Columbus Grove (Ohio) -- Church history

The Church of Seventh-Day Adventists Collection consists of one record book and a brief history. The record book contains membership records which contain some baptismal and/or death information. Inclusive dates for memberships are 1876-1899 with one death (Mary J. Radabaugh) given as 1923. A record of meetings (1876-1900) is also included in the record book which details the founding and early history of the church which is now located in Columbus Grove, Ohio.

The Columbus Grove United Methodist Church Collection consists of two (2) record books and one (1) assortment of loose Trustees' records. The inclusive dates are 1907-1973. The Trustees' records contain a brief historical sketch, minutes and a more detailed historical record which includes a list of pastors. The two (2) membership books will be of interest to genealogists for the birth, baptism, marriage and death records found within them.

Record book including lists of church officials, members, baptisms, marriages, and funerals ; with a church history.

Church record books with baptisms, first communions, confirmations, Book of the Elect, marriages and deaths.

The St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Church Collection consists of three (3) record books. These volumes provide fairly comprehensive vital records (birth, marriage and death) for the years between 1921-1997. Some membership records in volume two (1956-1986) contain dates prior to the inclusive dates given for the collection. These dates were not used as inclusive as they were obviously transcribed.

The congregation was previously known as the Pleasant Grove Christian Church, the Columbus Grove Christian Church, and the Congregational Christian Church. Records included are baptisms, marriages, memberships, certificates of transfer and letters of dismission, financial records, and scrapbooks of the church's centennial and 125th anniversary celebrations.