Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Church Records

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


 * 1755-1825 Pennsylvania Births, Carbon County, 1795-1825; Monroe County, 1741-1825; Schuylkill County, 1755-1825. by Humphrey, John T.  Washington, D.C.: PA Genealogy Books, 2006..


 * Schuylkill County Church and Religious Records courtesy USGenWeb Archives


 * Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches at PAGenWeb – Free, covers Lutheran and Reformed churches

Baptist
In 1840, the "First English Baptist Church of Minersville" was organized.

Catholic Church

 * 1845-1860 Marriage, Baptism and Death Records from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at PAGenWeb – Free, baptisms, marriages, and burials

Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church was established by the Welsh in the area in 1836.

Episcopal/Anglican Church
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church was organized in 1845 and their building erected in 1849.

Evangelical
Salem Evangelical Congregational Church, Mahanoy City


 * 1872-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index
 * 1872-1885  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Lutheran Church
The German Lutherans were the first in the county although the exact date of their organization is unknown. The German Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Congregation had their first church built in 1849. Before it was built, they had met in the schoolhouse. The first English Lutheran Church was organized in 1851.

Christ Lutheran Church, Rush Township


 * Christ Lutheran Church at PA GenWeb – Free, burials, located in Rush Township
 * Some Confirmations and Baptisms of Christ Lutheran Church at PA GenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pine Grove


 * Saint Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church at PAGenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Pine Grove

St. John's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Friedensburg


 * 1796-1864  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Klingerstown


 * 1894-1994 St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church at PA GenWeb – Free, marriages, located in Klingerstown
 * 1894-1994 St. Michael's Lutheran Reformed Church at PA GenWeb – Free, burials and funerals, located in Klingerstown
 * St. Michael's Lutheran Reformed Church at PA GenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Klingerstown

St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church or Old White Church, Ringtown


 * 1810-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. Paul or Artzs Lutheran and Reformed Church, Sacramento


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

Salem or Hetzel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pine Grove Township


 * 1783-1816  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Summer Hill St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wayne Township


 * 1806-1867  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

Zion Red Church, Brunswick Township


 * 1755-1800 Zion Red Church at PA GenWeb – Free, baptisms, Brunswick Township, then Berks, now Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Methodist Church
The Methodist Episcopal church began meeting in Minersville starting in 1834.

Reformed Church
In 1840, Emmanuel's Church was organized and met in the union church with the Lutherans.


 * Some Church Records of Emmanuel Reformed Church at PAGenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Nuremberg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

St. John's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Friedensburg


 * 1796-1864  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. John's Reformed Church, Orwigsburg


 * 1833-1868  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index


 * 1835-1880 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Klingerstown


 * 1894-1994 St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church at PAGenWeb – Free, marriages, located in Klingerstown
 * 1894-1994 St. Michael's Lutheran Reformed Church at PAGenWeb – Free, burials and funerals, located in Klingerstown
 * St. Michael's Lutheran Reformed Church at PAGenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Klingerstown

St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church or Old White Church, Ringtown


 * 1810-1875  in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - index

St. Paul or Artzs Lutheran and Reformed Church, Sacramento'


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

Zion Red Church, Brunswick Township


 * 1755-1800 Zion Red Church at PAGenWeb – Free, baptisms, Brunswick Township, then Berks, now Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

United Church of Christ

 * 1831-1920 Index to St. John's United Church of Christ at PA GenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Orwigsburg, index
 * 1831-1920 St. John's United Church of Christ at PA GenWeb – Free, baptisms, located in Orwigsburg
 * St. John's United Church of Christ at PA GenWeb – Free, burials, located in Orwigsburg

Archives, Libraries, and Societies with Church Records
The Schuylkill County Genealogical Society has various records for churches throughout the Schuylkill 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.