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St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Concordia:
The St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Concordia, MO
records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and funerals were
published in their Sesqui-centennial History Book entitled Descending
Love, Ascending Praise...
by Rev. Alfred Rodewald, et. al. These were scanned,
digitized,
and stored in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
To
view the records online, click on the first link below. The
tabs
at the bottom of the screen allow you to select one of the given sets
of records. While you cannot sort in this viewing mode, you
can
search for records by using the Find function of your browser.
In
order to sort and/or filter the data, you must download the files to
your hard drive and view them in a spreadsheet program. To
download a copy of this spreadsheet, click on the second link.
Cemetery
lots
If
you are planning to visit the St. Paul's Cemetery, you might want to
check the link below to the maps and listing of cemetery
lots. It
could save time locating some of the gravesites. This is a
somewhat old tabulation of lots assigned or purchased between about
1903 and 1986. For a listing of the gravesites in the older
section,
check the "Early gravesites" link.
Be sure to check the comments at the end of the file.
St. John United Church of Christ,
Emma:
Church records published in the sesquicentennial
publication of St. John Church, Our Heritage, Our Mission:
1850-2000 were also digitized and stored in a
spreadsheet. They can be viewed or downloaded using the links
below.
Note
that these records are quite complete. The baptismal
records include birth dates, as well as names of parents and
sponsors. Confirmation records list birth dates and marriage
records list witnesses. Funeral records usually include birth
dates and maiden names.
If
you do not have a recent copy of Excel, a free copy of the Excel Viewer
can be downloaded from the Microsoft site or one can use the
spreadsheet program in Open Office (Calc) or equivalent.
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