Collection Dates: 1848-1903
Collection Description: Salem Lutheran Church, Baltimore County, Catonsville: Kirchenbuch 1848-1857; protocoll 1852-1903 (German and English translations); church record 1883-1901; record of Jerusalem Congregation 1850-1883; account book; cemetery records; interments; published records and histories of the Church by George Kiedel, John Culler Bowers, Mrs. John C. Bowers, W. Edward Orserl papers belonging to Historic Old Salem Inc, photograph album.
Medium: Microfilm
Provenance: Microfilmed in 1979

M 1688
1848-1969  Kirchenbuch der Deutschen evangelischen Salems Gemeinde Zu Catonsville [Church Book of the German Evenagelical Congregation at Catonsville] 1848-1857: church ordinances and constitution pp. 1-6; church history 1849-1854 pp. 6a-7; membership pp. 15-18; baptisms 1848-1857 pp. 27-45; confirmations 1850-1854 pp. 121-123; marriages 1849-1855 pp. 195-199; deaths 1849-1855 pp. 255-259; genealogy of members pp. 289-304 (Entries in German, church history translated) Protocoll - Buch un Salem's Germeinde [Record Book of Salem Congregation] 1852-1903: old constitutions pp. 7-13; new constitution, March 30, 1873 pp. 14-17; membership 1864, 1867, 1871, 1893, 1895-1900 pp. 42-51; membership 1852-1857, 1859, 1861 pp. 53-59; minutes, congregational meetings 1849-1901 pp. 61-251; compilation from cashbooks kept for cemetery lots pp. 300-355 Translation, "Protocoll-Buch..." by Mrs. Frank Roberts, Miss Lend Schoenbradt and Mrs. Charles F. Schwartz Church record 1883-1901: constitution pp. 1-3; pastors p. 17; alphabetical record of members pp. 33-83; baptisms 1883-1901; 93-135; marriages 1883-1901 pp. 141-160; burial 1883-1901 pp. 163-182; annual summary 1883-1889 p. 334 Record of Jerusalem Congregation 1850-1883: births and baptisms 1850-1883 pp. 1-49; marriages 1876-1882 pp. 143-149, 1859-1874, 1880 pp. 150-153; deaths 1867-1882 pp. 215-223 Account book 1874-1884, 1890 Cemetery cash book (Salem) 1850-1948 [contains deed references, burials by lot and scale of rates for graves] Cemetery Memorandum Book (Salem) 1850-1907 [record of interments by row and lot numbers] Cemetery lots and plots (Salem) 1849-1945: lots and plots pp. 3-52, 65-68; church accounts 1924 pp. 60-64, 69-71 Record of interments, District 1 1913-1969 [kept by sexton of Salem Cemetery]