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A helpful source is Frederick S. Weiser, ''Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Records'', 4 vols. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=284545&disp=Pennsylvania+Lutheran+church+records++ 974.8 K2L; films 824350-52).] This includes records from Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Lebanon, Northumberland, Snyder, and York counties. | A helpful source is Frederick S. Weiser, ''Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Records'', 4 vols. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=284545&disp=Pennsylvania+Lutheran+church+records++ 974.8 K2L; films 824350-52).] This includes records from Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Lebanon, Northumberland, Snyder, and York counties. | ||
=== Presbyterian === | === Moravian Church === | ||
The Moravian Archives<br>41 West Locust Street<br>Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018<br>United States of America | |||
Phone: (610) 866-3255<br>Fax: (610) 866-9210<br>info@[http://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/general.php moravianchurcharchives.org] | |||
=== <br>Presbyterian === | |||
Presbyterian Historical Society<br>425 Lombard Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19147<br>Telephone: 215-627-1852<br>Fax: 215-627-0509 | Presbyterian Historical Society<br>425 Lombard Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19147<br>Telephone: 215-627-1852<br>Fax: 215-627-0509 | ||
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This collection is divided into six databases: 1. Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967 2. Ontario French Catholic Church Records, 1747-1967, 3. Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954, 4. Acadia French Catholic Church Records, 1670-1946, 5. Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942, and 6. Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941. For details about these six databases, see "The Drouin Collection: Six Databases" at https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Drouin_Collection:_Six_databases . | This collection is divided into six databases: 1. Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967 2. Ontario French Catholic Church Records, 1747-1967, 3. Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954, 4. Acadia French Catholic Church Records, 1670-1946, 5. Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942, and 6. Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941. For details about these six databases, see "The Drouin Collection: Six Databases" at https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Drouin_Collection:_Six_databases . | ||
'''Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954''': This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States; in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | '''Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954''': This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States; in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | ||
=== Society of Friends (Quakers) === | === Society of Friends (Quakers) === | ||
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An important resource for Eastern Pennsylvania is Jack Eckert, ''Guide to the Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting'' (Philadelphia, PA: Haverford College, Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Swarthmore College, 1989; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+K23e book 974.8 K23e]). It also contains a bibliography, a glossary, and the record location for the other yearly meetings throughout the United States and Canada. The yearly meeting includes the monthly and quarterly meeting records, etc., under its jurisdiction. | An important resource for Eastern Pennsylvania is Jack Eckert, ''Guide to the Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting'' (Philadelphia, PA: Haverford College, Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Swarthmore College, 1989; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+K23e book 974.8 K23e]). It also contains a bibliography, a glossary, and the record location for the other yearly meetings throughout the United States and Canada. The yearly meeting includes the monthly and quarterly meeting records, etc., under its jurisdiction. | ||
Many sources are also listed in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under PENNSYLVANIA - CHURCH HISTORY. | Many sources are also listed in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under PENNSYLVANIA - CHURCH HISTORY. | ||
Many church records have been indexed for most Pennsylvania Counties in the [http://www.idreamof.com/church/pa.html I Dream of Genealogy] website. They are indexed by County, Township and then Church.<br> | Many church records have been indexed for most Pennsylvania Counties in the [http://www.idreamof.com/church/pa.html I Dream of Genealogy] website. They are indexed by County, Township and then Church.<br> | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Pennsylvania|Church Records]] | [[Category:Pennsylvania|Church Records]] | ||