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<titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Inventory of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Records, 1896-[ca.1969].</titleproper>
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<date encodinganalog="Date">May 13, 2004</date>
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<corpname encodinganalog="110">St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Rankin, Pa.).</corpname>
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<language encodinganalog="041" langcode="scr">In Croatian and English.</language></langmaterial></did>
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<p>Records (1896-ca.1969) of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Rankin, Pennsylvania), one of the oldest and largest Croatian parishes in the United States, include minutes; financial records; membership lists (l9l7, l927); anniversary booklets from other Croatian Catholic churches in the United States (1940s,1960s); miscellany; personal items of the Rev. Bosiljko Bekavac (1900-1950s); and correspondence re the Rev. V. Luburich (1956-1957).</p>
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<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--Rankin.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Croatian Americans--Pennsylvania--Rankin.</subject>
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