Germantown: St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church Vol. 1
- Author: Frederick S. Weiser
- SKU: 1566
- ISBN: 0897253515
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(GERMANTOWN) ST. MICHAEL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Volume 1 Baptisms 1741-1841. Compiled and edited by Frederick S. Weiser and Debra D. Smith, cgrs. 448pp., 23,281 entry Every Name Index. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 1998.
Here are some of the earliest Lutheran baptisms of Philadelphia with records beginning in 1741, not long after the church's organization. Lutheran practice required adult sponsors, or godparents, thus providing important additional information about the individual families since the sponsors were often family members.
This volume contains all baptisms from 1741 to 1841. Marriages and burials began being recorded in 1751. A subsequent volume will translate and publish the lists of marriages, burials, confirmations and related data in the registers of the church to 1841.
