Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Lebanon County

 * FamilySearch Places

Databases with Several Denominations

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


 * 1700s Marriages by Rev. John Casper Stoever (no denomination specified) at The USGenWeb Project.


 * 1700s Baptisms by Rev. John Casper Stoever (no denomination specified) at The USGenWeb Project.
 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)
 * 1714-1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Lebanon County, 1714-1800. Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Pub., 1996..
 * 1730–1779 Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages at Ancestry.com  ($); records of southeastern counties kept by Rev. John Casper Stoever.Trinity Lutheran Church in Colebrook.
 * 1730-1779 Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages at Ancestry $
 * 1924-1929 Baptisms and Marriages by Pastor Paul K. Bergman, Minister at Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania 1924-29 (no denomination specified) at The USGenWeb Project.
 * Lebanon County Church Histories, at USGenWeb Archives

Catholic Church
The first Catholic church was built in Lebanon City between 1810-1814.

Lutheran Church
The first Lutheran congregation was Hill church established in 1733 by John Caspar Stoever, near Quitopahila. Early churches were also formed in Stouchsburg and North Annville and Lebanon. The Millbach church was a union church of Lutherans and Reformed Calvinists. In 1787 in Heidelburg and Lebanon, the Lutherans and Reformed churches had separate buildings. In most other towns there were union churches.

Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Campbellstown
 * 1794-1872  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1794-1799, 1863  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Goshert's Zion Lutheran Church
 * 1879-1957 Goshert's Zion Lutheran Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1879-1957 at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and burials.

Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville
 * 1806-1865  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Quitapohila Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon Township
 * 1732-1836 Quitapohila Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon Township, Baptism Index 1732-1836 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1731-1797  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church formerly Heidelberg Congregation, Schaefferstown
 * 1729-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1770-1772  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon
 * 1763-1876  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Sattazahn's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Union Township
 * 1819-1851  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Colebrook
 * 1776-1820  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jonestown
 * 1758-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1810-1880  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Annville Township
 * 1872-1880  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1730-1836  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1731-1797  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * 1794-1906 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1794-1906: Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and burials.

Methodist Church
Methodism first entered Lebanon in 1827 and the first building was built in Lebanon City in 1840.

Moravian
The Moravians entered Lebanon County in 1740. Until 1752 it was the leading religious group in the county. Early congregations were formed in Bethel, Tulpehocken and Hebron.


 * 1750s-1830s Burials at the Bethel Moravian Church in Swatara Township, Lebanon County at The USGenWeb Project
 * 1775-1781 "Extracts from the Records of the Moravian Congregation at Hebron, Pennsylvania, 1775-1781," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 18 (1894):449-462. For free online access, see Archive.org.

Presbyterian Church
The Hanover Presbyterian Church was built in 1736 in a Scotch-Irish settlement. This settlement was previously in Dauphin County, before Lebanon County was formed, and in Lancaster County, before Dauphin County was formed. As the county grew, the Presbyterian faith became less prominent than the Lutheran, Reformed, Moravian and Mennonite congregations.

Reformed Church
Reformed congregations (also called Calvinists) often shared their property with local Lutheran congregations. These were called union churches. In 1787 in Heidelburg and Lebanon, the Lutherans and Reformed churches had separate buildings. Millbach, Heidelberg and Tulpehocken were all early Reformed congregations.


 * 1763-1769 Kelker, Luther R. "Record of Marriages Performed by Rev. John Conrad Bucher, 1763-1769," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 26 (1902):375-381. Online at:Archive.org.

Heidelberg Reformed Church
 * 1765-1864 Heidelberg Congregation, 1765-1864, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA at Ancestry ($).

Kimmerling's Reformed Church, North Lebanon Township
 * 1754-1887  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Millbach Reformed Church
 * 1747-1875 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1747-1875: Millbach Reformed Congregation at Ancestry ($).

Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church
 * 1769-1864 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1769-1864: Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Congregation at Ancestry ($).
 * 1800-1856 Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Congregation Births, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1800-56 at Ancestry ($).

Union Churches
It was common in Lebanon County to have Union churches. These were churches where two congregations shared a common property. Each congregation usually held independent services. Often the Union churches in Lebanon County were Lutheran and Reformed congregations.

United Brethren
The first congregation was established in Lebanon in 1820. Another church was built near Annville in 1823.