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Title: Kermit Karns Lutheran Church  Records
    
    Dates: 1873-1978
    
    Collection Number: 10399
Quantity: 7 microfilm rolls (#06953, 17292-17297)
Abstract: Consists of Lutheran Church records from Emmons, Logan, and McIntosh Counties (N.D.) and Campbell and McPherson Counties (S.D.). Contains minutes, baptisms, first communion registers, marriage registers, burial registers, membership registers, cemetery records, and record of collections. Some of these records were written in the German language.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota received this collection from Kermit Karns who microfilmed the records from 1977 through 1982.
Property Rights: The  State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this  collection.
      
      Copyrights: Copyrights to  this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's  heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law  94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code or an  archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is  needed.
      
      Access: This collection is  open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North  Dakota. Since the majority of the slides were copied from publications they are  to be used for reference purposes only and not copied.
      
      Citation: Researchers are  requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State  Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic  references.
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MICROFILM INVENTORY
Roll 1 (#17292) –  filmed by Kermit Karns in 1977-1982
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Register 1919-1954
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Register 1954-1982
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) various 1905-1964
    St. John’s, Long Lake (S.D.) 1912-1975
    Lutheran Parish Ashley, (N.D.) 1893-1958
    Ashley Lutheran Cemetery 1932-1978
    Ashley Lutheran Cemetery Plat 
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Golden Jubilee  1903-1953
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Dedication 1966
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Yearbook 1976
    Fred Schneider Papers 1873-1947
Roll 2 (#17293) - filmed  by Kermit Karns in 1977-1982
    St. James Lutheran Church Minutes 1948-1959
    St. Jacob’s (St. James) Lutheran Church (near Ashley (N.D.))  Minutes 1905-1952, 1951-1958
    St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Treasurer 1905-1937
    St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Protokoll 1911-1946
    St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Schatzmeister Buch 1919
    St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church Vital Records, 1921-1954
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Coldwater (N.D.) Register 1910-1938
Zion I Lutheran Church, Coldwater (N.D.) Protokoll, etc.  1901-1961
    Zion II Register 1885-1977
    Zion I (Bertsch) Secretary Book 1956-1962
    Zion II (Biederstedt Lutheran Church), Hellwig (N.D.) 16  miles south of Fredonia, 1906-
    Zion II Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Coldwater (N.D.)  1894-1932
Frieden’s Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coldwater  (N.D.) Vital Records 1894-1951, 1947-1964
    Frieden’s Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coldwater  (N.D.) Protokoll Buch 1897-1949, 1952-1967
    Frieden’s Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coldwater  (N.D.) Treasurer 1929-1957, 1958-1967
Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church, Danzig (N.D.) Register 1916-1951
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashley (N.D.) Vital  Records 1901-1949
    Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashley (N.D.) Treasurer  1935-1950
Emmons Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashley (N.D.) Vital  Records 1917-1965
    Emmons Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashley (N.D.) Cemetery/Funerals  1957-1965
Hoffnungs Gemeinde, Ashley (N.D.) Record Book 1904-1930
    Hoffnungs Gemeinde, Ashley (N.D.) Vital Records
    Hoffnungs Gemeinde, Ashley (N.D.)Protokoll Buch 1930-1944
    Hoffnungs Gemeinde, Ashley (N.D.) Papers and Cemetery Plat
Marienberg Gemeinde Kirchen Register 1921-1944
    Marienberg Gemeinde Treasurer 1908-1913, 1914-1935,  1922-1934
Lutheran Church, Venturia (N.D.) Treasurer 1915-1956
Roll 3 (#17294) –  filmed by Kermit Karns in July 1978
    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wishek, (N.D.) Records 1905-1950,  1915-1950
    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wishek, (N.D.) Vital Records  1909-1935, 1936-1978
    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wishek, (N.D.) Marriages  1970-1977
    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wishek, (N.D.) Communion  1951-1958
    St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wishek, (N.D.) Annual Report  1977
Jehovah Gemeinde (First Lutheran Church, Burnstad (N.D.)) Vital Records 1909-1957
St. Paul’s Gemeinde, Giedt (N.D.) south of Wishek, Family  Records 1898-1912
    St. Paul’s Gemeinde, west of Wishek, Vital Records 1913-1959
St. Johannes Gemeinde, Logan County (N.D.) southwest of Wishek, Vital Records 1913-1957
Salem Gemeinde, Logan County (N.D.) northwest of Wishek, Vital Records 1908-1935
Roll 4 (#17295) – microfilmed by Kermit Karns  in July 1975
    Reformed Church, Ashley (N.D.) Minutes 1893-1950
    Record, Ashley, Hoffnungsthal, Rohrbach, Bergdorf, and  Johannesthal 1905-1961
    Members and Minutes 1922-1930
    Financial Record 1922-1928
    Record 1960-
Johannesthal and Hoffnungsthal (Venturia) Minutes and Record  1893-1968
    Venturia (N.D.) Congregational Minutes 1968-1972
    Venturia (N.D.) Consistory Minutes 1968-1972
Ashley (N.D.) Minutes 1930-1972
    Visitors Guest Book 1969-1975
Roll 4 (#17296) - microfilmed by Kermit Karns in July 1977
Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Record Book  1886-1936
    Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Record Book  1937-1960
    Zion American Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Record Book  1960-1977
Roll 5 (#17297) - microfilmed by Kermit Karns in July 1977
Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Minutes  1889-1896
    Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Minutes  1889-1901
    Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Minutes  1902-1948
    Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church, Eureka (S.D.) Minutes  1932-1949
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Minutes 1949-1977
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Monthly Minutes  1964-1974
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Council Minutes  1949-1956
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Treasurer, Cemetery Lots,  and Burial Permits 1896-1946
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Treasurer 1927-1933
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Treasurer 1921-1932
    Zion Lutheran Church, Eureka (S.D.) Secretary’s Membership List  1948-1956
Hoffnungstal Evangelical Lutheran Church, Campbell County  (S.D.) Record 1892-1944
    Hoffnungstal Evangelical Lutheran Church, Campbell County  (S.D.) Record 1944-1968
    Hoffnungstal Evangelical Lutheran Church, Campbell County  (S.D.) Minutes 1948-1960
    Hoffnungstal Evangelical Lutheran Church, Campbell County  (S.D.) Minutes 1961-1971
Frieden’s (Peace) Lutheran Church, McPherson County (S.D.) Minutes  1888-1895
    Frieden’s (Peace) Lutheran Church, McPherson County (S.D.) Treasurer  1945-1950
Dreieinigkeits (Trinity) Lutheran Church, McPherson County (S.D.) Record 1893-1907
Zion Misc.: Diamond Jubilee 1889-1964; A Brief History of Zion Lutheran Parish Hall 1960; Zion American Lutheran Church 1962; newspaper clippings; membership lists 1888-1946
Roll 7 (#06953) – microfilmed by Kermit Karns in July 1975
Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Record 1908-1954
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Constitution 1912-
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Finances 1910-1941
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Treasurer 1913-1953
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Members 1961
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Record 1961-
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Families 1966-
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Mound City (S.D.) Families 1968-
Frieden Lutheran Church, Hague (N.D.) and Zion Lutheran  Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Record 1955-1961
    Frieden Lutheran Church, Hague (N.D.) Minutes 1905-1941
    Frieden Lutheran Church, Hague (N.D.) Minutes 1942-1958
    Frieden Lutheran Church, Hague (N.D.) Members 
Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church of Campbell and McIntosh Counties Minutes 1888-1899
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Record, Zeeland (N.D.)  1932-1974; burial permits 1916-1942
    50th Anniversary Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland  (N.D.) 1910-1960
    Building Dedication Program 1976
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Protokolls 1910-1959
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Minutes of Council  1959-1974
    Zion Lutheran Church, Zeeland (N.D.) Minutes of Voters  1959-1974
Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel and Zion Congregations in Campbell County (S.D.) and Emmons and McIntosh Counties (N.D.) Record 1901-1975
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