Delaware County, Pennsylvania Church Records
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- More information and resources are found on Pennsylvania Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes in Delaware County[edit | edit source]
Databases with Several Denominations[edit | edit source]
- 1620-1991 Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Congregational Records, 1620-1991(*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1682-1800 Pennsylvania Births, Chester County, 1682-1800 by Humphrey, John T. Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1994. FS Library Book 974.813 K2h.
- 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)
Databases by Denomination[edit | edit source]
Catholic Church[edit | edit source]
Congregational Church[edit | edit source]
Episcopal/Anglican Church[edit | edit source]
St. David's Church, Radnor
Communion lists begin in 1722, baptisms in 1727, marriages and burials in 1800.
St. John's Church, Concord
Early registers are lost.
St. Paul's Church, Chester
Registers begin in 1704.[1]
- 1704-1733 Marriage Record of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, 1704-1733 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 8, Part 5) at Ancestry ($)
St. Martin's Church, Marcus Hook
Vestry books begin in 1724.
Lutheran Church[edit | edit source]
Methodist Church[edit | edit source]
Presbyterian Church[edit | edit source]
First Presbyterian Church of Darby, Glenolden
- 1842-1885 First Presbyterian Church of Darby, Glenolden, Marriage Index 1842-1885, Batch M524431 [2] in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
Presbyterian Church, Chester
- 1853-1880 Presbyterian Church, Chester, Baptism Index 1853-1880, Batch C524201 [3]in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
- 1856-1900 Presbyterian Church, Chester, Marriage Index 1856-1900, Batch M524201 [4]in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
Presbyterian Church, Darby
- 1840-1875 Presbyterian Church, Darby, Baptism Index 1840-1875, Batch C524431 in International Genealogical Indexin International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
Quaker (Society of Friends)[edit | edit source]
Reformed Church[edit | edit source]
History of Churches in Delaware County[edit | edit source]
Historical Sketches on Delaware County Churches[edit | edit source]
Archives, Libraries, and Societies with Church Records[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 12 (1888):341-349. For online access, see WeRelate.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/2/23/Igipennsylvaniac.pdf.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/2/23/Igipennsylvaniac.pdf.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/2/23/Igipennsylvaniac.pdf.