GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Maryland: MD-6

St. John the Baptist Church
8908 Old Branch Avenue
Clinton, MD 20735

Phone: 301-868-1070
Email: stjohnchurch01@gmail.com

 

History: St. John the Baptist Church, Clinton, Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with some Native American parishioners in the Archdiocese of Washington (Archives: Hyattsville, Maryland).

1875-1980s	Washington/Baltimore archdiocesan priests administered St. John the Baptist Church (Piscataway, in part)
1980s-present	Washington archdiocesan priests have continued to administer St. John’s (e.g. Piscataway, Maya, in part)

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1875-ongoing

Volume: Several records dispersed throughout

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) of Native American parishioners.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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