Manuscript Group 299, Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Raccoon and Penns Neck, NJ Record book (microfilm), 1713-1791

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Manuscript Group 299, Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Raccoon and Penns Neck, NJ

Record book (microfilm), 1713-1791, 1 volume / 1 roll

Call Number: Microfilm MG 299, drawer 10a


Summary:

Record book of the joint congregations of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church at Raccoon (currently Swedesboro, Gloucester County) and Penns Neck (currently Churchtown, Salem County), New Jersey.  Includes baptism and marriage records, along with financial accounts of the church dating from 1713-1785.  The volume ends with an historical note on the history of the church written by Reverend Nicholas Collin (d. 1831) in 1791.

The volume was filmed by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration in New Jersey, October 6, 1937.

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