Pennsylvania Church Records: Difference between revisions

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Pennsylvania is divided into seven dioceses:  
Pennsylvania is divided into seven dioceses:  


[http://www.allentowndiocese.org/ Diocese of Allentown] P.O. Box F Allentown, PA 18105-1538 The diocese comprises the counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill  
[http://www.allentowndiocese.org/ Diocese of Allentown]
P.O. Box F
Allentown, PA 18105-1538
 
The diocese comprises the counties of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill  


Altoona  
Altoona  
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Erie  
Erie  


[http://www.hbgdiocese.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese Harrisburg] 4800 Union Deposit Road Harrisburg, PA 17111 Phone: (717) 657-4804  
[http://www.hbgdiocese.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese Harrisburg]
4800 Union Deposit Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone: (717) 657-4804  


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Philadelphia [http://www.diopitt.org/ Diocese of Pittsburgh] 111 Blvd. of the Allies Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone: (412) 456-3000  
Philadelphia [http://www.diopitt.org/ Diocese of Pittsburgh]
111 Blvd. of the Allies
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 456-3000  


[http://www.dioceseofscranton.org/index.asp Diocese of Scranton], 300 Wyoming Avenue Scranton, PA 18593 Phone: (570) 207-2238&nbsp;
[http://www.dioceseofscranton.org/index.asp Diocese of Scranton]
300 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PA 18593
Phone: (570) 207-2238


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For a listing of many vital records, see Albert H. Ledoux. ''Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania'', 4 vols. (Altoona, PA: A. H. Ledoux, 1993-1996; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=644078&disp=Catholic+vital+records+of+central+Pennsy%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.8 K2Le]).  
For a listing of many vital records, see Albert H. Ledoux. ''Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania'', 4 vols. (Altoona, PA: A. H. Ledoux, 1993-1996; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=644078&disp=Catholic+vital+records+of+central+Pennsy%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.8 K2Le]).  


'''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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