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Mennonite
The Mennonite Heritage Center 565 Yoder Road Harleysville PA 19438-1020 215-256-3020 Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, 10am–5pm, Saturday, 10am–2pm

The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Center. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources of this treasure also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. The website provides a comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photo collections, archival collections, and more.


 * 1730–1779 – Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages at Ancestry.com – ($); records of southeastern counties kept by Rev. John Casper Stoever.


 * Membership and burial record of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed congregations and cemeteries at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * Churches of Coopersburg Lutheran Charge, St John's, St. Paul's, the Blue, Upper Saucona, New Jerusalem or Apples, Leithsville – at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * 1784–1882 – Trexlertown Union Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1882 at Ancestry.com – ($); no known as St. Paul's; denomination not specified.


 * 1782–1856 – Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1782-1856: Christ Lutheran Congregation at Ancestry.com – ($).


 * 1757–1885 – Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * 1765–1858 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1858: Jordan Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Hilffrich Pastoral Records at Ancestry.com – $


 * 1769–1864 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1769-1864: Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Congregation at Ancestry.com – $


 * A History of the Neshannock Presbyterian Church, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania: together with some account of the settlement at Ancestry.com – $

County-wide Database – Multi-denominational

 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com–$; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as  Church Records in online catalogs like:


 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania
 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

County-wide Database

 * 1700-1821 – Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. It includes 35,000 marriage records from volume VIII of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.

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Birth Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records

(CABI) (1905-1995) is available for free at:


 * California Births at Family Tree Legends
 * California Birth Menu at Vitalsearch

For additional information (including the mailing address) on ordering birth, marriage and death certificates from the state of California visit: A comprehensive resource for locating vital records.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

California, Birth Index (FamilySearchHistorical Records)

Marriage Indexes


 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * FamilySearch Historical Records
 * California Marriages 1949-1986, Vitalsearch

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

California County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Death Records
Early to 1905

The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilmed copies of the original records from many counties. For example, the Family History Library has microfilms of death records (1877-1905, indexed 1873-1920). You can also write to each County Recorder for information.

1905 - Present

 Death Indexes  (CADI) (1940-1997) is available for free at:


 * California Death Indexes
 * California Death Index
 * California Death Index Family Tree Legends
 * Rootsweb Death Search
 * Pre 1905 California Death Index Project

The death index includes: Deceased's full name, date of birth and country or state of birth, death date and death place in California, Social Security Number, and mother's maiden name.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index File (FamilySearch Historical Records)