http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 XTF Search Results (subject=Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?subject%3DChurch%20records%20and%20registers%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland;subject-join%3Dexact;smode%3Dsimple;brand%3Ddefault Results for your query: subject=Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts (African American Archives Vertical File). African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5487.xml The African American Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of African Americans, Cleveland, Ohio, and Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of advertisements, articles, audiovisual material, autobiographies, biographical sketches, certificates, church bulletins, correspondence, fliers, genealogies, histories, letters, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, maps, meeting material, membership cards, notes, pamphlets, papers, photographs, poems, postcards, a poster, program and souvenir books, reports, scrapbooks, statistics, speeches, transcripts, and other material. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5487.xml Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT Anshe Chesed Congregation Records. Anshe Chesed Congregation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3941.xml Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, dues books, dues cards, building fund materials, curriculum and other educational materials, rabbis' papers, legal and financial documents, publicity files, publications, clippings, scrapbooks, architects drawings and specifications, membership lists and applications and directories, correspondence of the United Jewish Cemeteries, records of the United Jewish Religious Schools, correspondence, addresses and sermons of Rabbi Wolsey, sermons of Julius J. Nodel and Rabbi Lelyveld, and records of various constituent groups in the congregation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3941.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Anshe Chesed Congregation Records, Series III. Anshe Chesed Congregation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Anshe Chesed Congregation is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, directories, sermons, books of remembrance, booklets, brochures, bulletins, guidebooks, flyers, proclamations, programs, tickets, and speech. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5165.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, The Young People's Congregation Records. Anshe Chsed Fairmount Temple, The Young People's Congregation http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4995.xml The Young People's Congregation was a congregation within Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Beachwood, Ohio) for younger members of the temple. Activities include services for young families, drama productions, social get-togethers, community outreach and interfaith programs, youth education and enrollment in the religious school, publication of a newsletter, The Mosaic, and the Free-a-Family program to help Soviet Jewry. The collection consists of audio tapes, awards, correspondence, clippings, flyers, lists of members, financial records, programs, newsletters, play scripts, photograph album, posters, and a scrapbook. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4995.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Bethany Presbyterian Church Records. Bethany Presbyterian Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3324.xml Bethany Presbyterian Church was founded in 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a register of communicants, baptisms, marriages and deaths. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3324.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Church records: First Methodist (German), Cleveland, and, Church of the Cross, Cleveland Heights, 1846-1928. Church of the Cross (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Rowe, Joanne., First Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio : German) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Cleveland Baptist Union Records. Cleveland Baptist Union http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4151.xml The Cleveland Baptist Union (f. 1869) was an organization of various Baptist churches in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The purpose of the organization was to raise money to meet the financial needs and operating expenses of the member institutions. The organization changed its name to the Cleveland Baptist City Mission Society in 1894 and merged with the larger Cleveland Baptist Association in 1920. The collection consists of documents of incorporation, constitutions, minutes, annual reports, membership lists, financial records, deeds, programs for anniversary celebrations, correspondence, news clippings, committee reports, insurance records, miscellaneous items. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4151.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Collinwood United Church of Christ Records. Collinwood United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3856.xml The Collinwood United Church of Christ was a Congregational church founded in 1876, in Cleveland, Ohio, as Collinwood Congregational Church. In 1965 it became the Collinwood United Church of Christ. It disbanded in 1967. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of governing boards, social club records, correspondence, membership records, financial material, and material from a church scrapbook. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3856.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Concordia Lutheran Church of Independence records, 1915-1987. Concordia Lutheran Church of Independence (Ohio), St. John's Lutheran Church of Independence (Ohio), Concordia Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Detail of church records at West Side United Church of Christ, established 1853: West Side United Church of Christ, 3800 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Hartman, Paul M., West Side United Church of Christ (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Early Families in Cleveland Project Records. Early Families in Cleveland Project http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4935.xml The Early Families in Cleveland project was sponsored by the Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society as part of Bicentennial celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1996. The purpose of the project was to document those individuals who resided in Cuyahoga County, or whose ancestors resided in Cuyahoga County, at least ten years prior to the date of settlement of their (or their ancestor's) ethnic group. Each verified applicant to the project received an award certificate presented at the Family History Fair in May 1996, or during Family Days in November 1996. The collection consists of adoption records, application forms, baptismal certificates, birth certificates, census forms, church records, correspondence, court records, death certificates, deeds, descendancy charts, diplomas, estate ledgers, family trees, interviews, magazine articles, maps, marriage certificates, marriage licenses, naturalization records, newspaper articles, photograph copies, real estate records, receipts, recogni... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4935.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT East End Baptist Church Records. East End Baptist Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3434.xml The East End Baptist Church was founded in 1892, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of reports of the pastor, deacons, and treasurer, and specifications and contracts for a new building to be built by Maurer & Mills, a Cleveland architectural firm. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3434.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT East Madison Avenue Church Records. East Madison Avenue Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3849.xml East Madison Avenue Church was a Congregational church founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874 as a mission church of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of four bound volumes and a baptismal certificate book. The first vol. contains lists of members and baptisms, and minutes of annual congregational meetings. The second vol. contains a constitution, articles of incorporation, and minutes of the Madison Avenue Congregational Church Society, the Board of Trustees, and the Building Committee. The third vol. contains a roll of new members. The fourth vol. contains revisions to the constitution, baptisms, and minutes of annual meetings. The baptismal certificate book contains record stubs of certificates issued. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3849.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Eighth United Church of Christ Records. Eighth United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4085.xml The Eighth United Church of Christ was organized in 1889 as the Eighth Reformed Congregation of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1945 it became the Eighth Evangelical and Reformed Church of Cleveland. In 1957 the name was changed to the Eighth United Church of Christ. The church ceased operations in 1977. The collection consists of church histories, constitutions, church records, vital statistics, consistory minutes, congregational meeting minutes, annual reports, financial records, membership information, deeds, fire insurance policy papers, correspondence, publications, records of church organizations, and miscellaneous material. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4085.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church Records. Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3417.xml Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church was founded in 1876, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of one bound volume, copied by hand from the original in 1889, containing the Articles of Association (1876) and minutes of meetings. The minutes include results of vestry elections, treasurer's reports, and resolutions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3417.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records. Euclid Avenue Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3577.xml Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership and property records, baptismal and death records, and other records of Euclid Avenue and Hough Avenue Congregational churches, including marriage records of the Hough Avenue church. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3577.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Euclid Avenue Congregational Church Records, Series II. Euclid Avenue Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4615.xml The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was founded in 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1853 it had a Presbyterian form of government and was called the Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland. A Hough Avenue branch of the church existed from 1890 until 1934, under the name Hough Avenue Congregational Church. In 1934 it merged with the Euclid Avenue church. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church was destroyed by fire on March 23, 2010. The collection consists of executive board minutes and business meeting minutes of the Women's Association of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church. The collection is arranged chronologically by sets of board minutes. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4615.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Fidelity Baptist Church Records. Fidelity Baptist Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3648.xml Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892 it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In answer to changing social conditions in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, programs, membership records, constitutions, agreements, Sunday School records, legal records, baptism and death records (1892-1912), miscellaneous files, and records documenting the church's work with community welfare organizations, including records of the Cleveland Area Church Council and the Inner City Protestant Parish. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3648.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Fidelity Baptist Church Records, Series II. Fidelity Baptist Church Records Series II http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5483.xml Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892, it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In response to changing social conditions in the Wade Park neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of annual reports, calendars, church bulletins, Cleveland Landmarks Commission materials, constitution and church history documents, correspondence, disbursement reports, Fidelity First Preschool materials, financial records, fliers, income statements, ledgers, meeting materials, a miscellaneous graphic, notes, organizational chart, "Parents Guide to Nursery School," poems and prayers, a program book, progress reports, property information, quizzes and a church survey questionnaire, reports, Sunday School Secretary’s records, worksheets in braille, and a youth directory. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5483.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Fidelity Baptist Church Records, Series II. Fidelity Baptist Church Records Series II http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5483.xml Fidelity Baptist Church is a Cleveland, Ohio, church organized in 1891, as Fidelity Free Will Baptist Church. In 1892, it became Fidelity Baptist Church. In response to changing social conditions in the Wade Park neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s the church became involved in several community welfare organizations. The collection consists of annual reports, calendars, church bulletins, Cleveland Landmarks Commission materials, constitution and church history documents, correspondence, disbursement reports, Fidelity First Preschool materials, financial records, fliers, income statements, ledgers, meeting materials, a miscellaneous graphic, notes, organizational chart, "Parents Guide to Nursery School," poems and prayers, a program book, progress reports, property information, quizzes and a church survey questionnaire, reports, Sunday School Secretary’s records, worksheets in braille, and a youth directory. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS 5483.xml Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Fifth Christian Church Records. Fifth Christian Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5233.xml Fifth Christian Church, founded in 1964, is a predominately African-American church in the Disciples of Christ denomination located on Benwood Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The church is a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was recognized in 2009 by the Disciples of Christ for performing a significant number of baptisms. The collection consists of budgets, meeting minutes, membership lists, and programs. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5233.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church Records. Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3847.xml The Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church was founded in 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Funften of Fifth Evangelical and Reformed Church. From its organization until it disbanded in 1971 the church was located on the corner of Hague Avenue and West 67th Street. The collection consists of four bound volumes of records. Volumes I and II contain the church's registers and constitution, recorded in German. Volume 3 contains the minutes of the governing board of the church's Sunday School, also in German. Volume 4 contains a later register, recorded in English. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3847.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland Records. First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4140.xml The First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1833 as the First Baptist Church of Cleveland. In 1887 Idaka Memorial Baptist Church merged with First Baptist. In 1919 a group from First Baptist formed the Cleveland Heights Baptist Church. The two congregations merged in 1928 to form the First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, located in Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of church histories, constitutions, minutes, membership information, resolutions, reports, financial records, church bulletins, correspondence, information on the consolidation with Cleveland Heights Baptist Church, records of church organizations, records of other churches, and architectural drawings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4140.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT First Congregational Church Records. First Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3855.xml The First Congregational Church was originally founded as a Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, Ohio, in 1834. In 1844 the church joined the Congregational denomination. Although it disbanded in 1954, marriages were held at the church until 1962. The collection consists of church registers, minutes, baptismal records, correspondence, memoranda, financial materials, directories, histories, and scrapbooks. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3855.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Glenville Congregational Church Records. Glenville Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3852.xml Glenville Congregational Church was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1901 by Reverend William Colbert Detling and originally called the People's Church of Glenville. The name was changed to Glenville Congregational Church in 1910. It was disbanded in January, 1962. The collection consists of trustees' minutes, committee reports, material on the resignation of Rev. Albert B. Eby, church roll, church register, church transfer records, printed directories, and miscellaneous material, including a typed history and articles of incorporation. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3852.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Highland United Church of Christ Records. Highland United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3854.xml The Highland United Church of Christ was a Congregational church founded in Lakewood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, in 1891. It was originally called the Lakewood Congregational Church but in 1902 the name was changed to Highland Congregational Church. The church relocated in Cleveland in 1915 and became Highland United Church of Christ in 1957. It disbanded in 1971. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of governing boards, social club records, merger reports and related correspondence, general correspondence, publications, membership records, legal records, and financial records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3854.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT The history, confession and covenant, of the First Presbyterian Church, of Ohio City: with the names of its members: January, 1837. First Presbyterian Church (Ohio City, Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church Records. Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3583.xml Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3583.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Immanuel United Church of Christ Records. Immanuel United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3656.xml Immanuel United Church of Christ was founded in 1852, as the Vereinigten Evangelischen Gemeinde, to serve German farmers in the Rockport area of Cleveland, Ohio. The name was changed first to Immanuel Evangelical Church and then to Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church. In the 1960s it became Immanuel United Church of Christ. Throughout its first century the church maintained a German-based membership. The collection consists of baptismal, marriage and death registers, minutes, and financial records. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3656.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Matthew Guhl Papers. Guhl, Matthew http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3659.xml Matthew Guhl (b. 1836) was the pastor of the Friedens Kirche Evangelical Church in Cleveland, Ohio (later the East 75th Street Evangelical Church). The collection consists of an autobiography, letters, sermons, a diary, and registers of church members and baptisms. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3659.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Miles Park Presbyterian Church Records. Miles Park Presbyterian Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3642.xml Miles Park Presbyterian Church was established in 1832 as the First Congregational Church of Newburgh, Ohio. It was chartered in 1842 as the First Presbyterian Church of Newburgh. By 1873 Newburgh was annexed to Cleveland and the Church was commonly known as Miles Park Presbyterian Church. It continued to be known by this name, despite a 1925 act to rename it the John M. Davidson Memorial Presbyterian Church Society. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, the constitution, deeds, by-laws, lease agreements, baptism applications, the church register (1842-1955), marriage licenses, certificates of dismission and reception, building fund records, church newspapers, bulletins, and miscellaneous material; and a will and estate papers of John M. Davidson. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3642.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT North Presbyterian Church Records. North Presbyterian Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3539.xml North Presbyterian Church was founded in 1870, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of historical sketches, correspondence, building and property records, Sunday school and church attendance records, membership rosters, religious surveys, anniversary materials, miscellaneous printed and mission material, and material on the 100th and 125th anniversaries of the First Presbyterian (Old Stone) Church. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3539.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Parish directory. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Park Congregational Church Records. Park Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4619.xml Park Congregational Church was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1886 through a union Sunday school held by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Roberts. After several years of meeting in a union church on the corner of Doan Street and Crawford Road, the church was adopted by the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in 1888 and was then known as the "North Branch." By 1890 the North Branch was recognized as an independent church and a new, more centrally-located church was built on the corner of Crawford Road and Cullison Street. The collection consists of a written history of the church, a list of church officials and donors, and a manual, including a history of the church, printed in 1902. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4619.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Puritan Congregational Church Records. Puritan Congregational Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5195.xml Puritan Congregational Church was located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and West 58th Street on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s-1914. The congregation was an independent church that included the consolidation Franklin Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, meeting notices, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and reports. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5195.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Records, 1902-1990. Saint Nicholas Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Sacramental records, 1903-1990. Saint Paul Croatian Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Saint John's Episcopal Church Records. Saint John's Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4371.xml Saint John's Episcopal Church is a congregation which maintains the oldest church edifice in Cleveland, Ohio, the group splitting off from Trinity Parish when it moved from Ohio City to Cleveland's east side in 1826. In the late 1960s, the congregation merged with the Inner City Protestant Parish, an interdenominational group of congregations which met at St. John's and other churches during the 1950s and 1960s. The church is also known as St. John's Historic Episcopal Church. The collection consists of minutes of the trustees and parish council, financial information, administrative records, documents pertaining to the restoration of the church building, and files relating to the parish history. The collection pertains to the administrative functions of a prominent Cleveland parish, its efforts to restore the church edifice, and its involvement in ecumenical and reform movements, from the 1920s to the 1980s. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4371.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church Records. Saint Teresa Holiness Science Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4363.xml St. Teresa's Holiness Science Church is an African-American church founded in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jennie Benson Vaughn in 1950, growing to a membership of 300 within three months. Other churches were established in Nashville, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Camden, New Jersey, in the 1970s. Her husband, Frank Willis Vaughn, served as assistant pastor. The church was affiliated with the Holiness Science Organization, Inc. and accepted its belief regarding scientific proof for communication with the dead. The collection consists of organizational materials, correspondence, programs, clippings, a cookbook, and a biography of the Reverend Jennie B. Vaughn, the founder. The collection pertains primarily to Rev. Vaughn, her religious beliefs and her Cleveland, Ohio, congregation in the 1970s and 1980s, but also includes some records of the Nashville congregation, particularly church programs and a church sponsored cookbook. In addition, a constitution and covenant and statement of beliefs of the Holiness Science... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4363.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. John's Episcopal Church Records. St. John's Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3066.xml St. John's Episcopal Church was founded in 1836, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of articles of association (1836) and lists of communicants, burials, baptisms, and marriages. Portions of the collection are photocopies. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3066.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church Records. St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4058.xml St. Mary of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church founded in 1860, in Cleveland, Ohio, as St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church. In 1951 it changed its name to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church. It later became known as Our Lady of the Highway Shrine. The collection consists of photocopies of baptismal registers, lists of deaths, and marriages. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4058.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cleveland Heights Records. St. Paul's Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4088.xml St. Paul's Episcopal Church was founded in 1846, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928 St. Martin's Episcopal Church (est. 1916) merged with St. Paul's and the church moved to Cleveland Heights. The name was changed to St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cleveland Heights. The collection consists of church histories, regulations, St. Paul's Guild minutes, vital statistics, annual reports, registers of church services, treasurers' reports, lists of communicants, membership transfers and lists, correspondence, publications, examinations on the Book of Common Prayer, notes taken by Rector John O'Hear, sermon notes, records of St. Martin's Church, seating charts, land surveys, records of church organizations, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4088.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records. St. Paul's Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3266.xml St. Paul's Episcopal Church was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1846 and moved to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in 1928. The collection consists of mortgage deeds, promissory notes, receipts, disbursements, treasurers' accounts, and a building committee report. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3266.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. Paul's United Church of Christ Records. St. Paul's United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3851.xml St. Paul's United Church of Christ was established in 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Second German Evangelical Church. In 1858 it changed to St. Paul's Evangelical Church. The church was located at the intersection of Scovill Avenue and Greenwood Street. With the merger of the German Evangelical and German Reformed denominations the church became St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. Since the 1961 merger with the Congregational Christian Church the denomination has been known as St. Paul's United Church of Christ. The collection consists of three bound volumes containing the registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths in the church, a bound volume of memorials of members, and additional, unbound memorials. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3851.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT St. Stanislaus Church Records. St. Stanislaus Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3657.xml St. Stanislaus Church was the first Polish Roman Catholic parish in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1873 and was the largest parish in the diocese during the early 1900s. The collection consists of correspondence, parish council minutes, parish publications, bills, receipts, and specifications. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3657.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Records. Third Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2335.xml The Third Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio, was formerly the First Baptist Church of Ohio City, Ohio. It was disbanded in 1900. The collection consists of a constitution and rules, minutes of meetings, financial reports, and lists of members. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2335.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Trinity Congregational Church (Pepper Pike, Ohio) Records. Trinity Congregational Church, Pepper Pike, Ohio http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3046.xml Trinity Congregational Church was incorporated in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1928 it moved to the suburb of Cleveland Heights. From 1946 to 1952 services were held in a school in Shaker Heights. In 1952 the congregation moved to Pepper Pike, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, treasurers' accounts, annual reports, and pamphlets, relating to the church and to the activities of various church-related organizations, including Christian Endeavor Society, Ladies Aid Society, Young Women's Missionary Society, Pastoral Committee, Founder's Circle, and Junior Fellowship. Includes church bulletins (1896-1909, 1918) and plans and accounts relating to construction of a new building. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3046.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Trinity United Church of Christ Records. Trinity United Church of Christ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5235.xml Trinity Evangelical Church was established on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1911 after the Home Mission Board of the Ohio District of the Evangelical Church felt compelled to institute an English-speaking congregation because the children of German immigrants no longer understood German and disassociated themselves from German-speaking churches. Located at West 25th Street and Scranton Avenue, the church and its membership expanded rapidly in the decades that followed. The church joined the newly formed Church of Christ in 1963, and changed its name to Trinity United Church of Christ. Construction of a freeway physically divided the neighborhood in the 1960s, and membership numbers never recovered. The church closed in 2008 and its members joined nearby parishes within the United Church of Christ. The collection consists of annual reports, articles of incorporation, baptism records, budgets, building plans, bulletins, certificates, confirmation class lists, committee records, constitutions, cont... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5235.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Trinity United Methodist Church Records. Trinity United Methodist Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4090.xml Trinity United Methodist Church was organized in 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The name was later changed to Trinity United Methodist Church. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, lists of regulations, correspondence, membership records, Sunday school records, fellowship class records, Sunday school superintendent's reports, deeds, insurance policy papers, a copy of a will, publications, and records of church organizations. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4090.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT University Circle United Methodist Church Records. University Circle United Methodist Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5172.xml The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5172.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Welsh Presbyterian Church Records. Welsh Presbyterian Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3995.xml The Welsh Presbyterian Church was a Cleveland, Ohio, church founded ca. 1890, located on East 55th Street, and known as Willson Avenue Welsh Presbyterian Church before Willson Avenue became East 55th Street in 1906. It was part of the Pittsburgh Presbytery and merged with the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Cleveland in the 1940s. The collection consists of two record books containing minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and Elders, 1906-1912, monthly meetings of the Church Session, 1922-1937, and registers of pastors, elders, communicants, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1912-1940. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3995.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Woodland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Record Book. Woodland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0415.xml The Woodland Avenue Methodist Episcopal was church founded in 1872 on Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of lists of names of pastors, members and probationers; and quarterly conference records. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed. Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0415.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT Woodland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church record book, 1874-1886. Woodland Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1843-1994. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Schwan, Henry C., 1818-1905, Schuknecht, C.T. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=marc/skclmarc202890322046876.mrc Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT