title Lutheran Records in Augusta, Georgia, 1863-1921. Parish Registers and History in four volumes.
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Parish Registers of  German Lutheran Church (Volumes I, II, and III) and of English Lutheran Church (Volume IV). Covers years 1863-1921.

Volumes I and II are $12 each.  Volumes III and IV are $6 each.  The set of four volumes is $30.  To order, write to Jeanealogy@yak.net .

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/subsection  Volume I: Kirchenbuch Der Evangelischen Lutherischen Gemeinde, 1863-1885.

Pastors Bansemer, Cammann, Koeberle. Translated from the German. No records were kept by first Pastor, Peter A.B. Meister.

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* Pastors' Notes, History
* Baptisms
* Confirmations
* Marriages
* Burials
* Index
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/subsection  Volume II: St. Matthew’s German Lutheran Church, 1885-1913.

Pastors Martens, Weltner, Finck. This lengthy volume covers 28 years.

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* Pastors’ Notes, History
* Baptisms
* Confirmations
* Marriages
* Burials
* Index
* List of oldest members and their birthdates.
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/subsection Volume III: St. Matthew’s German Lutheran Church. 1913-1921.

Pastors Bame & Mauney.
This is the shortest of the four books.
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* Baptisms
* Marriages
* Confirmations (few)
* Burials
* Index
* List of members serving in World War I
* List of young women’s class & their addresses
* Grave inscriptions from church’s cemetery lot at Magnolia City Cemetery
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/subsection Volume IV: Holy Trinity English Lutheran Cburch, 1883-1921.

Pastors Rahn, Barclay, Hallman, Kreps, Derrick, Bushnell, Bell (no records), Reiser. Many gaps in these records.

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* Pastors’ Notes, History
* Baptisms
* Marriages
* Burials
* Index
* Brief Sketch of Holy Trinity by Rev. J. Bowman Derrick, 1910
* List of members, 1910
* News clippings, 1880s & 1890s
* Biography of first Pastor, S.S. Rahn
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German and English churches divided in 1883 over choice of language. They reunited in 1921 to become the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection,
825 Greene St., Augusta, GA 30901-2233.