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This webpage contains print and web resources specific to the history of St. Paul's Lutheran Church families.
Go to my Resources Overview webarea for additional resources that I use in my research.
Commemorative Booklets:
My reports available in the St. Paul’s webarea include:
On the web: St. Paul's congregational records through 1940 or beyond are available via ancestry.com. If you don’t have access to ancestry.com, you can view a paper copy of these records at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska. Access the St. Paul's congregational records using ancestry.com thusly:
To search for a name:
This is the ancestry.com index found on page 3 the St. Paul's congregational records:
IOWA: NEOLA: ST. PAUL’S
Membership Record Book #1, 1881-1900
Membership Record Book #2, 1900-1925
Membership Record Book #3, 1925-1969
Membership Record Book #4, 1970-1974
Minutes Books:
Original Records property of the Congregation. Microfilmed by the Archives of the American Lutheran Church at Dubuque, Iowa November 12, 1975.
This webpage contains print and web resources specific to the history of St. Paul's Lutheran Church families.
Go to my Resources Overview webarea for additional resources that I use in my research.
Commemorative Booklets:
- 1931 – St. Paul’s Church Jubilee Book, 1881 - 1931 (72 pages, Jubilee book committee P. W. I. Hansen, Peter Bondo, Elias Ericksen, Martin Christoffersen, Rev. James N. Lund).
- 1956 – St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Neola, Iowa, 75th Anniversary, 1881 - 1956 (24 pages)
- 1981 – St. Paul’s Lutheran, Neola, Iowa, Centennial, 1881 – 1981 (64 pages, contains birth, confirmation, marriage and death information. I was told that Rev. Neal Zeilinger played a major role in its production.)
- Not thought to be available on-line. They should be available on-site at the Museum of Danish America's Genealogy Center in Elk Horn, IA and at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, NE.
My reports available in the St. Paul’s webarea include:
- The early families of St. Paul's broken up into 43 extended families. I prepared these reports with the help of my late second cousin, Elaine (Bondo) Hoyer, along with many other individuals. Access from St. Paul's > Early Families.
- My other reports are listed on the St. Paul's webpage.
On the web: St. Paul's congregational records through 1940 or beyond are available via ancestry.com. If you don’t have access to ancestry.com, you can view a paper copy of these records at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska. Access the St. Paul's congregational records using ancestry.com thusly:
To search for a name:
- First enter search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60722
- In the Any Event row, enter neola, pottawattamie, iowa. Then enter a name of interest. (Only part of the data is searchable.)
This is the ancestry.com index found on page 3 the St. Paul's congregational records:
IOWA: NEOLA: ST. PAUL’S
Membership Record Book #1, 1881-1900
- Membership, 1881-1894 1-50
- Constitution 51-67
- Membership, 1895-1900 70-118
- Baptisms, 1889-1899 3-9
- Confirmations, 1889-1899 26-29
- Marriages, 1893-1899 40
- Funerals, 1889-1900 46
- Communions, 1886-1900 72-110
Membership Record Book #2, 1900-1925
- Baptisms, 1900-1925 1-18
- Confirmations, 1900-1923 34-40
- Marriages, 1901-1924 49-51
- Funerals, 1900-1924 57-61
- Communions, 1900-1924 not filmed
- Membership 91-100, 112-114
- Losses, 1902-1923 115-116
- Pastoral Journal, 1900-1924 123-145
Membership Record Book #3, 1925-1969
- Officers 4-6
- Membership 9-51
- Baptisms, 1925-1969 53-97
- Confirmations, 1925-1969 169-193
- Marriages, 1925-1968 221-233
- Funerals, 1925-1969 245-255
- Communions not filmed
- Pastoral Journal, 1925-1940 389-393
Membership Record Book #4, 1970-1974
- Constitution
- Pastors
- Membership
- Baptisms, 1970-1974
- Marriages, 1970-1974
- Funerals, 1970-1974
- History, 1970
Minutes Books:
- Minutes Book #1, included in pages of Membership Record Book #1
- Minutes Record Book #2, 1901-1915
- Minutes Record Book #3, 1916-1950
- Minutes Record Book #4, 1936-1966 (Church Council)
Original Records property of the Congregation. Microfilmed by the Archives of the American Lutheran Church at Dubuque, Iowa November 12, 1975.