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St. Matthew's Archives

We do not allow researches to be done, using our records.  However, all of the records in our possession are on microfilm and can be easily accessed by contacting the New York Public Library, Schwarzman Building (42nd Street & 5th Avenue) - Milstein Division.  Click HERE for a listing of microfilms that are available at the NYPL.
 

A complete listing of our archival records is as follows:

Church register - records of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Burials &  Communicants
1703-1743                 Church register 
1751-1766                 Church register
1767-1773                 Church register 
1774-1807                 Church register   
1808-1838                 Church register  

1785-1808}               Membership list
1802-1807}                  & marriages    
1831-1840                 Membership list

1838-1845                 Baptisms (chronological)
1838-1874                 Baptisms (alphabetical order by year)
1845-1857                 Baptisms
1857-1874                 Baptism
1875-1892                 Baptisms
1893-1920                 Baptisms
1906-1925                 Baptism
1899-1912                 Baptisms of Bethlehem Lutheran Church
                                    239-241 East 62 St, NYC (a congregation  established by St Matthew)
                                                 book sent to Pastor Trinklein in 1948

1838-1883                 Confirmations, Communicants  
1883-1919                 Confirmations
1907-1925                 Confirmations  

1835-1838                 Marriages, baptisms, burials
1838-1845                 Marriages
1845-1854                 Marriages
1855-1879                 Marriages – alphabetical listing by year
1880-1918                 Marriages 
1906-1925                 Marriages.

1839-1845                 Burials
1857-1887                 Burials
1888-1919                 Burials

1917-1923                 Messiah church book - Baptism, Confirmation, Marriages, Funeral
1917-1940                 Messiah Church book - includes record of collections
1923-1945                 St Matthew Record book  
1941-1954                 Messiah / St Matthew church book*                                    
1955-1958                 St Matthew - Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths   

* In 1945 St. Matthew merged with Messiah.

Church Minutes - Protokoll

1749-1814                 Minutes – Protokoll: Christ Church
                                     a member of the 1784 incorporation: United German Lutheran Churches of NYC)
                                   (Includes transactions of Christ Church, 1773-1776 on loose pages)
1784-1795                 Minutes - The incorporated United Lutheran Churches of NYC
1796-1821                 Minutes - The incorporated United Lutheran Churches of NYC
1821-1839                 Minutes
1839-1856                 Minutes
1856-1867                 Minutes
1899-1913                 Minutes
1911-1913                 Minutes – Uptown Committee - Church at 145th Street
1914-1926                 Minutes

Other records                                                                   

1751 -1767                Cash book
May 28 1751-1767    Financial records (loose pages)
1767-1803                 Church ledger – financial records
1784-1808                 Cash book
1847-1850                 Pastor’s note books - official acts
1851-1866                 Burial Account Book
1875-1942                 List of voting members
1911                           Correspondence (miscellaneous letters)
1935-1950                 Three (3) guests books
1939-1946                 PTA minutes (manila folders)
1946-1963                 Minutes (books)
1948-1949                 Voters Assembly records -Attendance, officers, constitution, financial records,
                                                & correspondence
1956                          Building specifications for new church (3 blue folders) 

St Matthew's School Board 

1874-1915                 School Board minutes
1961-1965                 School Board Minutes (manila folder)

Messiah's Church - Ladies Aid Society

1921-1941                 Ladies Aid Society minutes (Messiah Luth church)
1942-1958                 Ladies Aid Society minutes (Messiah Luth church)
1922-1927                 Ladies Aid Society Financial records
1934-1948                 Ladies Aid Society expenditures

19^th century books -   3 books including German Bible, songbooks, memoirs

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