Pennsylvania Church Records: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|1=a. Click on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=345&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Pennsylvania%22'''records of United States, Pennsylvania'''].|2=3}}

{{Block indent|b. Click on '''Places within United States, Pennsylvania''' and a list of counties will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|c. Click on your county if it appears.|3}}

{{Block indent|d. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|e. Click on '''Places within United States, Pennsylvania [COUNTY]''' and a list of towns will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|f. Click on your town if it appears, or the location which you believe was the parish which served your town or village.  |3}}

{{Block indent|g. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|h. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the listing for the record. [[File:FHL icons.png|75px]].  The magnifying glass indicates that the record is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the records.|3}}

{{Block indent|The Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society holds a variety of church records for church congregations that originated in the former Reformed (German) Church in the United States, Evangelical (German) Synod of North America, the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and the present United Church of Christ. Many of these record collections contain original documents, whereas others include photocopies, digitized scans, or transcriptions of the original documents.}}

{{Block indent|Covers New York, Baltimore, PhiladelphiaEmail: [mailto:friends@swarthmore.edu friends@swarthmore.edu] |2}}

{{Block indent|*[https://www.haverford.edu/library/quaker-special-collections '''Website'''] }}

'''Carefully evaluate''' the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a '''"near match"'''. If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, [[Evaluate the Evidence|'''Evaluate the Evidence'''.]]