ihrcvitus Inventory of the Saint Vitus Church Records, 1893-1957. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, September 24, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries December 17, 2003

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 17, 2003 English Saint Vitus Church (Cleveland, Ohio). Saint Vitus Church Records, 1893-1957 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 3 microfilm reels. SLV In English and Slovenian. Biographical/Historical Note

St. Vitus Church (Cleveland, Ohio) was organized in 1893 by the Rev. Vitus Hribar, and had a congregation of almost 1,000 Slovene Americans. By 1930, it had become, and remains, the largest Slovenian church in America.

Scope and Content

Records (1893-1957) of St. Vitus Church (Cleveland, Ohio) comprise baptism, confirmation, communion, marriage, and death registers.

No inventory available.

The baptism register is located on the Mother of Sorrows Church (Cleveland, Ohio) reel of microfilm at IHRC.

A related collection at the IHRC is records of St. Lawrence Church (Cleveland, Ohio).

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Hribar, Vitus. Church records and registers--Ohio--Cleveland.Slovene Americans--Ohio--Cleveland.