Dates: 1894-1976.
MDAH only has microfilm.

Microfilm copy of records of St. John's Episcopal Church, which was founded in Laurel, Mississippi, in 1894. 

 

The following records are contained in the collection:

Parish registers with names of families, baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages, correspondence, and burials, 1894-1967.

Minutes of St. John's Vestry meetings, 1904-1976, with financial reports.

Minutes of St. John's Woman's Auxiliary, 1907-1922.

Thirty-first Annual Report of the Woman's Auxiliary, January 1921 - January 1922.

Schedule of church services, 1917-1976.

Papers concerning the building of the present church, 1914.

Menu of the banquet given to St. John's Episcopal Choir, 1914.

Two brief histories of the church.

"The Book of Remembrance," containing names of parishioners who have died and other persons for whom prayers were desired, 1954-1976.

Microfilm edition contents:

Roll 1 (MF Roll # 36224): 
parish registers, 1894-1967
minutes of vestry meetings and financial reports, 1904-1953 (partial).

Roll 2 (MF Roll # 36225): 
minutes of vestry meetings and financial reports, 1953 (continued)-1971.

Roll 3 (MF Roll # 36226): 
minutes of vestry meetings and financial reports, 1973-1976.
The remainder of the records (minutes of St. John's Woman's Auxiliary through "The Book of Remembrance") in the order given above.