Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Lehigh County

 * FamilySearch Places

Databases with Several Denominations

 * 1620-1991 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)


 * 1730-1779 Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages at Ancestry $
 * Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: Hilffrich Pastoral Records at Ancestry $
 * 1734-1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Lehigh County, 1734-1800 Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1992.
 * 1784-1882 Trexlertown Union Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1784-1882 at Ancestry $


 * The Lehigh County Pennsylvania Historical Society has a list of church records available in their collection. You can access these records by completing a search request form.

Lutheran Church
Lutheran churches in Lehigh County were German in respect to the language used in the services and to the origin of the clergy. Congregations were established as early as 1734 in Upper Milford. Reformed and Lutheran congregations often shared a building. Union organizations were two congregations who purchased property and erected a church shared by both organizations. Fifteen Lutheran congregations existed in 1784.

Early records of the "Blue Church" have been published:


 * 1750-1764 Beckel, Clarence E. "Records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Lehigh Co., Penna., 1750-1764," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 35 (1911):188-198. Includes marriages, deaths, and communicants. For free online access, see WeRelate.
 * Churches of Coopersburg Lutheran Charge, St John's, St. Paul's, the Blue, Upper Saucona, New Jerusalem or Apples, Leithsville – at Ancestry $

Christ Church, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregation, Shoenersville


 * 1780-1880 Centennial of Christ Church at Shoenersville, Pa 1880. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * 1781-1875 Christ Reformed Lutheran Congregation, Shoenersville, Baptism Index 1781-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1782-1889 Christ Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Shoenersville, Baptism Index 1782-1889 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1782-1856 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1782-1856: Christ Lutheran Congregation at Ancestry $
 * 1853-1880 Christ Reformed Lutheran Congregation, Shoenersville, Marriage Index 1853-1880 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Ebenezer Union Church

Ebenezer Union Church 1740-1990 -- Stones of Help. Appendixes B and D have lists of baptisms with names of children with their dates of birth and baptism and names of their parents. Also lists of confirmations, marriages, and funerals.

Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Congregation


 * Membership and burial record of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed congregations and cemeteries at Ancestry $

St. John's Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran Church, Laury's Station
 * 1868-1908 St. John's Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran Church, Laury's Station, Baptism Index 1868-1908 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1861-1874 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Records - birth, death, burial 1786-1874 at The USGenWeb Project

Ziegel's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Weisenberg Township


 * 1752-1866 Ziegel's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Weisenberg Township, Baptism Index 1752-1866 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Methodist Church
Mennonite The first Mennonite congregation was established in 1738 in Upper Saucon. Two congregations existed after 1784.

Moravian Moravians established a settlement at Bethlehem in 1741. The Bethlehem Digital History Project (winner of a National Endowments for the Humanities prize) includes community records, Bethlehem diary, bills of sale and manumissions, business activity, meeting minutes, Moravian Indian diaries 1763-1765, registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and church regulations.


 * 1740s-1790s Moravian Church, Bethlehem Marriages at The USGenWeb Project

There was also a Moravian congregation at Emmaus:


 * 1758-1800 Moravian Church Marriage Records, Emmaus, Pa. 1758-1800 at The USGenWeb Project

Reformed Church
As early as 1747 there were at least ten Reformed congregations in Lehigh County. By 1784 there were seventeen congregations.

Ebenezer Union Church


 * 1790-1990 Ebenezer Union Church 1740-1990 -- Stones of Help. Appendix C has lists of baptisms with names of children with their dates of birth and baptism and names of their parents. Also lists of marriages and funerals by date.

Egypt Reformed Church


 * 1734-1834 Roberts, Charles R., translator. Records of Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, 1734-1834, in Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume VI. (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1907). Includes baptisms.
 * 1736-1834 Egypt Reformed Church, Whitehall Township, Baptism Index 1736-1834 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1752 Egypt Reformed Church, Whitehall Township, Marriage Index 1752 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Congregation


 * Membership and burial record of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed congregations and cemeteries at Ancestry $

Jordan Reformed Congregation, South Whitehall Township


 * 1765-1858 Jordan Reformed Congregation, South Whitehall Township, Burial Index 1765-1858 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1765-1858 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1858: Jordan Reformed Congregation at Ancestry $

Reformed Church, Lowhill


 * 1758-1862 Reformed Church, Lowhill, Baptism Index 1758-1862 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Schlosser's or Union Reformed Church, Unionville, North Whitehall Township


 * 1765-1846 Records of Schlosser's or Union Reformed Church, Unionville, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1765-1846 at The USGenWeb Project – free.
 * 1765-1846 Neff's Schlosser's Reformed Church, Burial Index 1766-1771 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1766-1773 Schosser's or Union Reformed Church, Unionville, Marriage Index 1766-1773 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Upper Milford Reformed Congregation


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