Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records

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


 * 1723-1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Lancaster County, 1723-1800 2 vols. Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1997..


 * 1729-1881 Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 at Ancestry $
 * Church and Religious Records of Lancaster County, at Lancaster USGWArchives
 * Lancaster County PAGenWeb

Amish
Lancaster County had one of the largest Mennonite and Amish populations in Pennsylvania in the 1800s.

Catholic Church

 * 1787-1804 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lancaster, PA Marriages, Baptisms, Burials 1787-1804 at Rootsweb

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
 * 1770-1792  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Blue Ridge District of the Eastern States Mission comprised church members living in southeastern Pennsylvania. District headquarters were in Lancaster, with branches located in Bucks, Fulton, Lancaster, and York counties.


 * Record of Members, [1929]-1944,

Congregational Church
Ephrata Community


 * 1728-1853 Sachse, Julius F. The Registers of the Ephrata Community, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Burials 1728-1853: Vol. 14 (1890):297-312, Burials 1730s-1813: 387-402. Online at: Archive.org; and Church of the Brethren Network

Episcopal/Anglican Church
Church of the Brethren


 * Church of the Brethren Network includes Conestoga Congregation Baptisms 1739-1747 and Conestoga Congregation Baptisms 1748-1769.

St. James's Church, Lancaster


 * 1755-1800 Registers begin in 1755. Online at: Archive.org


 * 1755-1759 Private Marriage Register of Rev. Thomas Barton, in York County, Pennsylvania in "Private Church Registers to 1800, York County, Pennsylvania" at Ancestry ($).
 * 1755-1756, 1783-1796  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. John's Church, Pequea

Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster.

St. Thomas's Church, Caernarvon

Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster.

Bangor Church, Caernarvon

Registers are lost, but some parishioners appear in the registers of St. James's Church, Lancaster. An old trunk was discovered at Bangor Church with "sundry account-books and ancient title-deeds.

Evangelical
Salem Church of the Evangelical Association, Lancaster
 * 1852-1877  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Trinity Church, Lititz
 * 1875-1885  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Evangelical Lutheran
 * 1730-1779 Rev. John Casper Stoever's Records:
 * Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, Baptismal and Marriage, 1730-1779. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Pub.,1896. Online at: Internet Archive.
 * Rev. John Casper Stoever’s Baptisms in Alphabetical Order
 * Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever at Lancaster County Genealogy Project, with all 1,429 marriages compiled by Mildred Smith

Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Providence
 * 1729-1777  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ephrata Township
 * 1742-1875  and  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown
 * 1770-1875 Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, Baptism Index 1840-1908 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1779-1885  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Lutheran Church

 * Weiser, Frederick Sheely. Parochial Registers for Lutheran Congregations in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1960: A Guide to Genealogical Resources in the Parish Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, As Well As to Translations and Copies in Print in Public Institutions Lancaster, Pa.: unknown, 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Cocalico Evangelisch Luttnusche


 * 1729-1742 Cocalico Evangelisch Luttnusche, Baptism Index 1729-1742 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Evangelical Church, Lutheran County


 * 1868-1967 Evangelical Church, Lutheran County, Baptism Index 1868-1967 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Mount Joy


 * 1833-1853 Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Mount Joy, Baptism Index 1833-1853 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Swamp Lutheran Church, Reinholds


 * 1808-1875 Swamp Lutheran Church, Reinholds, Baptism Index 1808-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland


 * 1730-1799 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Baptism Index 1730-1799 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

White Oaks Lutheran and Reformed Church, Penn Township


 * 1754-1789 White Oaks Lutheran and Reformed Church, Penn Township, Baptism Index 1754-1789 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim


 * 1759-1875 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim, Baptism Index 1759-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1771-1782, 1807-1812 - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manheim, Marriage Index 1771-1782 and 1807-1812 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Methodist Church
Mennonites Lancaster County had one of the largest Mennonite and Amish populations in Pennsylvania in the 1800s.

Presbyterian Church
The first Scotch-Irish settlement in Lancaster County was made at Chickies Creek in 1714. Donegal Presbyterian Church was built there shortly thereafter. Pequea Presbyterian Church, constructed at another early Scotch-Irish settlement, was built in 1724.

Paxtang Church and Derry Church were both organized in 1729.


 * 1741-1810 Marriage Record of Paxtang and Derry Churches, 1741-1810 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 8, Part 10) at Ancestry ($); Google Books

The Hanover Presbyterian Church was built in 1736 in a Scotch-Irish settlement. This ground later fell within the bounds of Dauphin County and still later Lebanon County after those counties split off.

Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church, East Earl


 * 1840-1908 Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church, East Earl, Baptism Index 1840-1908 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Quarryville


 * 1808-1821, 1846-1859 Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Quarryville, Baptism Index 1808-1821 and 1846-1859 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches  and.

Seltenreich Presbyterian Church


 * 1766-1800 Seltenreich Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1766-1800 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1766-1779 Seltenreich Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1766-1779 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Quaker (Society of Friends)

 * 1800s-1900s Pennsylvania Quaker Records: Warrington, York County, Little Brittain, Lancaster County, Centre, Centre County, West Branch, Clearfield County, Dunnings Creek, Bedford County n.p. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive

Reformed Church
First Reformed Church, Lancaster


 * 1736-1800 First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Baptism Index 1736-1800 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Keller's Reformed Church, Cocalico


 * 1738-1806, 1853-1861 Keller's Reformed Church, Cocalico, Baptism Index 1738-1806 and 1853-1861 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1767-1779 Keller's Reformed Church, Cocalico, Marriage Index 1767-1779 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Muddy Creek Reformed Church, East Cocalico Township


 * 1766-1779 Muddy Creek Reformed Church, East Cocalico Township, Marriage Index 1766-1779 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Reformed Church of Cocalico


 * 1743-1772 Reformed Church of Cocalico, Baptism Index 1743-1772 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1753 Reformed Church of Cocalico, Marriage Index 1753 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Reformed Church of Maytown


 * 1774-1819 - Transcript of baptismal record of the Reformed Church of Maytown, Lancaster County, 1765 (1774)-1819. Typescript held at the Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Zion's Reformed Church, Brickerville


 * 1766-1820 Zion's Reformed Church, Brickerville, Baptism Index 1766-1820 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1767-1779 Zion's Reformed Church, Brickerville, Marriage Index 1767-1779 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch