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Index of St Paul's Lutheran Church Records |
Special Collections wishes to express appreciation to
St. Paul's Lutheran Church for granting permission to publish this
index.
Index Links Photocopies
Understanding Baptism
Entries
Understanding Death Entries
This name index was created by
volunteer Michael McDermott and by staff of the Special Collections
Department. The records to which this index refers are found on the microfilm
Lutheran Church Records Roll 70 at Special Collections,
St. Louis County Library and
photocopies of the documents indexed here are available.
See the
detailed descriptive roll list
on this website for the department's holdings for St. Paul's Lutheran
Church in Des Peres.
Introduction
First founded as the "German Evangelical Congregation of Des Peres"
in 1838, the pastor serving this community came from Holy Ghost
Church in St. Louis City. In 18461847 the congregations split. (For
early records, see Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, Evangelical
Church Finding Aid.) Offshoots of this congregation were formed in
1874, with Concordia Lutheran in Kirkwood, and in 1875, with St.
John's in Ellisville.
See also: St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Des Peres:
150 Years: Christ, Our Foundation, Faith and Future, 1849-1999,
R977.865/S157
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St.
Paul's Lutheran Church [1838] 1849
Ballas and Manchester Road, Des Peres (St. Louis
County), Missouri 63131
The entries are alphabetical by surname, then given name.
Select the link below for your surname of interest.
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Index
to Baptisms: 18491904 |
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Index of Deaths: 18511891 |
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Search Techniques
You may browse the alphabetical listing of entries using the links from this main index page. For links to our other web pages concerning Lutheran research, see the church section of our
guides & finding
aids page.
Spelling Variations
It is not uncommon to find spelling inconsistencies so checking surname variants is advised.
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p used for b |
t used for th |
ü used for ue |
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t used for d or dt |
g used for k |
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s used for z |
ä used for ae |
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ck or c used for k |
ö used for oe |
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Understanding Baptism Entries
The baptisms indexed here cover the years 1849–1904 and may give quite detailed information in German, sometimes including the towns of origin of the parents and occupations. They are arranged by the baptismal year
and the column headings on each page are as follows:
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No. (Number): Order in which the baptism was done. Baptisms are numbered each year, beginning with the number one and continuing through the rest of the calendar year.
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Geburt (Birth): Actual date of birth. In most cases it is close to the date of baptism, but in some cases they may be years apart.
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Taufe (Baptism): Date that the baptism was performed.
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Name (Name): First and middle names of the child.
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Vater (Father): Father’s first name and surname.
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Mutter (Mother): Mother’s first name and maiden name.
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Pathen (Godparents): The names of the godparents are listed here.
To locate a baptism one needs only the year and number of the baptism (listed as order # in column 5).
Understanding Death
Entries
The deaths indexed here cover the years 18511891 and may give
varied information
in German. Often the maiden name of the deceased or of the spouse is
given and if they are from outside the Des Peres area, a place name may
be given.The column headings for
the death records are as follows:
- No.: The order in which the
death is recorded for that year.
- Todestag: the date of death.
- Begrδbnisstag: burial date
- Todesursache: cause of death
- Der Verstorbene: the deceased
- Die Hinterlassenen: mourners
- Pastor (Bemerkungen): pastor (remarks)
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Modified:
20 October 2009
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