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LOCATION
|
CHURCH
|
INFORMATION
|
PERIOD
|
Abbotstown, PA
|
Church of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
|
records
|
1830-1954
|
Apollo, PA
|
Apollo United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Ardentsville, PA
|
Zion United Church
of Christ
|
members
|
1887
|
Ardentsville, PA
|
Zion United Church
of Christ
|
records
|
1902-1925
|
Bala-Cynwyd, PA
|
West Laurel Hill
Cemetery
|
interments
|
1870-1941
|
Bala-Cynwyd, PA
|
Westminster Cemetery
Company
|
interments
|
1894-1944
|
Beaver Falls, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Belle Vernon, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Bloomsburg, PA
|
Wesley United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1853-1921
|
Biglerville, PA
|
Ardentsville Charge,
United Church of Christ
|
records
|
1857-1902
|
Boiling Springs, PA
|
St. John's Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1873-1946
|
Briar Creek, PA
|
Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1825-1881
|
Briar Creek, PA
|
Reformed Church
|
records
|
1799-1880
|
Bushkill Center, PA
|
Holy Cross Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1780-1892
|
Butler, PA
|
Covenant United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Cannonsburg, PA
|
Cannonsburg United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Cannonsburg, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Cannonsburg, PA
|
United Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Carnegie, PA
|
Christ United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Carnegie, PA
|
First United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Carnegie, PA
|
Mansfield United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Chartiers, PA
|
United Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Chester, PA
|
Madison Street
United Methodist Church
|
records
|
1849-1937
|
Columbia, PA
|
First English
Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1849-1913
|
Columbia, PA
|
Salem United Church
of Christ
|
baptisms, marriages,
communicants, confirmations & deaths
|
1863-1908
|
Conshohocken, PA
|
Calvary Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Cranberry, PA
|
Dutilh United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Delroy, PA
|
Canadochly Lutheran
|
records
|
1748-1953
|
Downingtown, PA
|
Central Presbyterian
Church
|
records
|
1861-1954
|
Downingtown, PA
|
Hopewell United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1842-1975
|
Downingtown, PA
|
St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic Church
|
records
|
1853-1916
|
East Berlin, PA
|
Trinity Lutheran
|
records
|
1822-1891
|
Edgegrove, PA
|
Sacred Heart
Basilica
|
baptisms
|
1854-1890
|
Edgegrove, PA
|
Sacred Heart
Basilica
|
marriages
|
1883-1910
|
Edgegrove, PA
|
Sacred Heart
Basilica
|
Confirmations &
communicants
|
1855-1910
|
Edgegrove, PA
|
Sacred Heart
Basilica
|
burials
|
1867-1911
|
Edgegrove, PA
|
Sacred Heart
Basilica
|
cemetery records
|
unspecified
|
Elkins Park, PA
|
Church of the
Annunciation (Greek Orthodox)
|
records
|
1907-1961
|
Finleyville, PA
|
Mingo Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Ford City, PA
|
Emmanuel Lutheran
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Forest Grove, PA
|
Forestville
Presbyterian Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Fort Washington, PA
|
St. Paul's United
Church of Christ
|
records
|
1856-1877; 1895-193?
|
Fowlersville, PA
|
Lutheran Church
|
register
|
1839-1881
|
Gibsonia, PA
|
Hampton United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Glen Rock, PA
|
St. Paul's Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1875-1963
|
Greenville, PA
(Mercer County)
|
Zion's Reformed
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Greenville, PA
(Mercer County)
|
Zion's United Church
of Christ
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Hanover, PA
|
St. Matthew's
Evangelical Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1741-1831
|
Harmony, PA
|
Grace Evangelical
Reformed Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Harmony, PA
|
Grace Reformed
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Harrisburg, PA
|
Paxton Methodist
Church
|
records
|
1883-1915
|
Harrisburg, PA
|
St. Michael's
Evangelical Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1863-1911
|
Harrisburg, PA
|
St. Paul's Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1864-1924
|
Hatboro, PA
|
Lehman Memorial
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1844-1914
|
Haverford Township,
PA
|
Bethesda Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1892-1914
|
Irwin, PA
|
First Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Kiskiminetas
Township, PA (Armstrong County)
|
Boiling Springs
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Kissel Hill, PA
|
Salem Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1824-1905
|
Kittanning, PA
|
Christ Lutheran
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Larimer, PA
|
St. John's United
Church of Christ
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Leechburg, PA
|
Gray Stone United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Littlestown, PA
|
Redeemer United
Church of Christ
|
records
|
1859-1930
|
Loganville, PA
|
Christ Lutheran
|
records
|
1894-1975
|
Lower Dublin
Township, PA
|
Lower Dublin Baptist
Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
deaths
|
1791-1806
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
baptisms
|
1756-1959
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
marriages
|
1792-1806; 1918-1959
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
Communicants &
confirmations
|
To 1875
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
tombstone
inscriptions
|
unspecified
|
Lower Saucon
Township, PA
|
Lower Saucon United
Church of Christ (formerly Lower Saucon Reformed Church)
|
baptisms
|
1756-1840
|
McMurray, PA
|
Center Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Manayunk, PA
|
Fourth Reformed
Church
|
records
|
1831-1914
|
Marcus Hook, PA
|
St. Martin's
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Marshall Township,
PA (Allegheny County)
|
Little Plains M. E.
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Mohnton, PA
|
Zion Evangelical
Congregational Church (also known as Salem Evangelical Church)
|
deaths
|
1891-1893
|
Mohnton, PA
|
Zion Evangelical
Congregational Church (also known as Salem Evangelical Church)
|
membership list
|
unspecified
|
Mohnton, PA
|
Zion Evangelical
Congregational Church (also known as Salem Evangelical Church)
|
baptisms &
marriages
|
1891-1901
|
Montgomeryville, PA
|
Montgomery Square
United Methodist
|
records
|
1857-1898
|
New London, PA
|
St. John's Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1825-1946
|
Nockamixon Township,
PA
|
St. John the Baptist
R. C. C. (includes records from St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St.
Lawrence's Catholic Church)
|
marriages
|
1803-1841; 1850-1927
|
Nockamixon Township,
PA
|
St. John the Baptist
R. C. C. (includes records from St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St.
Lawrence's Catholic Church)
|
baptisms
|
1803-1927
|
Nockamixon Township,
PA
|
St. John the Baptist
R. C. C. (includes records from St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St.
Lawrence's Catholic Church)
|
deaths
|
1857-1927
|
Nockamixon Township,
PA
|
St. John the Baptist
R. C. C. (includes records from St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St.
Lawrence's Catholic Church)
|
Communicants &
confirmations
|
unspecified
|
Norristown, PA
|
St. John's Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1815-1931
|
Oakmont, PA
|
St. Thomas Memorial
Episcopal Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Obelisk, PA
|
St. Luke's Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1825-1927
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
All Saints Episcopal
Church
|
cemetery records
|
1850-1980
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
All Saints Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1849-1937
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
All Souls' Church
|
records
|
1864-1967
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1827-1952
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Byberry Monthly
Meeting
|
Cemetery &
graveyard records
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Chevra Bikur Cholim
Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
ca. 1860-1985
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Church of St. John
the Evangelist
|
records
|
1855-1916
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Church of the
Ascension
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Church of the Good
Shepherd (Kensington)
|
records
|
1869-1936
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Church of the Holy
Apostles and The Mediator
|
records
|
1847-1969
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Church of the Holy
Apostles and The Mediator
|
records
|
1847-1969
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Cumberland Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1885-1971
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
East Montgomery
Avenue Methodist Church
|
records
|
1851-1953
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Emmanuel Episcopal
Church (Kensington)
|
records
|
1836-1919
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church (Holmesburg)
|
records
|
1844-1912
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Emmanuel United
Methodist Church of Roxborough
|
records
|
1891-1928; 1962-1975
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Falls of Schuylkill
Baptist Church
|
Minutes &
membership
|
1838-1871
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
First Colored Wesley
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1849-1892
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
First Independent
Christian Church (Kensington)
|
records
|
1845-1896
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church of Germantown
|
records
|
1805-1941
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church of Germantown
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Forty-Third Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1903-1930
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Frankford Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1871-1945
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Frankford Baptist
Church
|
records
|
1879-1983
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Grace Church and the
Incarnation
|
records
|
1833-1942
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Hancock Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1864-1920
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Holmesburg Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1849-1949
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Holy Redeemer Roman
Catholic Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1887-1914
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Holy Sepulchre Roman
Catholic Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1894-1959
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Holy Trinity
Catholic Church
|
deaths
|
1790-1872
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1857-1951
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Immanuel Evangelical
Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1855-1977
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Kensington Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1809-1927
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Laurel Hill Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1840-1982
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Logan United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1909-1979
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Mount Carmel
Cemetery
|
interments
|
1891-1985
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Mt. Sinai Cemetery
|
lot cards
|
1853-1987
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Mt. Sinai Cemetery
|
interment records
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
New Jerusalem Church
of Frankford
|
records
|
1824-1916
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Norris Square
Methodist Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1871-1950
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
North Cedar Hill
Cemetery (Frankford)
|
index to interments
|
1871-1982
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Oak Lane Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1884-1948
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Oxford Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1875-1913
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Palmer Church &
Cemetery
|
Cemetery &
church records
|
1765-1973
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Penn Township
Baptist Church
|
records
|
1838-1871
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Presbyterian Church
of Frankford
|
records
|
1818-1951
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Prince of Peace
Chapel
|
records
|
1894-1947
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Rehoboth Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1830-1980
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Salem German
Reformed Church
|
birth and baptisms
|
1812-1856
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Salem German
Reformed Church
|
deaths
|
1824-1865
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Salem German
Reformed Church
|
marriages
|
1824-1855
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Salem Zion United
Church of Christ (formerly Zion Reformed Church)
|
baptisms, marriages
& deaths
|
1852-1923
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Siloam Methodist
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1881-1967
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Simpson Memorial
United Methodist Church
|
records
|
1875-1953
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Somerton United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1877-1939
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. David's
Protestant Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1835-1878
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Dominic Roman
Catholic Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1856-1938
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. James
Evangelical Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1855-1957
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. James United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1816-1935
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. John's Episcopal
Church
|
Church &
cemetery records
|
1836-1913
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Marcus Mission
Evangelical Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1884-1979
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Mark's Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1847-1945
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Mark's
Evangelical & Reformed Church
|
records
|
1876-1925
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Mary of the
Assumption Church
|
cemetery records
|
1877-1975
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Mary's
Protestant Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1842-1972
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Matthew's
Evangelical Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1818-1930
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Michael's Roman
Catholic Church
|
communicants
|
1755-1763
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Michael's Roman
Catholic Church
|
cemetery book
|
1831-1854
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Paul's Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1870-1951
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Peter Claver R.
C. C.
|
records
|
1887-1947
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1843-1982
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Philip's
Protestant Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1841-1936
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Summerfield United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1861-1928
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Third Church United
Brethren in Christ
|
records
|
1916-1971
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church
|
Church &
cemetery records
|
1863-1918
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Trinity Reformed
Church
|
funerals
|
1905-1944
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Trinity Reformed
Church
|
baptisms
|
1866-1944
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Trinity Reformed
Church
|
marriages
|
1868-1945
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Wissahickon United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
1883-1898; 1914-1980
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Woodlands Cemetery
|
lot owners
|
unspecified
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Zion Protestant
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1847-1919
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Ascension Episcopal
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Edgewood
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
St. Luke's Memorial
Lutheran Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
St. Mark's Episcopal
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Zion Lutheran Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Pitcairn, PA
|
McGinnis
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Radnor Township, PA
|
Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1869-1986
|
Radnor, PA
|
St. Martin's
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1887-1985
|
Red Bank, PA
|
St. Mary's Episcopal
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Red Lion, PA
|
Grace Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1886-1975
|
Ross Township, PA
(Allegheny County)
|
Hiland Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Rossiter, PA
|
First Hungarian
Reformed Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Scranton, PA
|
Immanuel Lutheran
Church
|
baptisms,
confirmations, marriages & deaths
|
1897-1933
|
Shaler, PA
|
St. Luke's Lutheran
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Spinnerstown, PA
|
Trinity (Great
Swamp) United Church of Christ
|
contributors
|
1823-1856
|
Spinnerstown, PA
|
Trinity (Great
Swamp) United Church of Christ
|
pastoral records of
Rev. Daniel Weiser
|
unspecified
|
Spinnerstown, PA
|
Trinity (Great
Swamp) United Church of Christ
|
baptisms, marriages,
membership lists, deaths
|
1862-1939
|
Spinnerstown, PA
|
Trinity (Great
Swamp) United Church of Christ
|
marriages
|
1825-1856
|
Stone Church, PA
|
Christ Lutheran
Evangelical Church
|
records
|
1774-1958
|
Thomasville, PA
|
Paradise
(Holtschwamm) Lutheran Church
|
records
|
1764-1974
|
Trevose, PA
|
Scottsville United
Methodist Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Uniontown, PA
|
St. Peter's
Episcopal Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Cedar Hill Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Old Cedar Hill
Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
St. Barnabas
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1856-19??
|
unspecified
|
St. Timothy's
Episcopal Church
|
records
|
1920-1981
|
Upper Darby, PA
|
Har Jehuda Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
unspecified
|
Upper Providence
Township, PA
|
Green Tree Church of
the Brethren
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Washington, PA
|
Faith United
Presbyterian Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Washington, PA
|
First Presbyterian
Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Washington, PA
|
First United
Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Washington, PA
|
Jefferson Avenue
United Methodist Church
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Waynesboro, PA
|
Presbyterian Church
|
records
|
1846-1922
|
West Chester, PA
|
Oaklands Cemetery
|
interments
|
1854-1982
|
Whitehall Borough,
PA (Allegheny County)
|
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church of South Hills
|
unspecified
|
unspecified
|
Whitemarsh, PA
|
Zion Lutheran Church
and Union Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Willow Grove, PA
|
Reformed Church
|
records
|
unspecified
|
Yeadon, PA
|
Fernwood Cemetery
|
interments
|
1871-1901
|
Yeadon, PA
|
Fernwood Cemetery
|
interments
|
1901-1922
|
Yeadon, PA
|
Holy Cross Roman
Catholic Cemetery
|
cemetery records
|
1890-1915
|
York, PA
|
St. John's Episcopal
Church
|
records
|
1874-1930
|
York, PA
|
St. Matthew Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1889-1975
|
York, PA
|
St. Paul's Lutheran
Church
|
records
|
1852-1941
|
York, PA
|
Trinity United
Church of Christ
|
records
|
1744-1947
|