Church of the Good Shepherd, Pawtucket (Mss. Gr. 197)

Series 1. Vestry Meetings, 1874-1985
1.5 box(es)
(0.75 linear feet)

The vestry is a group of individuals elected by the members of the parish to manage the daily operation of the parish. The vestry is responsible for the administrative and financial operations of the parish, including the election of a rector, the hiring of employees, the management of real and personal property owned by the parish, and the management of the finances of the parish.

The records in this series include the minutes of all meetings of the vestry of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, held between 1874 and 1985. All of the minutes are contained in bound volumes, except for those from 1933 to 1940, which are loose sheets.

Arrangement: The records in this series are all of one type and are arranged chronologically.

Series 2. Church Registers, 1872-1974
3.25 box(es)
(4.25 linear feet)

The Register Series contains bound Registers of Church Services for the years 1939 to 1973 and bound Parish Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Burials for the years 1872 to 1974. The Registers of Church Services include the date, time, type of service number of attendees and the name of the celebrant for each service held in the parish. The volumes are arranged chronologically by the date of the service.

The Parish Registers are divided into sections by the type of service performed, i.e., baptisms, burials, confirmations, and marriages. The type of information recorded varies with the type of service. For baptisms it includes the date of the ceremony, the name and date of birth of the person baptized, the names of his/her parents, and the name of the officiating clergyman. The marriage records include the date of the ceremony, the names and ages of the betrothed, their residences, the names of their parents, and the name of the presiding clergyman. Confirmation records include the dates and names of those confirmed, and the name of the bishop performing the service. The burial records include the name of the deceased, the date of death, the cause of death, the age at death, the date of the funeral, the place of burial, and the name of the presiding clergyman.

Please Note: the Parish Register (Book 9): Confirmations for 1968 includes only an alphabetized index of names of those confirmed during this year. Pages 44-46, which included the chronological entries, have been removed.

Arrangement: The registers are arranged alphabetically by type of register and then chronologically by the inclusive dates of each register.

Series 3. Subject Files, 1874-1974
0.75 box(es)
(0.75 linear feet)

The records in this series include the meeting minutes of the Episcopal Church Women from 1965 to 1974, an historical sketch written for the occasion of the church’s 50th anniversary in 1918, and the Sunday School Registry, listing students in attendance from 1874 to 1917. The records in this series are bound, with the exception of the meeting minutes of the Episcopal Church Women, which is in loose sheets.

Arrangement: The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of record.