GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
North Carolina: NC-8

St. Charles Borromeo Church
728 West Union Street
Morganton, NC 28655

Phone: 828-437-3108
Email: scbparishoffice@bellsouth.net

 

History: St. Charles Borromeo Church, Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Raleigh (Archives: Raleigh, North Carolina). Raleigh diocesan priests have administered St. Charles, which has had some Native American (Maya) parishioners, 1970s-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1970s-ongoing

Volume: Few records

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

 

Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.

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