
Phone: (512) 949-2400
The diocese includes the counties of: Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington and Williamson[2]
Diocese of Beaumont
P.O. Box 3948
Beaumont, TX 77704-3948
Phone: (409) 924-4300
The diocese includes the counties of: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk and Tyler[2]
Diocese of Brownsville
1910 University Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78520
Phone: (956) 550-1517
The diocese includes the counties of: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy[2]
Diocese of Corpus Christi
620 Lipan
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone: (361) 693-6726
The diocese includes the counties of: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio[2]
Diocese of Dallas
3725 Blackburn St.
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: (214) 528-2240
The diocese includes the counties of: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro and Rockwell[2]
Diocese of El Paso
499 St. Matthews St.
El Paso, TX 79907
Phone: (915) 872-8400
The diocese includes the counties of: Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves, Ward and Winkler[2]
Diocese of Ft. Worth
800 West Loop 820 South
Fort Worth, TX 76108
Phone: (817) 560-330
The diocese includes the counties of: Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger and Wise[2]
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Archives
P.O. Box 907
Houston, TX 77001
Phone: (713) 652-8283
The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker and Waller[2]
Diocese of Larado
1901 Corpus Christi Street
Laredo, TX 78043
Phone: (956) 727-2140
The diocese includes the counties of: Dimmit, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zapata and Zavala[2]
Diocese of Lubbock
4620 Fourth Street
Lubbock, TX 79499-8700
Phone: (806) 792-3943
The diocese includes the counties of: Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Haskell, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Scurry, Stonewall, Terry and Yoakum[2]
Diocese of San Angelo
804 Ford Street
San Angelo, TX 76905
Phone: (325) 651-7500
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1829
San Angelo, TX 76902-1829
The diocese includes the counties of: Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Martin, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green and Upton[2]
Archdiocese of San Antonio
2718 W. Woodlawn
San Antonio, TX 78228
Phone: (210) 734-2620
The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, McMullen, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde and Wilson[2]
Diocese of Tyler
1015 ESE Loop 323
Tyler, TX 75701-9663
Phone: (903) 534-1077
The diocese includes the counties of: Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Lamar, Leon, Madison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood[2]
Diocese of Victoria
P.O. Box 4070
1505 E. Mesquite Lane
Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 573-0828
The diocese includes the counties of: Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Victoria, Wharton and Fayette[2]
Catholic Archives of Texas
1600 North Congress
Capitol Station P.O. Box 13327
Austin, TX 78711-3327
Phone: (512) 476-4888
Fax: (512) 469-9537
For a history of the Catholic Church, see:
- Fitzmorris, Mary Angela. Four Decades of Catholicism in Texas 1820-1860. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1926. FHL book 976.4 A1 no. 21 and FHL film 924684 item 3
References
- ↑ William Chamberlin Hunt and United States Bureau of the Census, Religious Bodies: 1906 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910), Vol. 1:355-364. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Map of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States of America, Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Columbus, accessed 3 Nov 2010.
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