| 1871-1979 |
| Microfilm |
| RESTRICTED: Post 1940 baptisms are restricted. Written permission from the church required for access. See Registrar for further information |
| Microfilm only |
| SCM 2827 - SCM 2828 |
| St. Anthony Shrine, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Roman Catholic, Frederick County, Emmittsburg: general register 1871-1981; baptisms 1871-1981; marriages 1872-1981; confirmations 1873-1979; first communions 1904-1979; interments 1871-1981. |
| During most of the eighteenth century, Catholics in what was known as the Elder Settlement area of northern Frederick County were served by Jesuit missionaries. By 1793, when St. John's in Fredercik became a parish, Elder Station was attended by St. John's rectors. In 1806, Father John Dubois, lately from Frederick, became the first resident priest of a new chapel called St. Mary's of the Mount. This church served the congregation to which St. Anthony Shrine became successor. Presidents of the College of St. Mary's were also rectors of St. Mary's of the Mount until about 1895. In that year, as it was apparant that the old St. Mary's of the Mount could no longer serve the needs of the people, Father John Manely, its pastor, broke ground for a new rectory and chapel dedicated in 1897 as St. Anthony Shrine.
St. Mary's of the Mount burned in 1913. The surviving records of that church are found in the archives of St. Mary's College. These records, dating 1815-1917, have been filmed and appear on M 1999. |
