GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Alabama: AL-2
Catholic Church. Diocese of Birmingham. Chancery
2021 Third Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205-776-7161
Email: See website
Hours: See website
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Yes
History: The Diocese of Birmingham was erected for northern Alabama, 1969, from the split of the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham into the Mobile Archdiocese and the Birmingham Diocese. The Birmingham Diocese has served St. Patrick Church, Adamsville, which has had some Native American parishioners (e.g. Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Shawnee), 1980s-present.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1980s-ongoing
Volume: Scant amount
Description: 2 series with records.
/1 Parish files
Inclusive dates: 1980s-ongoing
Volume: Few records possible
Description: Adamsville, St. Patrick Church records (e.g. correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs) about Native American parishioners.
/2 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1990s-ongoing
Volume: Few records
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Patrick Church, Adamsville.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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