1882 baptismal record from Gothenburg, Dawson County, Nebraska; digital image obtained on Archives.com |
It's great to have digital access to these records, but the implementation at Archives.com could have been more user friendly.I generally find a record (ie. a person's entry) in the desired congregation and then "browse" from that image.
The inventory on the ELCA site contains a variety of abbreviations. Here is a listing of those abbreviations as obtained from the ELCA Archives and reprinted with their permission:
ELCA (EA) - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1988-present)
I. TALC (A) - The American Lutheran Church (1960-1987)
A. ALC (AM) - American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)
1. Buffalo (B) - Buffalo Synod 1845-1930
2. Iowa (I) - Iowa Synod (1854-1930)
a. Texas (T) - First (German) Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas (1851-1896, district 1896-1930)
3. JSO (O) - Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (1818-1930)
a. Augsburg Synod (1876-1903)
b. Concordia Synod of Virginia (1868-1877)
c. Evangelical Lutheran Conference (1881-1882)
d. Indianapolis Synod (1846-1858)
e. Tennessee Synod (Reorganized) (1848-1884)
B. ELC (E) - Evangelical Lutheran Church (1917-1960) (was the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America 1917-1946)
1. Hauge (H) - Hauge's Synod (1876-1917) (split from Eielsen's Synod)
2. NS (S) - Norwegian Synod (officially the Synod for the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) (1853-1917)
3. UNLC (U) - United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (1890-1917)
a. AN (AN) - Anti-Missourian Brotherhood (1887-1890) (split from Norwegian Synod)
b. NA (NA) - Norwegian-Augustana Synod (1870-1890) (split from Scandinavian Augustana Synod)
c. NDConf (CO) - Norwegian-Danish Conference (1870-1890) (split from Scandinavian Augustana Synod)
C. LFC (F) - Lutheran Free Church (1897-1963) (was Friends of Augsburg, 1893-1897, split from United Norwegian Lutheran Church)
D. UELC (UE) - United Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1960) (was the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church 1896-1946)
1. (DA) - Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association (a.k.a. Blair Church) (1884-1896) (split from Norwegian-Danish Conference)
2. (DN) - Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America (a.k.a. North Church) (1893-1896) (split from Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church)
II. LCA (L) - Lutheran Church in America (1962-1987)
A. DELC (D) - American Evangelical Lutheran Church (1874-1962) (was the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (1874-1953)
1. Church Mission Society (Kirkelig Missionsforening) (1872-1874)
B. AUG (AG) - Augustana Lutheran Church (1860-1962) (was Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America 1894-1948, Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America 1860-1894)
C. Suomi (SU) - Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in American (Suomi Synod) (1890-1962)
D. ULCA (UL) - United Lutheran Church in America (1918-1962) [Member Synods of ULCA, GC, GS, USS]
1. GC - General Council (1867-1918)
2. GS - General Synod (1820-1918)
3. USS - United Synod of the South (1863-1918) (was the General Synod of the Confederate States of America 1863-1866, Evangelical Lutheran General Synod in North America 1866-1876, Evangelical Lutheran General Synod South 1876-1886)
III. AELC (AE) - Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (1974-1987) (split from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)
Note: The first abbreviation is used as a call number in the archives collection catalog. The paranthetical codes are those used in the archives congregational microfilm database. Other non-predecessor synod codes used in that database are:
(EI) - Eielsen's Synod (1845-1997)
LCMS (MO) - Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1847-current) (was German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States 1847-1917, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States 1917-1948)
WELS (W) - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (1917-current) (was Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Other States 1917-1919, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin and Other States 1919-1959)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Michigan and Other States (1860-1917)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Minnesota and Other States (1860-1917)
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin and Other States (1850-1917)
German Evangelical Lutheran District Synod of Nebraska and Other States (1904-1917)
ELCIC - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (1985-current)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (1960-1985) (split from The American Lutheran Church, 1960, full autonomy 1966) (LCA Canadian congregations joined in 1985 forming ELCIC)
AALC - American Association of Lutheran Churches (1987-current) (split from The American Lutheran Church)
AFLC (AF) - Association of Free Lutheran Churches (1962-current) (split from the Lutheran Free Church)
CLBA (LB) - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (1900-current)
ELS - Evangelical Lutheran Synod (1918-current) (was Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church 1918-1957 (a.k.a. "Little Norwegian" Synod)) (split from the Norwegian Synod)
Lat - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1975-current)
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