Somerset County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Somerset 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 – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)

Catholic Church

 * 1843-1943 100 years of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese 1843 -1943. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, 17:1. FamilySearch Library book 974.8 B2wg. Contains chronology, map, county-by-county information.

Episcopal/Anglican Church
Services for the St. James Episcopal Church in Bedford began as early as 1755 but was not an organized parish until 1861.

Lutheran Church
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized by 1785 although the exact date is unknown. The Lutheran and German Reformed congregations met at the same Union Church until 1848.

in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1812-1875
 * 1818-1871  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stoyestown


 * 1798-1881  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Glade Reformed and Lutheran Congregation, Stony Creek Township


 * 1798, 1811-1866  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Grace White Oak Lutheran and Reformed Church, Formerly Reichards


 * 1830-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Methodist Church
In 1809, the Methodist Episcopal church was formed.

Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterians were in the county early although no exact date is known, although, the first known pastor came in 1786. The First Presbyterian Church building in the county was erected in Bedford in 1800.

Reformed Church
The Reformed Church of Bedford was in the county early although no known date is known although it is believed it was before 1769. They met in a union church with the Lutherans until they separated in 1848.

German Reformed Church, Centreville


 * 1850-1883  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1873-1883  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

German Reformed Church, New Centerville


 * 1850-1883  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1873-1883  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

German Reformed Church, Stoyestown

in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1799-1875

Glade Reformed and Lutheran Congregation, Stony Creek Township


 * 1798, 1811-1866  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Grace White Oak Lutheran and Reformed Church, Formerly Reichards


 * 1830-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Mt. Tabor Reformed Church formerly Union Church or Zimmermans, Quemahoning Township


 * 1839-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Reformed Church, Friedens


 * 1852-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index



Archives, Libraries, and Societies with Church Records
The Somerset County Historical Center has various records for churches throughout the Somerset County area. However, the society has not put the records on-line and to view the records one must go to the society. The society will do research for a fee. For more details see their website.