Church Record Sunday Meets Women's History Month 2013: Church Women United

Resources for Researching Your Female Ancestor, Day # 31

Happy Easter  and welcome to our last day of Women's History Month resources. 

Easter Bunny. Library of Virginia via Flickr the Commons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_virginia/2898504947/

Today we look at links to collections for the Christian ecumenical group Church Women United. As I have discussed throughout the month, it's important to consider what groups your female ancestor was a member of. While this is a more recent example, it helps to illustrate what types of records exist. 


Church Women United in Illinois Records

Church Women United in Indiana Records: 1916-1998

Church Women United in Iowa Records, 1933-2004

Guide to the Church Women United Records (New Jersey)

Guide to the Church Women United in the Schenectady Area Records, 1935-2011

Church Women United of Grand Forks Records

A Guide to the Church Women United Texas Records, 1934-2011

Church Record Sunday: Easter Book and Parish Rolls

It seems fitting today to look at a church record that is named after Easter. For those with UK ancestors, you may want to check out Easter books or sometimes called Easter Rolls. This tithe was collected on Easter from the mid 16th century to 1836 (Wright).

The following are some resources that describe this tithe. You can also look at the Family History Library Catalog for microfilmed copies of these rolls.

Websites

A Guide to Easter Books and Related Parish Listings by S. J. Wright

Easter Books and Church Warden Accounts on Early Modern Paleography

Early Modern Chester 1550-1762 on British History Online


Books

Chapman, Colin R. Pre-1841 Censuses & Population Listings in the British Isles. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1998.

Happy Easter 2012

From the collection of Gena Philibert-Ortega