Trinity Lutheran Church (Wilber, Neb.) [RG4103.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG4103.AM:  Trinity Lutheran Church (Wilber, Neb.)

Records:  1875-1952

Wilber, Saline County, Neb.:  Lutheran church

Size:  1 reel of microfilm

HISTORICAL NOTE

This congregation in Saline County was founded in 1874 as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clatonia Creek, Nebraska. Later the name was changed to Trinity Lutheran Church of Wilber, Nebraska. It was disbanded in 1952.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of one reel of microfilm containing five volumes of records of the Trinity Lutheran Church (Wilber, Neb.). The records are arranged in two series: 1) Membership Record Book, 1882-1953; and 2) Minutes Record Book, 1875-1952. A history of the congregation is found on page 305 of the Membership Record Book. The records were kept in the German language until the mid-1930s.

Note:  This reel was obtained from the Archives of the American Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa, in June of 1982. It is not available for interlibrary loan.

DESCRIPTION

Series 1 – Membership Record Book, 1882-1953

Reel 1

Volume

1. 1. 1882-1953

Series 2 – Minutes Record Book, 1875-1952

2. 2. 1875-1881

2. 2. 1875-1879 (English translation)

2. 2. 1881-1906

2. 2. 1907-1952

ADDED ENTRIES:

Evangelical Lutheran Church (Clatonia Creek, Neb.)

Germans in Nebraska

Lutheran Church in Nebraska

Saline County (Neb.) — Churches

Trinity Lutheran Church (Wilber, Neb.)

Wilber (Neb.) — Churches

Revised 07-06-2009   TMM