Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Willshire, Ohio) records

The records of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church include three record books which contain information on church members with log entries for baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pastors, burials and deaths, and communicants covering the period from 1846 to 1989. The first volume also contains some biographical sketches of early church leaders. Minutes of the church's congregational assemblies for the period 1856 to 1873 are included in the second volume. A fifty year history of the church, 1846-1896, is included in the third volume. Information contained in the first and second volumes are entirely written in German. English appears in the third volume for entries made after 1930. The church's constitution and bylaws are recorded in each of the three Record Books.

Two volumes of minutes documenting congregational assemblies are evident for the period 1874 to 1941. These Minute Books are also written in German. English appears in the second volume beginning in 1936. Minutes for the period 1856 to 1873 are included within the second Record Book detailing membership.

The last item included within the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Collection is a Financial Register covering the period from 1861 to 1881. Also written in German, this volume details financial donations received by the church as well as expenditures. Individual gift entries include the names of donors while entries for amounts expended detail to whom a payment was made and for what purpose. Also included are entries for gifts-in-kind. Some entries written in English appear for the period between 1867 and 1869.