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Michigan City Churches & Religious Institutions

CALVERY BAPTIST

Yearbook and Church Directory, Calvary Baptist Church, Michigan City, Indiana. 1927. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Yearbook

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL

First Congregational Church, Michigan City, Indiana, Directory, volumes 1-5. Book One: Members 1835-1887. Book Two: Members 1845-1962. Book Three: Record of Meetings-Pastoral. Book Four: History of First Congregational Church & Minutes of the Western Congregational Convention, Michigan City, IN, June 30-August 3, 1846. Book Five: History–Members, Minutes 1908-1917. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City First

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

First Presbyterian Church, Michigan City, Indiana, Directory 1971. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City First

FIRST UNITED METHODIST

First United Methodist Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Sesquicentennial Edition 1832-1984. [1984 church directory.] Genealogy Collection, Michigan City First

First Methodist Church, one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary, 1835-1960, Michigan City, IndianaFamilySearch (requires free FamilySearch account to view). View microfilm at https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007959343?cat=552525

GERMAN METHODIST/SECOND M.E. CHURCH

German Methodist Episcopal Church: Eighth and Buffalo Street, Michigan City, Indiana. 1872. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City German

IMMANUEL CONGREGATIONAL

Immanuel Congregational Church, 219 Miller Street, Michigan City, Indiana, 1908. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Immanuel

NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC

Centennial History of Catholic Education: Michigan City, Indiana 1886-1986. by Patricia A. Gruse Harris, Mary Thomas Bolinger, and Laurie Mabin. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Harris

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reel 36. Includes Communion records, 1954-1993; Confirmation records 1954-1993; marriage records 1953-1993; and death records 1953-1993.

Notre Dame Catholic Church records, 1952-1993FamilySearch (must have free FamilySearch account to view). Reel 1888158 includes Communions, 1954-1993; Confirmations, 1954-1993; Marriages, 1952-1993; and Deaths, 1953-1993. Go to https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008622061?cat=683487 to view.

QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC

Centennial History of Catholic Education: Michigan City, Indiana 1886-1986. by Patricia A. Gruse Harris, Mary Thomas Bolinger, and Laurie Mabin. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Harris

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reel 36. Includes Communion records 1951-1993; Confirmation records 1951-1993; marriage records 1950-1993; and death records 1961-1993.

Queen of All Saints Catholic Church records, 1950-1993FamilySearch (requires free FamilySearch account to view).
Reel 1888158 includes Communions, 1951-1993; Confirmations 1951-1976 (listed as Holy Angels Cathedral, Gary, IN) and 1977-1993; Marriages, 1950-63 and 1985-93; and Deaths, 1951-1993. Go to https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008622061?cat=683493 to view

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reel 37. Includes baptism records 1915-1993; Communion records 1915-1990; Confirmation records 1915-1992; death records 1915-1993; and parishioners records 1915-1922.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church records, 1915-1993FamilySearch (requires free FamilySearch account to view). Reel 1888159 includes Baptisms (item 1: 1915-1919; item 2: 1917-1918; item 3: 1917-1921; note: all baptisms before 1912 are recorded in St. Mary’s), Confirmations (item 1: 1918; item 4: 1926-1944; item 5: 1949-1958; item 8: 1926-1992), Communions (item 1: 1919-1922; item 4: 1923-1946; item 5: 1948-1959; item 8: 1926-1992), Deaths (item 1: 1915-1923; item 4: 1923-1946; item 5: 1946-1959; item 6: 1959-1963; item 10: 1923-1993), Marriages (item 1: 1928; item 4: 1923-1946; item 5: 1947-1959; item 6: 1960-1963; item 9: 1923-1993), and Census of Lithuanians (item 1: 1923). Go to https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008622062?cat=683503 to view.

SINAI TEMPLE

Sinai Temple: Michigan City, Indiana. 1953. Indiana Collection, 296.65 SI61

ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC

St. Ambrose, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Dispensations, Baptisms, Confirmations: 13 April 1849 – 2 June 1878. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Ambrose

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reel 40. Includes registration records 1845-1878 & 1940-1972; baptism records 1845-1864; marriage dispensation records 1858-1878; and Confirmation records 1940-1972.

St. Ambrose Catholic Church records, 1837-1857FamilySearch (must have free FamilySearch account to view). Includes baptisms 1849-1857, plus four notations from 1837, confirmations 1842-1878, marriages 1845-1857, list of dispensations for marriages 1849-1857
Index search: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A7579481
Digitized microfilm: https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007579481?cat=684024

ST. JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

St. John’s United Church of Christ History: Dated from Its Beginning 1856 to the Year 1968. By Ralph E. Schacht. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Schacht

St. John’s United Church of Christ Membership Directory. 1976. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. John’s

St. John’s United Church of Christ, Michigan City, Indiana Church Records: Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Weddings, Burials, Deaths 1856-1891, volumes 1-5. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. John’s

Church Records, 1856-1958: [microform] St. John’s United Church of Christ. Reels 51 and 52 of microfilm church records.

St. John’s United Church of Christ records, 1856-1958FamilySearch {must have free FamilySearch account to view). Reel 1293679 includes Baptisms, 1856-1881. Reel 1293680 includes Baptisms, 1882-1892 Confirmations, 1882-1893 Marriages, 1856-1891 Confirmations, 1877-1881 Deaths, 1856-1891 General registers (3 vols.): baptisms, confirmations, communicants marriages, deaths, family listings, history of the congregation, 1891-1958.

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH

St. Luke Membership Record BooksAncestry Library Edition (available for in-library use only). Includes Baptisms, 1910-1970; Confirmations, 1912-1970; Marriages, 1912-1970; Funerals, 1910-1970; Communions, 1916-1926

ST. MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC

Blaze [Marquette High School yearbook]. 1969-1984, 1986-1994, 1996-2009. Reference Desk.

Centennial History of Catholic Education: Michigan City, Indiana 1886-1986. by Patricia A. Gruse Harris, Mary Thomas Bolinger, and Laurie Mabin. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Harris

Immaculata [St. Mary’s High School yearbook]. 1931, 1938-1942, 1945-1947, 1954, 1958-1960, 1964-1966. Reference Desk.

Saint Mary’s Church Directory for 1908; And Containing the Financial Report and Statement, the Church Calendar, and Other Information [digitized].

St. Ambrose, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Dispensations, Baptisms, Confirmations: 13 April 1849 – 2 June 1878. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Ambrose

St. Mary’s Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Marriages: 21 Apr 1845 thru 30 Jan 1883. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Mary’sacramental

St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Church, 1867-1992. [1992 church directory]. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Mary’s

St. Mary’s Parish, Michigan City, Indiana: Baptismal Record from Oct. 31, 1857 to Dec. 22, 1893. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Mary’s

The Treasures of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Michigan City, IN. Compiled by Patricia Gruse Harris. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Treasures

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reels 42 and 43. Includes baptism records 1894-1961, Communion records 1885-1916 & 1961-1993; Confirmation records 1845-1882, 1885-1916, & 1961-1993; marriage records 1883-1893; and death records 1900-1933.

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church records, 1845-1993FamilySearch (must have free FamilySearch account to view). Reel 1888199 includes baptisms, 1857-1893; baptisms, 1894-1908; baptisms, 1917-1921; baptisms, 1908-1917; Communions, 1925-1960; Confirmations, 1920-1961; Communions, 1902-1909; Confirmations, 1885-1916; Communions, 1961-1993; Confirmations, 1962-1993; Marriages, 1845-1883. Reel 1888200 includes Marriages, 1883-1897; Marriages, 1908-1939; Marriages, 1940-1993; Deaths, 1901-1933.

Search index for reel 1888199: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A7579483
Digitized microfilm of reel 1888199: https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007579483?cat=684056
Search index for reel 1888200: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A7579484
Digitized microfilm of reel 1999200: https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007579484?cat=684056

ST. MARY’S CHAPEL, INDIANA STATE PRISON

Church Records, 1837-1993: [microform] Gary Diocese. Reel 40. Includes Communion records 1951-1973; Confirmation records 1833-1927.

St. Mary’s Chapel (Indiana State Prison) Church Records, 1940-1973FamilySearch (requires free FamilySearch account to view). Reel 1888162 includes Communions, 1940-1972, and Confirmations, 1951-1973.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Golden Jubilee of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana. 1926. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Golden

St. Paul Lutheran Church Marriages, Michigan City, Indiana from 1876-1917: Sorted by Bride’s Names. Compiled by Linda Loetz. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Paul

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana, Directory. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Paul

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana, 1985. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Paul.

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Baptisms 1856-1903. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Paul

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana: Deaths and Burials 1876-1917. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Paul

St. Paul Lutheran Church Membership Record BooksAncestry Library Edition (available for in-library use only). Includes Baptisms, 1856-57, 1873-1953; Confirmations, 1879-1953; Communions, 1884-1887, 1923-1948; Marriages, 1876-1953, Funerals, 1876-1953; histories; Membership accessions and losses, 1937-1954

ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC

Centennial History of Catholic Education: Michigan City, Indiana 1886-1986. by Patricia A. Gruse Harris, Mary Thomas Bolinger, and Laurie Mabin. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Harris

List of Parishioners of St. Stanislaus of Michigan City, Indiana. 30 January 1910. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City List

St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery aka Polish Cemetery: 1015 Greenwood Avenue Michigan City, IN, Michigan Township, La Porte County, Indiana. By Patricia A. Gruse Harris. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Stanislaus

St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Michigan City, Indiana Burial Records: August 1898-December 1979. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City St. Stanislaus

TRINITY EPISCOPAL

Register Trinity Episcopal Church: Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana, 1838-1872. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Register

ZION GOSPEL CHAPEL

The Chapel Voice (church directory).

ZION LUTHERAN

A Brief History of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana. Genealogy Collection, Michigan City Brief. Also available online in Ancestry.com (subscription required) or Ancestry Library Edition (in-library use only).

Other Churches in LaPorte County

SALEM CHAPEL

Salem Chapel Cemetery, Sec. 10 Twp. 36 N. R. 2 W., Pleasant Township, LaPorte Co., IN. By Sherry Karbowsky. Genealogy Collection, LaPorte County Karbowsky

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (OTIS)

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, U.A.C., Otis, LaPorte County, Indiana: Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Deaths 1871-1921. Genealogy Collection, LaPorte County St. Paul

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, U.A.C., Otis, La Porte County, Indiana: An Historical Record. 1989. By Deloris Rensberger Niendorf. Genealogy Collection, LaPorte County Niendorf

UNION CHURCH (CLINTON TOWNSHIP)

Union Church, Clinton Township, LaPorte County, IN. Genealogy Collection, LaPorte County Union

Microfilm

The library holds 50 reels of sacramental records from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary, IN, and two reels of records from St. John’s United Church of Christ, Michigan City. The records held are summarized below.

Reel # 1

Holy Name – Cedar Lake, IN
1863-1929: Baptism, Marriage, Death, Confirmation records
1929-1968: Communion, Marriage, Death, Confirmation records
1956-1972: Communion, Marriage, Death records
1963-1993: Confirmation records
1965-1988: Communion records
1968-1993: Marriage records
1972-1993: Marriage records

St. Theresa – Shelby, IN
1969-1993: Death, Confirmation, Marriage, Communion records

St. Anthony – Klassville, IN
1969-1993: Death, Confirmation, Marriage, Communion records

Reel #2

St. John the Evangelist – St. John, IN
1969-1993: Baptism, Communion, Death, Confirmation records
1863-1906: Baptism records
1847-1906: Marriage records
1855-1870: Communion, Death, Confirmation records
1851-1950: Baptism, Marriage records
1855-1902: Death records
1906-1946: Baptism, Death, Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1946-1981: Baptism, Marriage, Confirmation, Death records
1946-1991: Communion records
1966-1992: Communion records
1972-1993: Confirmation records
1973-1993: Marriage records
1991-1993: Death records

Reel #3

St. Joan of Arc – Merrillville, IN
1968-1993: Marriage, Communion, Death, Confirmation records

Blessed Sacrament – Gary, IN
1948-1993: Communion records
1951-1993: Confirmation records
1947-1993: Marriage records
1947-1993: Death records

St. Mary – Griffith, IN
1927-1947: Communion records
1963-1992: Communion records
1931-1992: Confirmation records

Reel #4

Our Lady of Grace – Highland, IN
1964-1993: Confirmation records
1949-1976: Confirmation records
1976-1993: Marriage records
1950-1993: Death records

St. Mark’s – Gary, IN
1921-1950: Baptism, Death, Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1957-1992: Communion records

Reel #5

St. Mark’s – Gary, IN
1939-1956: Confirmation, Communion records
1957-1993: Confirmation records
1937-1992: Marriage records
1950-1993: Death records

St. James – Highland, IN
1968-1993: Communion records

Reel #6

St. James – Highland, IN
1967-1993: Marriage records
1967-1993: Death records

St. Joseph the Worker – Gary, IN
1912-1932: Baptism, Marriage, Death records
1914-1921: Baptism records
1937-1992: Communion records
1945-1992: Confirmation records
1922-1967: Marriage records

Reel #7

St. Joseph the Worker – Gary, IN
1968-1993: Marriage records
1932-1993: Death records

Holy Family – Gary, IN
1926-1963: Marriage, Communion, Death, Confirmation records
1961-1993: Communion records
1961-1993: Confirmation records
1950-1992: Marriage records
1964-1993: Death records

Holy Rosary – Gary, IN
1932-1993: Communion records

Reel #8

Holy Rosary – Gary, IN
1934-1992: Confirmation records
1932-1992: Marriage records
1932-1993: Death records

Holy Trinity – Gary, IN
1911-1915: Baptism records
1919-1970: Baptism records
1971-1985: Communion records
1917-1983: Confirmation records
1912-1992: Marriage records
1911-1993: Death records

Reel #9

Holy Angels – Gary, IN
1907-1915: Baptism records
1917-1921: Baptism records
1925-1963: Communion records
1912-1936: Confirmation records
1942-1993: Communion records
1939-1993: Confirmation records
1908-1942: Marriage records

Reel #10

Holy Angels – Gary, IN
1938-1968: Marriage records
1912-1993: Death records

Sacred Heart – Gary, IN
1918-1952: Baptism, Marriage, Death records
1936-1975: Communion, Confirmation records
1937-1988: Marriage records
1956-1985: Death records

St. Anthony – Gary, IN
1920-1968: Communion records
1963-1968: Communion records
1947-1966: Communion records
1934-1968: Confirmation records

Reel #11

St. Anthony – Gary, IN
1949-1966: Confirmation records
1924-1986: Marriage records
1930-1968: Death records
1918-1921: Baptism records

St. Monica & Luke – Gary, IN

1920-1976: Confirmation records
1966-1980: Confirmation records
1917-1968: Marriage records
1957-1992: Confirmation records
1968-1982: Marriage records

Reel #12

St. Monica & Luke – Gary, IN
1973-1992: Marriage records
1917-1921: Baptism records
1928-1981: Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1918-1979: Communion records
1940-1992: Communion records
1917-1993: Death records

St. Mary of the Lake – Gary, IN
1929-1959: Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1950-1993: Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1962-1992: Communion records
1958-1975: Confirmation records

Reel #13

St. Mary of the Lake – Gary, IN
1958-1993: Confirmation records
1965-1993: Marriage records
1976-1993: Death records

St. Ann – Gary, IN
1943-1992: Communion records
1943-1991: Confirmation records
1942-1992: Marriage records
1943-1993: Death records

St. Casimir – Gary, IN
1916-1945: Baptism, Confirmation records
1954-1993: Communion, Marriage, Death, Confirmation records
1916-1953: Marriage records
1916-1954: Death records

St. Hedwig – Gary, IN
1908-1916: Baptism records

Reel #14

St. Hedwig – Gary, IN
1916-1923: Baptism records
1933-1984: Communion records
1927-1982: Confirmation records
1908-1988: Marriage records

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN

1915-1938: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1927-1958: Communion records

Reel # 15

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
1958-1993: Communion records
1929-1947: Confirmation records
1951-1993: Confirmation records
1928-1993: Marriage records
1927-1945: Communion records
1943-1993: Death records

St. Jude – East Chicago, IN
1953-1972: Marriage, Communion, Confirmation, Death records
1955-1973: Communion records

Reel #16

Assumption – East Chicago, IN
1950-1962: Marriage, Death records
1962-1991: Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1914-1921: Baptism records
1923-1940: Communion records
1928-1977: Communion records
1918-1971: Confirmation records
1915-1949: Marriage records
1916-1949: Death records
1986-1993: Death records

St. Patrick – East Chicago, IN
1902-1921: Baptism records
1948-1992: Communion records
1948-1992: Confirmation records
1902-1923: Marriage records

Reel #17

St. Patrick – East Chicago, IN
1952-1992: Marriage records
1907-1923: Death records
1954-1993: Death records

St. John Cantius – East Chicago, IN
1906-1914: Baptism, Marriage, Death records
1910-1921: Baptism records
1941-1992: Communion records
1990-1992: Communion records
1925-1937: Confirmation records
1940-1985: Confirmation records
1988-1989: Confirmation records
1908-1936: Marriage records
1932-1992: Marriage records
1922-1965: Death records

Reel #18

St. John Cantius – East Chicago, IN
1965-1993: Death records

St. Joseph – East Chicago, IN
1917-1946: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1919-1984: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records

St. Francis – East Chicago, IN
1912-1954: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1949-1987: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1938-1958: Marriage records

St. Margaret Mary – Hammond, IN
1947-1993: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records

Sacred Heart – East Chicago, IN
1942-1993: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records

Immaculate Conception – East Chicago, IN
1946-1992: Communion records
1935-1992: Confirmation records
1933-1993: Marriage records

Reel #19

Immaculate Conception – East Chicago, IN
1933-1993: Marriage records (cont. from reel #18)
1933-1984: Death records
1985-1993: Death records

Holy Trinity Croatian – East Chicago, IN
1900-1993: Communion records
1916-1921: Baptism records
1935-1990: Confirmation records

Reel #20

Holy Trinity Croatian – East Chicago, IN
1916-1993: Marriage records
1916-1993: Death records
1990-1993: Baptism records

Holy Trinity Hungarian – East Chicago, IN

1918-1921: Baptism records
1941-1989: Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1930-1939: Communion records
1929-1940: Confirmation records
1908-1940: Marriage records

Reel #21

Holy Trinity Hungarian – East Chicago, IN
1908-1990: Death records
1970-1993: Death records

St. Emeric – Gary, IN

1913-1921: Baptism records
1913-1968: Marriage, Confirmation records
1927-1937: Baptism records
1929-1967: Communion records
1930-1963: Confirmation records
1929-1937: Marriage records
1929-1955: Death records
1968-1974: Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1913-1968: Death records

St. John the Baptist – Whiting, IN
1925-1962: Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records

Reel #22

St. Stanislaus – East Chicago, IN
1900-1921: Baptism records
1943-1967: Communion records
1960-1992: Communion records
1927-1952: Confirmation records
1955-1992: Confirmation records
1908-1946: Marriage records

Reel #23


St. Stanislaus – East Chicago, IN

1908-1993: Marriage records
1901-1993: Death records

St. Mary – East Chicago, IL

1921-1932: Marriage, Death, Confirmation records
1899-1920: Marriage, Death Confirmation records
1931-1993: Communion records
1932-1993: Confirmation records
1932-1993: Marriage records

Reel #24

St. Mary – East Chicago, IL
1936-1993: Death records

Immaculate Conception – Whiting, IN
1934-1973: Communion records
1927-1986: Confirmation records
1923-1992: Confirmation records
1923-1992: Death records

St. Adalbert – Whiting, IN
1916-1921: Baptism records
1902-1908: Baptism, Marriage, Death records
1908-1927: Baptism, Marriage, Communion, Confirmation records
1927-1946: Communion records
1931-1993: Confirmation records
1921-1993: Marriage records
1950-1981: Death records

Reel #25

St. Adalbert – Whiting, IN
1981-1993: Death records

St. Peter & Paul – Whiting, IN

1910-1921: Baptism records
1925-1986: Communion records
1918-1993: Confirmation records
1910-1962: Marriage records
1925-1993: Death records

St. Casimir – Hammond, IN
1891-1926: Baptism records
1941-1966: Communion records

Reel #26

St. Casimir – Hammond, IN
1957-1992: Communion records
1941-1966: Communion records
1957-1993: Communion records
1899-1993: Marriage records
1910-1993: Death records

St. Margaret Hospital – Hammond, IN
1950-1973: Marriage records

Reel #27

St. Joseph – Hammond, IN
1882-1923: Baptism records
1968-1992: Communion records
1949-1967: Communion, Confirmation records
1919-1948: Confirmation records
1882-1914: Confirmation records
1971-1992: Confirmation records
1883-1992: Marriage records
1882-1993: Death records

All Saints – Hammond, IN

1896-1921: Baptism records

Reel #28

All Saints – Hammond, IN
1907-1992: Communion records
1906-1993: Confirmation records
1896-1992: Marriage records
1896-1993: Death records

Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Hammond, IN

1963-1973: Confirmation, Marriage, Communion, Death records

Reel #29

Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Hammond, IN
1973-1983: Confirmation, Marriage, Communion, Death records
1938-1963: Communion, Confirmation records
1938-1963: Communion, Confirmation records
1938-1963: Communion records
1988-1993: Confirmation records
1937-1953: Marriage records
1981-1993: Marriage records
1988-1993: Death records
1937-1963: Death records

St. Catherine of Sienna – Hammond, IN

1959-1976: Communion records
1959-1993: Confirmation records
1958-1992: Marriage records

Reel #30

St. Catherine of Sienna – Hammond, IN
1958-1992: Marriage records (cont. from reel #29)
1959-1993: Death records

St. John Bosco – Hammond, IN

1941-1993: Communion records
1939-1978: Confirmation records
1971-1992: Confirmation records
1934-1992: Marriage records
1935-1993: Death records

Assumption – New Chicago/Hobart
1918-1942: Baptism, Marriage, Death records
1932-1993: Communion, Marriage, Confirmation, Death records

Reel #31

Assumption – New Chicago/Hobart
1932-1993: Communion, Marriage, Confirmation, Death records (cont. from reel #30)
1946-1993: Communion records
1954-1991: Confirmation records
1969-1992: Marriage records

St. Bridget – Hobart, IN
1902-1921: Baptism records
1921-1965: Communion, Confirmation records
1966-1993: Communion records
1966-1992: Confirmation records
1908-1993: Marriage records
1908-1978: Death records

Reel #32

St. Bridget – Hobart, IN
1978-1993: Death records

St. Francis Xavier – Lake Station, IN

1931-1978: Communion, Marriage, Death, Confirmation
1957-1993: Communion records
1954-1993: Confirmation records
1954-1993: Marriage records
1978-1993: Death records

St. Patrick – Chesterton, IN
1868-1889: Baptism records
1868-1899: Death, Marriage, Communion records
1868-1921: Baptism records
1943-1993: Communion records
1912-1948: Confirmation, Communion records

Reel #33

St. Patrick – Chesterton, IN
1946-1992: Confirmation records
1911-1993: Marriage records
1868-1938: Death records
1933-1993: Death records

St. Anne of the Dunes – Beverly Shores, IN
1956-1993: Communion records
1957-1993: Marriage records
1961-1993: Death records

Nativity – Portage, IN
1981-1992: Communion records
1964-1981: Communion records
1965-1986: Confirmation records

Reel #34

Nativity – Portage, IN
1965-1986: Confirmation records (cont. from reel #33)
1987-1993: Confirmation records
1964-1993: Marriage records
1964-1993: Death records

Our Lady of Sorrows – Valparaiso, IN
1968-1993: Communion records
1969-1993: Confirmation records
1968-1993: Marriage records
1967-1993: Death records

St. Elizabeth Seton – Valparaiso, IN
1979-1992: Communion records
1979-1993: Confirmation records
1978-1993: Marriage records
1979-1993: Death records

St. Paul – Valparaiso, IN
1890-1921: Baptism records
1858-1990: Baptism records

Reel #35

St. Paul – Valparaiso, IN
1929-1992: Communion records
1929-1993: Confirmation records
1898-1993: Marriage records
1899-1993: Death records

St. Mary’s – Kouts, IN
1887-1921: Baptism records
1922-1974: Marriage, Communion, Death Confirmation records
1965-1990: Communion records
1955-1991: Confirmation records
1965-1968: Marriage records
1965-1993: Death records

Reel #36

Notre Dame – Michigan City, IN
1954-1993: Communion records
1954-1993: Confirmation records
1953-1993: Marriage records
1953-1993: Death records

Queen of All Saints – Michigan City, IN
1951-1993: Communion records
1951-1993: Confirmation records
1950-1963: Marriage records
1985-1993: Marriage records
1961-1993: Death records

Reel #37

Sacred Heart – Michigan City, IN
1915-1922: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Death, Parishioners records
1917-1993: Baptism records
1917-1921: Baptism records
1923-1990: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1926-1992: Confirmation records
1923-1992: Marriage records
1923-1993: Death records

Sacred Heart – Wanatah, IN
1880-1954: Confirmation, Communion, Marriage, Death records
1882-1944: Baptism, Marriage records
1955-1984: Confirmation, Communion, Marriage, Death records
1963-1993: Confirmation, Communion, Marriage, Death records

St. Martin De Porres – Lacrosse, IN

1972-1992: Communion records
1972-1976: Confirmation records
1974-1987: Marriage records
1971-1992: Death records

St. Mary’s – Otis, IN
1873-1921: Baptism records

Reel #38

St. Mary’s – Otis, IN
1929-1986: Communion, Confirmation records
1987-1993: Communion records
1987-1991: Confirmation records
1873-1907: Marriage records
1909-1993: Marriage records
1873-1993: Death records

St. Peter – La Porte, IN
1913-1921: Baptism records
1849-1861: Baptism records
1870-1913: Baptism records
1898-1916: Communion records
1936-1993: Communion records
1939-1992: Confirmation records
1884-1898: Marriage records
1897-1954: Marriage records
1959-1993: Marriage records

Reel #39

St. Peter – LaPorte, IN
1870-1946: Death records
1959-1993: Death records

Sacred Heart – La Porte, IN
1913-1944: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death records
1920-1921: Baptism records
1931-1991: Communion records
1932-1970: Confirmation records
1974-1979: Confirmation records
1932-1992: Marriage records
1944-1993: Death records

St. Joseph – St. John Cemetery
1904-1993: Cemetery records
1919-1927: Cemetery records
1894-1929: Baby grave records
1893-1929: Medium grave records
1882-1931: Large grave records

Reel #40

Saints Cyril & Methodius – North Judson, IN
1914-1993: Baptism records
1993: Communion records
1914-1990: Communion records
1894-1992: Confirmation records
non-dated Marriage records
1936-1978: Death records

All Saints – San Pierre, IN
1937-1978: Baptism records
1941-1978: Marriage records
1941-1978: Marriage records
1941-1977: Communion records
1937-1978: Confirmation records
1978-1993: Death records
1979-1993: Baptism records
1980-1990: Communion records
1978-1992: Confirmation records
1978-1993: Marriage records
1922-1956: Death records

St. Thomas Aquinas/Holy Cross- Knox/Hamlet, IN

1924-1953: Baptism records
1933-1950: Marriage records
1923-1954: Confirmation records
Death records

St. Thomas Aquinas – Knox, IN
1956-1990: Communion records
1927-1992: Communion records
1917-1991: Confirmation records
1905-1993: Marriage records
1899-1993: Death records

Holy Cross – Hamlet, IN
1952-1992: Registration, Baptism records

St. Dominic (Mission) – Koontz Lake, IN
1951-1988: Registration, Marriage records
1951-1992: Registration, Communion records
1950-1995: Registration, Confirmation records
1955-1992: Registration, Marriage records
1955-1993: Registration, Death records

Immaculate Heart of Mary – Kingsford Heights, IN

1953-1991: Registration, Baptism records
1954-1991: Registration, Communion records
1953-1992: Registration, Confirmation records
1955-1992: Registration, Marriage records
1955-1993: Registration, Death records

St. Anthony of Padua – Fish Lake, IN
1961-1992: Registration, Baptism records
1957-1983: Registration, Confirmation records
1955-1991: Registration, Communion records
1955-1992: Registration, Marriage records
1849-1857: Registration, Death records

St. Ambrose – Michigan City, IN
1845-1864: Registration, Baptism records
1858-1878: Registration, Marriage Dispensation records
1940-1972: Registration, Confirmation records

St. Mary’s Chapel, Indiana State Prison – Michigan City, IN
1951-1973: Communion records
1833-1927: Confirmation records

Reel #41

St. Joseph – LaPorte, IN
1927-1936: Baptism records
1927-1939: Registration, Baptism records
1928-1939: Registration, Marriage records
1929-1935: Registration, Communion records
1927-1949: Registration, Confirmation records
1989-1993: Registration, Death records
1940-1993: Communion records
1965-1988: Confirmation records
1940-1980: Confirmation records
1981-1993: Marriage records
1950-1993: Marriage records
1920-1966: Death records

Holy Family Hospital – La Porte, IN
1891-1962: Birth, Marriage, Death records

St. John Kanty – Rolling Prairie, IN
1891-1962: Registration, Baptism records
1926-1975: Registration, Marriage records
1891-1977: Registration, Confirmation records
1955-1977: Registration, Death records
1962-1977: Registration, Baptism records
1966-1977: Registration, Marriage records
1961-1977: Registration, Confirmation records
1978-1992: Registration, Communion records
1978-1992: Registration, Baptism records
1978-1991: Registration, Communion records
1978-1993: Registration, Confirmation records
1948-1974: Registration, Death records

Reel #42

St. Joseph – St. John Cemetery – Hammond, IN
1974-1993: Cemetery records
1857-1993: Cemetery records

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception – Michigan City, IN
1894-1908: Baptism records
1917-1921: Baptism records
1908-1917 Baptism records
1920-1961: Baptism records
1885-1916: Communion, Confirmation records
1961-1993: Communion, Confirmation records
1963-1993: Communion records
1845-1882: Confirmation records
1883-1893: Marriage records

Reel #43

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception – Michigan City, IN
1883-1893: Marriage records (cont. from reel #42)
1900-1933: Death records

Reel #44

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Baptism index: A – Gut

Reel #45

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Baptism index: Gut – Rod

Reel #46

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Baptism index: Rod – Zu

Reel #47

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Communion index: A – Rom

Reel #48

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Communion index: Rom-Zu
Confirmation index: A – Sus

Reel #49

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Confirmation index: Ta-Z
Marriage index: A-Zyck
Death index: A-Ch

Reel #50

Our Lady of Guadalupe – East Chicago, IN
Death index: Ch-Zu

St. Jude – East Chicago, IN
Baptism index: A-Zu
Communion index: A-Ze
Confirmation index: A-Yu
Marriage index: A-Yu

Reel #51

St. John’s United Church of Christ – Michigan City, IN
1856 – 1958 records

Reel #52

St. John’s United Church of Christ – Michigan City, IN
1856-1958 records

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