Church Funerals Database

Our Funerals Database contains indices from 1856 through 2002 (20,659 records), for the following Churches:

Zion Evangelical | St. Jacobus | Good Shepherd Lutheran | St. John's Lutheran | Trinity Reformed | St Pauls German Presb. |
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension | Christ Church Manhasset 

Diocese of Brooklyn, Diocesan Archives

The Diocesan Archives contains nearly 8,000 cubic feet of records, including records of closed schools and parishes.
This database includes the records of the following churches:

St. George & St. Ann, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY (1860-1986). Located at 251 Front Street at the corner of Gold Street; closed in 1986 and merged with St. George’s Church at 203 York Street. 1,534 records.

Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Brooklyn Heights, NY (1856-1969)

Zion is located at 125 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY. The church was founded in 1856 and is still in existence.

The records in this database include:

1856 to 1868 - Book 1 - (677 records)
1880 to 1889 - Book 3 - (921 records)
1897 to 1905 - Book 5 - (417 records)
1915 to 1969 - Book 7 - (1,839 records)
Books 2, 4, and 6 are missing from the church.

If you find a record of interest, send a written request with a donation check payable to German Genealogy Group of $3.00 for each record requested to:

German Genealogy Group
ATTN: Record Request
Post Office Box 1004
Kings Park, NY 11754

When writing, please give as much information as possible along with the book number, page and entry number, which can be found within this database.
We will provide an image of the original church register which is hand-written and in German.
Please include a donation check payable to German Genealogy Group for $3.00 for each record requested. 
Please include an e-mail address so we can send a digital image of the record, which will enable you to enlarge it for viewing.

St. Jacobus Lutheran Church/Evangelical Lutheran Church
72-01 43rd Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377

This database contains an index of names within the records of St, Jacobus, a Lutheran Church. The early records are perhaps the only place you will find a town of origin for your ancestors. The Church is still operating. The databases we have created are not 100% complete and contain only the records that were made available to us. There are additional records that we are attempting to transcribe from old German script.

 
The records in this database are as follows:
 
Funeral Records:   (2,013) – 1923-2002

All requests for church records must be in writing. Send your request along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address. A suitable donation is suggested.

When writing, please give as much information as possible along with the book number, page and entry number, which can be found within this database. Keep in mind that there may be additional information contained within the church book record that you will receive on the certificate. It is suggested that you ask for the entire record when making your request for a certificate. It is also suggested that you include a donation along with your request.

As part of our Heritage Preservation Program, members of the German Genealogy Group have spent many hours computerizing an index to the various church records on this web site. We are grateful to the Pastor of St. Jacobus for allowing us to make these indexes available to genealogists all over the world.

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Francis Lewis Boulevard at 100th Avenue
Bellaire (Queens), NY 11429

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Bellaire, Queens, New York was organized April 1, 1925.  The cornerstone for their church building was laid on September 20, 1925. Due to changing demographics in Bellaire, the congregation disbanded, holding their last service on September 9, 1973. In 1973 the congregation merged with the Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in Fort Salonga, Long Island, and the organ and stained glass windows were moved there. The Good Shepherd church register is now located at the Abiding Presence Lutheran Church.

The records in this index include: Funerals    1924 - 1973

The register entries include much additional information such as family relationship, cause of death.

All requests for records of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church must be in writing (a form is available following a successful search).  A donation of at least five dollars ($5.00) is requested (payable to Abiding Presence Lutheran Church) for each individual genealogical record for which they are asked to search. You will receive a scanned image of the register entry. Please send your request along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (or an email address if you would like to receive the results that way) to the following address:

Good Shepherd Record Request
Abiding Presence Lutheran Church
4 Trescott Path
Fort Salonga, NY 11768

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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in May of 1844. The cornerstone for the present church building at 195 Maujer Street in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn was laid in 1883. The church opened at that location on November 4, 1884. 

In 1926, with many church members moving to the Glendale section of Queens, St. John's started looking for a location in that area. The church was dedicated at 88-24 Myrtle Avenue in 1937. At present, records from both churches are held in the Glendale location. 

The records in this index currently include:
Funerals    1890-2000

All requests for records of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church must be in writing (a form is available following a successful search).  A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) is required (payable to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church) for each individual genealogical record for which they are asked to search. Please send your request along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (or an email address if you would like to receive the results that way) to the following address:

Genealogical Record Request
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
88-24 Myrtle Avenue
Glendale, NY 11385

Trinity Reformed Church
Ridgewood, Queens, New York

In 1843 an English speaking congregation was formed in New York City on Avenue B and Fifth Street. It was part of the Reformed Church of America. In 1853 a group of German Speaking people in Williamsburg, Brooklyn formed The Deutsche Evangelishe Lutherische St. Petri Kirche (the German Evangelical Church of St. Peters). In 1919 these two groups merged and formed the Trinity Reformed Church of Brooklyn, located at 66-30 60th Place in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. The Evangelical Mission Church on Avenue B, corner of Fifth Street in New York also combined with them. Trinity Church is part of the Reformed Church of America.

The records in this database are as follows:
4,175 Funeral Records: 1915-1962,  1966-1987

When writing, please give as much information as possible along with the book number, page and entry number, which can be found within this database.
We will provide an image of the original church register which is hand-written.
Please Include your e-mail address so we can send a digital image of the record, which will enable you to enlarge it for viewing.

If you find a record of interest, send a written request with a donation check payable to German Genealogy Group of $3.00 for each record requested to:

German Genealogy Group
ATTN: Record Search
Post Office Box 1004
Kings Park, NY 11754 

St Paul’s German Presbyterian Church of Fosters Meadow (Elmont)

The records in this index include: Funerals,  1870 - 1924, 897 records

In the mid -1860s, a German Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in Fosters Meadow and plans were made to build a small church and churchyard. A few years later the congregational decided to change its affiliation to the Presbyterian Church which it remains today.

Records started to be kept in 1870 with the arrival of the first resident pastor. In the latter part of the 20th Century, it was believed that the original records were lost in a fire in the original church building. While the building did burn in 1905, it was in the process of being moved off-site to make way for a new church and was empty of contents. In 2017, George Bauer, a descendant of founding members of the church, discovered that the original records had been sent to the Presbyterian Archives in Philadelphia for safe-keeping and had recently been digitized by Ancestry.com. To access these records, you must have an Ancestry.com account or use your local public library or Family History Library account. Follow the blue link below to the fostersmeadow.com site which explains the records and has a link to them on Ancestry.com.

https://fostersmeadow.jimdo.com/houses-of-worship/st-paul-s/st-paul-s-german-presbyterian/

The English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension
Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York

The church was located at Thirteenth Ave and Fifty First Street, in Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York. This database holds the following records:
Funerals 1906 - 1955, 119 records

When writing, please give as much information as possible along with the book number, page and entry number, which can be found in the search results for this database. A form for this purpose can be downloaded by clicking the “Documents & Forms” button that will appear directly after your search results.

We will provide an image of the original hand-written church register. You must include an e-mail address so we can send a digital image of the record, which will enable you to enlarge it for viewing.

If you find a record of interest, send a written request with a donation check payable to German Genealogy Group of $3.00 for each record requested to:

German Genealogy Group
ATTN: Record Request
P.O. Box 1004
Kings Park, NY 11754-1004

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Christ Church, Episcopal
Manhasset, New York

Christ Church was founded in Queens County long before Nassau County was created.  Local residents formerly traveled all the way to St. George’s Episcopal Church in Hempstead.  The trustees paid $195.47 for the land in 1802. This church is active and hosts annual tours of its cemetery with costumed re-enactors telling the history of the noteworthy deceased.

Records in this index currently include
Funerals 1824  - 1992; 2.862 Records

Record requests have a suggested donation of $10 per record, and must be in writing; see the Record Request Form after your search.

As part of our Heritage Preservation Program, members of the German Genealogy Group have spent many hours computerizing indices to the various church records on this web site. We are grateful to the Pastors of the Churches for allowing us to make these indexes available to genealogists all over the world.

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Heritage Preservation projects, please contact us by clicking here.