02 First German Lutheran Congregation of New Orleans

2. First German Lutheran Congregation of New Orleans (1840)
    Originally: German Orthodox Evangelical Congregation of New Orleans and Lafayette
    Formerly: First German Lutheran Congregation of New Orleans
    Presently: St. Paul Lutheran Church

Microfilmed copies of the records (1844-1947) are available at the following:

Louisiana Division of the New Orleans Public Library
     Microfilms of the records are on three reels in the GS series and are listed under St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, 1844-1947 (New Orleans). See: http://nutrias.org/guides/genguide/churchrecords.htm

Family History Centers
     The records are catalogued under “New Orleans” then click on “View Related Places” and check for “Church Records.” See:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=295267&disp=Church_records,_1844-1947&columns=*,180,0
and
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C180%2C0&titleno=295267&disp=Church_records%2C_1844-1947

The FHL microfilm numbers are: 534884, 544609, and 544610. The contents of the rolls are as follows:

FHL Film 544609
   Baptisms  1844 - July 1852  (pp 1-150)
   Confirmations  1845 - 1856  (pp 151-168)
   Baptisms  July 1852 - May 1856  (pp 172-334)
   Index to baptisms  (pp 338-397)
   Marriages  1845 - Dec. 1853  (pp 398-472)
   Index to marriages  (pp 473-501)
   Deaths  1854 - 1881   [nos 1-1319]  [not indexed]
   Deaths  1881 - 1947   [nos 1320-3592]  [not indexed]

FHL Film 0544610
   Marriages  Jan. 1854 - Mar. 1871   [nos 1-1558]  (pp 1-258)
   Index to marriages, 1854-1871  (pp 268-319)
   Index to marriages, 1871-1947  (pp 1-117)
   Marriages  Jan. 1871 – Dec. 1947   [nos 1559-3217]  (pp 1-443)
   Confirmations  1857-1947  [not indexed]

FHL Film 0534884
   Index to baptisms, 1879 - 1947
   Baptism records, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1906   [nos 5612-8783]
   Index to baptisms, 1856-1879
   Baptism records, May 1856 - Feb. 1879 [?]   [nos 1-5611]
   Note: The index of baptisms covers up to 1947,
   however, the complete records end in November 1906.

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