Methodist-Episcopal Church Records
Collection
Identifier: 87-39
Scope and Contents
Register includes names of ministers, members, classes, and probationers, and records of marriages.
Dates
- 1872-1881
Creator
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Virginia City, Nev.) (Organization)
Restrictions
Permission to publish must be obtained from Liberty Engine Co. #1, Comstock Fireman's Museum, Virginia City, Nev.
Administrative History
First church in Virginia City, Nevada, organized in 1861. The church burned in 1875; the next year the rebuilt church was renamed Centennial Methodist Church.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Register includes names of ministers, members, classes, and probationers, and records of marriages. First church in Virginia City, Nevada, organized in 1861. The church burned in 1875; the next year the rebuilt church was renamed Centennial Methodist Church.
Arrangement
Organized into sections; each arranged chronologically or alphabetically.
Ownership and Custodial History
The original register was destroyed by fire in 1875; church members reconstructed the records from memory in 1876.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records, Liberty Engine Co. #1, Comstock Fireman's Museum, Virginia City, Nevada Donation. 12/16/87, 87-39
Location of Originals
Original held by Liberty Engine Co. #1, Comstock Fireman's Museum,,Virginia City, Nev.
Reproduction Note
Microfilm,filmed by Special Collections Department in,1984.
Creator
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Virginia City, Nev.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Methodist-Episcopal Church Records
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Contact:
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu