Early Church Records
LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS
The following list is a work in progress. Please Regena Johnson if you know where to locate other early Lavaca County church records.
| Antioch - Antioch Baptist Church, 1866-1895 Transcription of constitution, church minutes and 1895 membership are online at this website |
| Andrews Chapel Baptist Church, 1877 Sunday School attendance recorded by Mansel Coffee is online at this website |
| Baursville - Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1881 - 1927 Volume I with records from 1881 to 1927 (including early records from Breslau, Witting and Antioch) can be found at Moulton Zion Lutheran Church. |
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Breslau - Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1882 - 1952
Records from 1882 to 1895 are included with records of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Bauersville Some records from 1926 to 1937 can be found at Moulton Zion Lutheran Church Records from 1920 to 1952 are at St. Peter Lutheran Chuch, Hallettsville Seven volumes of Rev. Wm. Dziewas's personal records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials from 1895 to 1919 can be found at the Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church at Shiner. Breslau - St. Anthony Catholic Church |
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Charlottenburg - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1891 - 1948
Membership book with records from 1891 to 1948 is located at the Friench Simpson Library, 705 East 4th Street, Hallettsville. Transcriptions of the Charlottenburg Lutheran Death Records, 1891 - 1909, online at this website. |
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Hallettsville - Methodist-Episcopal Church South Hallettsville - St. Peter Lutheran Church Hallettsville - Sacred Heart Catholic Church |
| Hope - Hope Methodist Episcopal Church Three microfilm reels of parish registers from 1885 to 1966 available through Family History Centers |
| Koerth - St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (361) 741-3206 Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1909 to 1957 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
| Moravia - Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church (361) 798-5888 Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1913 to 1957 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
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Moulton - St. Joseph Catholic Church
601 North Pecan, Moulton, (361) 596-4674 Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1890 to 1957 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers Moulton - Zion Lutheran Church, organized 1902 |
| St. Mary's - St. Mary Catholic Church FM 340, (361) 798-2128 Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1882 to 1957 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
| Shiner - United Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church 1103 N. Avenue B, PO Box 26, Shiner, TX 77984, (361) 594-2345 Church was organized in 1920 a combination of three earlier German-speaking Lutheran churches in Shiner: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1889-1948, Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church, 1895-1919 operated by Rev. William F. Dziewas and known locally as the Dziewas Kirche., and St. Paul Lutheran Church of Shiner, 1907 - 1920. Church vault includes the following archives: Immanuel Lutheran Church of Shiner Record Book, 1889-1948. Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Dreyer Record Book, 1920-1959 Seven volumes of Rev. Wm. Dziewas's personal records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials from 1895 to 1919. Photocopies of these records are located at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville. Shiner - Ss. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church |
| Sublime - Zion Lutheran Church Volume I, records from 1857 to 1968, at Friench Simpson Library, 705 East 4th Street, Hallettsville. Volume II with records from 1968 to the present is located at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hallettsville. Transcriptions of the Sublime Lutheran Death Records, 1873-1968, are online. |
| Sweet Home - Queen of Peace Catholic Church (361) 741-3206 Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1906 to 1957 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
| Wied - St. Ludmila Catholic Church Microfilm reel of parish registers from 1915 to 1955 can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
| Witting - Evangelical Lutheran Church Record book is located at Moulton Zion Lutheran Church. Baursville Immanuel Lutheran Church records from 1881 to 1927 (including early records from Breslau, Witting and Antioch) can be found at Moulton Zion Lutheran Church. Seven volumes of Rev. Wm. Dziewas's personal records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials from 1895 to 1919 can be found at Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church at Shiner. Witting - St. Anthony Catholic Church |
| Worthing - St. Augustine Catholic Church Microfilm of parish registers from 1919 to 1957 (reel includes baptisms, marriages and deaths at St. Anthony Catholic Church at Breslau and Witting) can be found at the Friench Simpson Library in Hallettsville and through Family History Centers |
| Yoakum - Holy Cross Lutheran Church, organized in 1891 Hwy 77A, (361) 293-3033 Multiple volumes with records from 1891 to present. Volume I includes early records from Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Dreyer. There are links above to a select collection of these baptism and burial records which are transcribed and online. Yoakum - St. Joseph Catholic Church |
