Our Lady of Good Counsel Collection

MSA SC 2679
Dates	1860-1981
Medium	Microfilm
Restrictions	RESTRICTED: Post 1940 baptisms are restricted. Written permission from the church required for access. See Registrar for further information
Storage	Microfilm only
Film Number(s)	SCM 2685 - SCM 2688
Description
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Roman Catholic, Baltimore City, East Fort Avenue: general register 1860-1928; baptisms 1860-1981; marriages 1866-1873,1886-1981; interments 1899-1962; deaths 1962-1981; confirmations 1906-1952, 1956-1981; first communions 1909-1981.
History
The forerunner of this Federal Hill area parish was a church situated on the corner of Cooksey Street and Fort Avenue known as St. Laurence, which served as a mission chapel of St. Brigid's Parish. The name of the parish was changed to Our Lady of Good Counsel between 1873 and 1889. In 1889 a new church was erected on the corner of Fort Avenue and Towson Street. The first settled clergyman in the parish was the Reverend John P. Hogan, pastor from 1861 to 1897.