GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-3
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
1216 Twelfth Road
P.O. Box 187
Bark River, MI 49807
Phone: 906-466-9938
Email: stelizabeth@stelizabethannseton.us
History: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Bark River, Delta County, Michigan, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Marquette (Archives: Marquette, Michigan). St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was created by consolidating St. George Church, Bark River, and other nearby parishes. Marquette diocesan priests at St. George’s had attended to St. Kateri Church/ St. James Mission (Potawatomi), Harris/ Hannahville Reservation, Menominee County, Michigan.
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1946, 1955-1960 |
Jesuits (Detroit Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and attended St. James Mission, Harris/Hannahville, from Escanaba |
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1947-1955 |
Jesuits at Marquette attended to St. James |
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1960-1972 |
Capuchins (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) at Sacred Heart, Baraga, attended to St. James |
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1972-1976 |
Became a parish and renamed; Marquette diocesan priests administered St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church |
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1976-1982 (closed) |
Marquette diocesan priests attended St. Kateri’s from St. George’s, Bark River |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1972-1982
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church; previous records for St. James Mission, 1946-1960, have been kept at St. Isaac Jogues Church, Sault Sainte Marie.
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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