NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3176.AM: St. Paul Lutheran Church (Osceola, Neb.)
Records: 1903-1969
Osceola, Polk County, Neb.: Lutheran church
Size: 1 reel of microfilm
HISTORICAL NOTE
The St. Paul Lutheran Church of Osceola, Nebraska, was organized in 1903, and services were held in the Presbyterian Church until 1908. The Rev. O.A. Johnson was the first regular pastor. In 1908 a church building and a parsonage were constructed at an approximate cost of $8,000. The congregation of the St. Paul Lutheran Church was predominately of Swedish extraction, and services were conducted in both the Swedish and English languages. In 1953 the Church observed its 50th Anniversary, and in 1960, a new church building was completed. Active organizations with the church include the Ladies’ Aid, Luther League, Women’s Missionary Society, and the Sunday School.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of five volumes of records of the St. Paul Lutheran Church of Osceola, Nebraska, on one reel of microfilm. These records relate to church activities, 1903-1969, and include registers of baptisms, marriages, funerals, confirmations, and memberships. Also included are the minutes of the congregational meetings, 1959-1968, and the minutes of the church council, 1962-1968.
DESCRIPTION
Reel 1
Volume
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- Records of Baptisms, 1903-1969
Records of Confirmations, 1903-1968
Records of Marriages, 1906-1969
Records of Reception of Members, 1904-1968
Records of Dismissal of Members, 1904-1968
Records of Funerals, 1903-1969
- Records of Baptisms, 1903-1969
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- General Index
Parish Register, 1903-1969 (includes birthplace, baptism, confirmation, nativity, marriages, removals and dismissals, and deaths of members)
- General Index
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- Minutes of the Church Council, 1962-1968
Financial records, 1962-1968
- Minutes of the Church Council, 1962-1968
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- Minutes of congregational meetings, 1959-1968
Articles of incorporation
Constitution
Pastoral Reports, 1959-1968
Financial Reports, 1959-1968
- Minutes of congregational meetings, 1959-1968
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- “Book of Remembrance,” presented to St. Paul’s Church on its 50th Anniversary by Mr. and Mrs. Otto B. Nelson. This volume records special observances and celebrations of St. Paul’s Church, 1953-1968
ADDED ENTRIES:
Lutheran Church in Nebraska
Osceola (Neb.) — Churches
Polk County (Neb.) — Churches
St. Paul Lutheran Church (Osceola, Neb.)
Swedes in Nebraska
Revised 06-22-2009 TMM