Cistern Evangelical Lutheran Church, from 1889.Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church at East Navidad and Swiss Alp, from 1867.Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Black Jack Springs, from 1875.Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church at Freyburg and Engel, from 1869.Paul Lutheran Church at Serbin in Lee County (contains Warda and some Swiss Alp baptisms), from 1854 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Frelsburg in Colorado County (contains many Willow Springs area baptism, marriage, and death records).John Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ross Prairie (now Ellinger) In addition, several local archives have photocopies or microfilm of the early records of select churches:įayette Heritage Museum & Archives in La Grange: Lola Pagel's baptism certificate from Trintiy Ev. Dates of birth can be estimated based on dates of baptism, and death dates are usually given in burial records.Įarly church records, if they survived through the ages, are generally found at the local church or at the denominational archives. The records include the father's name and mother's maiden name.Ĭhurch records are an excellent resource for determining dates of birth, death and marriage. The Fayette Archives of the USGenWeb Archives Project contain online indexes of birth records for each year from 1926 through 1934. To order birth certificates after 1903, see Department of Health - Vital Records or Fayette County Clerk.
However, many births were not recorded in the early years. After 1903 births were required to be recorded by the counties.
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