Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 389 Collections and/or Records:
Pembroke, Mass. First Church records, 1712-1953.
Collection
Identifier: RG5109
Abstract
The First Church in Pembroke was organized October 22, 1712 and its first minister, Daniel Lewis, was ordained December 3, 1712. Under Lewis the parish flourished and in 1727 a larger, meeting house was built. The third meeting house was erected by the end of 1837. In 1841 the church became Unitarian and in 1964 the church rejoined the Congregational denomination. The First Church in Pembroke continues to serve the community today. This collection documents the history and life of the church...
Dates:
1712-1953
Pepper Pike, Ohio. Trinity Congregational Church records, 1958-1983.
Collection
Identifier: RG5532
Abstract
The Trinity Congregational Church was gathered in 1894. Construction of the first church building was completed in 1896. The community changed after World War I and the church building was sold with the intent of building a new building in Cleveland Heights. Construction on the second church building was completed in 1928. That building was sold in 1946 and a new building in Pepper Pike was constructed between 1951 and 1952. The church dissolved in 1983. This collection contains records and...
Dates:
1958-1983
Philadelphia, Pa. Central Congregational Church records, 1873-1952. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG5201
Dates:
1873-1954 bulk 1942-1952
Philadelphia, Pa. Kensington Congregational Church records, 1895-2005. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4835
Abstract
Includes Constitution, Meetings, Committees, Annual Reports, Correspondence; the majority of this series are monthly meeting minutes. The early ledgers have some vital statistics mixed in, as is the nature of ledgers. The first box includes the oldest ledgers as well as the oversize material within the series. The last part of the final box includes the remainder of the correspondence, some Membership material, and the only dedicated building-related material. Series 2: Financial Ledgers...
Dates:
1895-2005
Philadelphia, Pa. Park Congregational Church records, 1946-1982.
Collection
Identifier: RG5505
Abstract
The Park Congregational Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established in 1893. The church moved to a new building in 1926. The sanctuary of that building was renovated in 1954. The church was dissolved by 1982. This collection contains various records from the Park Congregational Church including meeting minutes, annual reports, and records relating the church’s dissolution.
Dates:
1946-1982
Pittsburgh, Pa. Smithfield Evangelical Protestant Church records, 1907-1935.
Collection
Identifier: RG5349
Abstract
The Smithfield German Evangelical Protestant church was founded in Pittsburgh in 1782. At that time Pittsburgh was only a hamlet on the frontier. Twenty five years earlier no village was there at all, only Fort Duquesne, a French military outpost. In 1782 the German church had organized and found a place to meet, a log cabin that it rented, but it had no minister. So the congregation sent a letter to the German Reformed Synod in eastern Pennsylvania, saying, in effect, "Please send us a...
Dates:
1907-1935
Pittsfield, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1764-1864.
Collection
Identifier: RG5411
Abstract
The First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was first organized in February 1764. Thomas Allen was called to be the first minister of the church and he was ordained as pastor on April 18, 1764. Construction on the first meeting house was completed in 1770 and construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1793. Thomas Allen’s political beliefs resulted in a schism in 1809 which resulted in the formation of the Second Union Church. The churches reunited in 1818 under...
Dates:
1764-1864
Pittsfield, Mass. Pilgrim Memorial Church records, 1903-1910.
Collection — Box 6
Identifier: RG5363
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reports, by-laws, church manuals, and correspondence. The date range corresponds to James Edgar Gregg's tenure as minister and the majority of the correspondence and reports were his.
Dates:
1903-1910
Plaistow, N.H. Proprietors of the New Congregational Meeting House record book, 1837-1870. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG5129
Platteville, Wis. Platteville Congregational Church records, 1862-1901. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG5230
Dates:
1862-1875, 1898-1901