Genealogy Resources
Religious Groups
General
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(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1906
Pt 1 Summary and general
tables - *
Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 92.0 MB]
Pt 2 Separate Denominations:
History, description, and statistics - *
Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 106.8 MB]
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(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1916
Pt 1 Summary and general
tables - *
Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 163.3 MB]
Pt 2 Separate Denominations:
History, description, and statistics - *
Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 126.3 MB]
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(Census of) Religious Bodies, 1926. Vol 1, Summary and Detailed
Tables. - *
Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 95.6 MB]
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Census of Religious Bodies, 1936
Bulletins 1-21 -
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Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 74.7 MB]
Bulletins 22-39 -
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Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 58.7 MB]
Bulletins 40-78 -
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Title Page [PDF],
Full Document [ZIP, 63.4 MB]
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Deeben, John P. "Enumerating Religion in the Federal Census: The
1926 Census of Religious Bodies." NGS Magazine 35, 3
(July-September 2009): 48-53.
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Early American Church
Denominations. What Church Did Grandpa
Attend? by Beverly Whitaker. Presents a picture of the
influences of ethnic, political, family, and social groups upon
the choice of religious affiliation of colonials and early
American pioneers.
Amish-Mennonites
- Miller, J. Virgil. Both Sides of the Ocean:
Amish-Mennonites from Switzerland to America. Morgantown,
Pennsylvania: Masthof Press, 2002.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Sperry, Kip. A Guide to Mormon Family History Sources.
Provo, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 2007. A comprehensive guide to
the church's electronic databases, websites, microfilm
collections and indexes relating to LDS family history.
Lutheran
Quaker
- Dictionary of Quaker Genealogy Terms and Phrases.
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3. In this three part dictionary, I set forth some
terms. I am drawing from books, online dictionaries, and have
limited my list to terms which are
not necessarily
self-explanatory.