GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE .S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Ohio: OH-23

St. Francis of Assisi Church
6850 Mayfield Road
Gates Mills, OH 44040

Phone: 440-461-0066

 

History: St. Francis of Assisi Church, Gates Mills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Cleveland (Archives: Cleveland, Ohio). Cleveland diocesan priests have administered the parish with assistance by Ursulines (Archives: Toledo, Ohio). The parish has had a few Native American (e.g. Huron, Mohawk) parishioners, 1970s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1970s-ongoing

Volume: Few records among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Church.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Ursuline correspondence from St. Peter Mission, Cascade, Montana, 1880s; other related holdings unknown.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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