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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Avery Methodist Protestant Church Records, A&amp;M 1803, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Records of a church near Morgantown, including minutes, 1843-1855; register of members, baptisms, deaths, and marriages, 1919-1929; organization of the Young People's Meeting, 1935-1943; the Sunday school, 1935; and organization of the Christian Endeavor Society, 1934; minutes of the Easton-Avery Community Building, 1939-1946; minutes of the Community Center Board of Directors; and Bible Class records, 1908-1926.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Birth, marriage, and death records.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Avery Methodist Protestant</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Christian Endeavor Society</subject>
    <subject source="local">Churches  -- Methodist Protestant</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Churches  -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025854" source="lcsh">Church buildings</subject>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_9d9f9c525896c6656cd909824a1508af" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 1. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Minutes of the Avery Methodist Church beginning with the construction of the church</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171343" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165090" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165082" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163968</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1843/1855" type="inclusive">1843–1855</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_31c2dde5d53ec58df2f35246cf2118dc" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 2. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Church register listing member registrations, baptisms, deaths, and marriages</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171344" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165083" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163969</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1919/1929" type="inclusive">1919–1929</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_72881cf231fb8d0dbaf71538f3ebec9c" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 3. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Meeting of the Organization of the Young Peoples, Avery Church</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171345" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165084" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163970</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1935/1943" type="inclusive">1935–1943</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_15aaab867af42daed9f3d6296e0b5db1" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 4. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Organization of the Avery Church Sunday School</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171346" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165085" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163971</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1935/1935" type="inclusive">1935</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_e7d315bb063edf2d3ee6d98f40f1ade1" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 5. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Organization of the Christian Endeavor Society</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171347" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165086" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163972</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1934/1934" type="inclusive">1934</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_ed51b9a308ede5d53c8aaa2d4e1c6f35" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 6. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Organization of the Christian Endeavor Society</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171348" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165087" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163973</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1939/1946" type="inclusive">1939–1946</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_ddcedf5023ba5a5a79f669a1d28f17e7" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 7. Persons: Easton-Avery Community Center Board of Directors; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Minutes; rules governing use of the Community Center; by-laws of the Community Center; constitution of the "Monongalia F.W. Council"</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171349" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165088" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163974</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1946/1948" type="inclusive">1946–1948</unitdate></did></c><c id="aspace_474f4270b5a3d89712546c47e2f6afff" level="item"><did><unittitle>Forms: Booklet 8. Persons: Avery Methodist Church; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Bible class rolls, attendance records; miscellaneous notes concerning Bible Class</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/171350" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="ark-superseded"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/165089" xlink:show="new">Previous Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/163975</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1908/1926" type="inclusive">1908–1926</unitdate></did></c></dsc>
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