Church records come in a variety of types
Membership rolls
Sacramental records: Baptisms, Confirmations, Weddings, Funerals, and maybe burials
Constitution, by-laws, Financial records of various kinds, Minutes of boards, committees, trustees, etc.
Church organizations: Ladies societies/women's clubs, Men's groups, Sunday School
Areas of church involvement such as evangelism, temperance, ministerial welfare, benevolence, religious/secular education, etc.
Membership and some types of financial giving records can help you place your ancestors in a particular location at times when there are no censuses or they may be missing from the census. Sacramental records can help with birth, marriage, and death dates when the official government records are missing or otherwise not available.
Minutes of various groups within the church can flesh out the story of your ancestors' lives, as can records of church organizations. These can be especially useful when looking for women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The River Falls Area Research Center has some original "manuscript" (Mss.) records of churches in its area, plus microfilmed records of many more churches. Be sure to check the catalog for any additional churches.
Church Name |
County |
Mss. |
Film |
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Amery Congregational Church (Amery) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Atlas Community Methodist Church (Atlas) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Barshaw Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
Burnett |
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RF Micro 25, |
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Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Bethesda Lutheran Church (Dresser) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Bone Lake Lutheran Church (Luck) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Clear Lake Congregational Church (Clear Lake) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Eureka Baptist Church (Eureka) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Evangelical Lutheran Church (Deer Park) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Evangelical United Bretheran Methodist Church (New Richmond) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Ezekiel Lutheran Church (River Falls) |
Pierce |
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First Baptist Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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First Congregational United Church of Christ (River Falls) |
Pierce |
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First Methodist Episcopal Church (River Falls) |
Pierce |
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First Presbyterian Church (St. Croix Falls) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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First Reformed Church (Baldwin) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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First United Presbyterian Church (Baldwin) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Forest Township Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25, |
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Fristad Lutheran Church (Centuria) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Garfield Lutheran Church (Town of Garfield) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nye) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Hudson Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Kinnickinnic Congregational (Town of Kinnickinnic) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Luck Lutheran Church (Luck) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Mann Valley Lutheran Church (Town of Clifton) |
Pierce |
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RF Micro 24 |
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Mann Valley Lutheran Church (Town of Troy) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Martell Lutheran Church (Rush River) |
Pierce |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Emerald) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Glenwood City) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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North Prairie Church (same as Rush River Lutheran Church) |
Pierce/St. Croix |
RF Micro 25 |
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North Rush River Lutheran Church |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Woodville) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Glenwood City) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Town of Ellsworth) |
Pierce |
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Rush River) |
St. Croix |
RF Micro 25 |
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Woodville) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Pineville Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
Polk |
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RF Micro 25, |
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Rush River Lutheran Church |
Pierce/St. Croix |
RF Micro 25 |
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Saint Luke's United Methodist Church (Frederic) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Amery) |
Polk |
RF Micro 26 |
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Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Osceola) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Deer Park) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Glenwood City) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Luck) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Saint Peter's Lutheran Church (Luck) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Scandinavian Unitarian Society (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Shell Lake Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
Washburn |
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RF Micro 25, |
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South Rush River Church (Town of Ellsworth) |
Pierce |
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Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Osceola) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Trinity Lutheran Church (Glenwood City) |
St. Coix |
RF Micro 25 |
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Trinity Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Turtle Lake Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
Barron |
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RF Micro 25, |
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United Methodist Church (New Richmond) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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United Methodist Church (St. Croix Falls) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Willow River Baptist Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
|
RF Micro 25 |
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Wilson Missouri Synod Lutheran sacramental records |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25, |
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Wood River Baptist Church |
Burnett |
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Farmington) |
Polk |
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RF Micro 26 |
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Zion Lutheran Church (Hudson) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |
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Zoar Lutheran Church (Emerald) |
St. Croix |
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RF Micro 25 |