Finding aid for the First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio, Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio
Title: First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio, Records
Dates: 1853-1887
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Presbyterian church located in Chippewa Lake, Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio. The collection consists of minutes of meetings, baptisms, dismissals, and the church register. Includes records of the Union Sabbath School, 1877-1881. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

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MS Number MS 1217
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio, Records, 1853-1883, consist of minutes of meetings, baptisms, dismissals, and the church register. Includes records of the Union Sabbath School, 1877-1881.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Chippewa Lake in Medina County, Ohio, in the nineteenth century. Those studying the history of the Presbyterian Church and religion in Ohio and Medina County will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find the registers of baptisms, dismissals, and membership useful.

The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

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Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Chippewa Lake (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
Chippewa Lake (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Chippewa Lake.
First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette (Chippewa Lake, Ohio)
Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- Chippewa Lake.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1217 First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Emily Noyes in 1927.

Other Finding Aid

The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

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Detailed Description of The Collection

First Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio, Records 1853-1883

Box Folder
1 1 Record book 1853-1883
1 2 Church elections 1853-1883
1 3 Minutes of sessions 1853-1883
1 4 Church register 1853-1883
1 5 Union Sabbath School 1853-1883