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St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court certificates of ordination, 1851-1982.
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St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court certificates of ordination, 1851-1982.

  • US ARC St. Croix Series 117
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  • 1851-1982

Record of credentials of clergymen which were required to be filed before being authorized to perform marriages. Entries usually include name, denomination, geographic assignment, and name of authorizing ecclesiastical superior. Copies of official certificates are sometimes attached. Volume 1 contains ordination records, 1855-1885, but also includes orders of the court and record of legal papers filed in court cases, 1851-1853, and a few entries certifying medical degrees for applicants to the Medical Examination Board, 1887-1897.