Jim,
The records of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (aka "The Old Cathedral")
are not available online. The films of this Catholic parish (and all other
Catholic Parishes of Knox County) are available in the Lewis Library. There
is a compilation/index of all names in the St. Francis Xavier Catholic
Church records in book form (from 1780 - 1950) in the Lewis Library. That
record is also on the microfilm. The microfilms were done by the LDS-FHL
and are available from a local Morman library. You can see a listing of the
LDS-FHL catalog for all Catholic churches in Vincennes at:
http://familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?disp...
You might have to cut and paste the entire URL into your address box to get
it all. St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church records on LDS-FHL microfilm are
at:
http://familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?disp...
And the Film Notes are at:
http://familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?disp...
I have also reproduced the film details below. Note that the Index is split
into the last 4 films. There is a problem with the filming however. The
register from the period of about 1850-1870 was not filmed. I have seen
this register and taken information concerning my ancestors from it.
Unfortunately, the priest at that time did not write much about the people
in the acts and there is not much more information in the register beyond
that which is in the indices! That register still exists in the vault in
the basement of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Library. I have been
trying to get the LDS-FHL, the diocese, or parish members (one is a
prominent historian in Vincennes) interested in filming that register, but
so far I have hit a brick wall!
Regards.....Lynn David Recker
Vice-President, NTGS
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Note Location Film
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Baptisms 1813-1838, 1865-1894
Marriages 1818-1838, 1865-1911 FHL US/CAN Film 1433361
Deaths 1818-1838, 1865-1913
Confirmations 1880
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Baptisms 1890-1934
Marriages 1912-1960
Deaths 1914-1959
Communions 1908-1935 FHL US/CAN Film 1433362
Confirmations 1920-1943
List of soldiers graves
Baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations
A-Isham, Mary Helen ca1780-1899
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J-Z, ca1780-1899 FHL US/CAN Film 1433363
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A-Tyler, James William, 1900-1950 FHL US/CAN Film 1433364
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Turney, Bernadine-Z, 1900-1950 FHL US/CAN Film 1433365 Item 1
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "James D. VanDerMark" <family_man(a)usa.net>
To: INKNOX-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Catholic Church Records
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 16:25:45 -0500
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Does anyone know if the records are available on line?
I'm interested in St. Francis Xavier Church (now Cathedral) in Vincennes .
Thanks........Jim
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