Denominational Archives
Adventist-
Andrews University Library, Berrien Springs, MI 49104-0001; 616-471-3275
American
Baptist- Samuel Colgate Historical Library: 1106 South
Goodman St. , Rochester, NY 14620-2532
Telephone/Fax: (716) 473-1740 Contact
Dana Martin, Director of the Library E-mail: abhs@crds.edu
Southern
Baptist History Library & Archives
Southern
Baptist Online Resources
Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary 2825 Lexington Rd, Louisville,
KY 40280-0001
Baptist
& Other Denominations at Samford University, Collections Department,
800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229-0001
United
Brethren Historical Center, RichLyn Library/Huntington College,
2303 College Ave., Huntington, IN 46750 Attn: Jane Mason 219-356-6000
Genealogy
Library of Church of Brethren 1451 Dundee Ave, Elgin,IL
60129-1619 U.S. Roman
Catholic Historical Society
Catholic
Records - to find Catholic records you must know the Diocese that your ancestor attended. Then find the diocese
on the internet search engines and write to or e-mail the proper person.
Note: The book U.S. Catholic Sources A Diocesan Research Guide by Virginia Humling
is very helpful in this regard. c1995 by Ancestry. (Disclaimer: I have
no connection to this author or Ancestry but have purchased a copy for
myself because it is so useful)
U.S.
Catholic Documentary Archive
American
Catholic Historical Society, P.O.
Box 84, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 925-5752
(USCHS)
The Catholic Center,
1011
First Ave, NY, NY 10022; (516) 293-0631 (newly established site which plans
to grow and add archival information so check back)
Kings
County Catholic Churches
Catholic
Encyclopedia Diocese of Brooklyn
Evangelical Congregational Church Historical
Society, 121 S. College St. Meyerstown, PA 17067-1299 Contact Terry Heisey
at the Evangelical School of Theology 1-800-535-5775 or e-mail Barb@evangelical.edu
Williams
College,
(First Congregational Church Records) Archives & Special Collections,
Williamstown, MA 01267; phone: (413) 597-2501 ----------------- archivist
Sylvia.Kenneck.Brown@williams.edu
The
Congregational Library and Archives are housed on the second
floor of Congregational House, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 Phone
617-523-0470 Fax 617-523-0491. (New England Congregational, Congregational
Christian, Christian and UCC Archives)
North
Park University Archives, Timothy Johnson, (E-mail),
Director of Archives, 3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 Phone: 773-244-6224
Fax: 773-267-2362
Christian
Theological Seminary, Librarian David
Bundy, 1000 W 42nd St, P O Box 88267, Indianapolis, IN 46208-0267
Disciples
of Christ Historical Society, Library Archives, 101 19th
Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212-2196
Archives
of the Episcopal Church 606 Rathervue Pl, P O Box
2247, Austin, TX 78768-2247 Phone: 512-472-6816 Fax: 512-480-0437 E-mail:
mjduffy@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Episcopal
Records as in the case of Catholic
Records knowing the Diocese in which your ancestor worship can be helpful.
American
Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220
(513) 221-1875
American
Jewish Historical Society, 2 Thornton Rd, Waltham, MA 02154
(617) 891-8110
Churchwide
Archivesof the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (Chicago) 8765 West Higgins Road,Chicago,
Ill 60631-4198,(312) 2380-2977, FAX: (312) 380-2977
Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America Regional Archives
Concordia
Historical Institute (Lutheran Archive)-
Marvin
A Huggins 801 De Mun Ave, Saint Louis, MO;(314) 721-5934
Lutheran Archives Center at
Philadelphia 7301 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19119-1794
phone 215-248-4616 ext 34 (for Newark, NJ Lutheran Churches)
Archives
of the Mennonite Church, 1700 S Main St, Goshen College,
Goshen, IN 46526-4794 Phone 219-535-7477 Contact John
E Sharp
Pacific
District Mennonite Brethren Studies
Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster,
PA 17602-1499 Phone 717-393-9745
Orthodox
Church in America, (6850 North Hempstead) P.O Box 675
Route 25A, Syosset, NY 11791 Contact: Alexis Liberovsky (516) 922-0550
The
Department of History and Records Management Services, Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) and The Presbyterian Historical Society425 Lombard
Street, Philadelphia PA 19147-1516 Telephone (215) 627-1852 Fax
(215) 627-0509 E-mailpreshist@shrsys.hslc.org
or P.O. Box 849, Montreat, NC 28757 Telephone
(704)
669-7061 Fax (704) 669-5369 E-mail pcusadoh@mercury.interpath.com
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Speer
Library, Mercer St. at Library Pl, Princeton, NJ 08542-0111
Reformed
Church In America, Russell
Gasero, Archivist, Reformed Church in America, 21 Seminary Place, New
Brunswick, NJ 08901, (732) 246-1779
Holland
Society of New York, Manuscript
Collection, 122 East 58th St-4R, NY, NY 10022-1941
Baptisms,
Marriages & Membership in Dutch Reformed Church NYC
Kertelyk Protocol Gemeinde
Jesu Christ tot Secund River in Provintic van Nieuw Jersey in Noord America
- Second River
Reformed Dutch Baptismal Records 1727-1749 (more to come)
Evangelical/Reformed/Congregational
Evangelical and Reformed Historical
Society - Dianne
Russell (researcher) 555 West James St, Lancaster, PA 17603 (Archivist -Richard Berg)
phone 717-290-8711
United Church of Christ Archives at Lancaster
have been moved to Cleveland see address below
United
Church of Christ, Archives 700 Prospect Ave, Cleveland,
OH 44115 (216) 736-3295
Archivist - George Hing
Evangelical
Synod and Evangelical and Reformed Churches (Evangelical
Synod of N.A.) Eden Theological Seminary Archives, Dr.
Lowell Zuck or Dr. C.W. Kerr at Eden-Webster Library, 475 E Lockwood
Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119 Phone: (314) 961-3627 ext 348; Fax (314) 961-9063
Church
Records online for Stone Arbaia Reformed Church - St. John's Archives
Archives
& History Directory forUnited Methodist Church
United
Methodist Archives Center at Drew University, Madison, NJ
E.U.B
Archives Shenandoah University, Smith Library, Winchester,
VA
E.U.B. Archives, United
Theological Seminary Attn: Library, 1810 Harvard Blvd.,
Dayton, OH 45406-4599 (formerly a U.B./E.U.B. Seminary - houses records
of U.B./E.U.B. churches now Methodist - not much here but worth a try especially
if you have a U.B. pastor in your family tree.
Methodist
- Southern States [Search Methodist] site is slow
N.
Georgia Conference of M.E. Church, South; Pitts Theology
Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-1100 e-mail
S.
Georgia Conference of United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Epworth by the Sea, Box 20407, St. Simmons Is, GA 31522 (912) 638-4050
Archives
of Indiana United Methodist Church, Depauw University, 400
S. College Ave, Greencastle, IN 46135-1641 Phone: (317) 658-4800
Pacific
School of Religion, Charles Holbrook Library, 1798 Scenic
Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709-1323 Phone (800) 999-0528; (510) 848-0528; Fax
510-845-8948
United
Library Northwestern University, Garrett
Evangelical and Seaburg Western Theological Seminaries, 1935 Sheridan Rd,
Evanston, IL 60208; E-mail; (847)
866-3899
Free
Methodist Church of North America, P.O. Box 535002, Indianapolis, IN
46253-5002; 1-800-342-5531; Fax 317-244-1247
African
Methodist Episcopal Church
New
England Conference,
Boston University School of Theology, Archival Collections, Stephen
P Pentek, archivist
A
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Nathan Bangs
United
Methodist Historical Society Old St. George's Church
326 New St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Archives of the Moravian
Church, 41 W Locust St, Bethlehem, PA 18018-2757; (610) 866-3255
Quaker
Room Archives & Other Quaker Links
Friends
Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Western
Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland,
OH 44106-1788
Williams
College- (Shaker Records) Archives & Special Collections,
Williamstown, MA 01267; archivist Sylvia.Kenneck.Brown@williams.edu
(413)
597-2501
Unitarian
Universalist Historical Society (USA)
Andover-Harvard
University Theological Library [type in unitarian as finding
aid, or go to divinity school] Curator of Manuscripts & Archives,Timothy
Driscoll
Unitarian
Universalist Association
Southwest
Unitarian Universalist Conference
Praire
Star District Unitarian Universalist Association
Meadville/Lombard
Theological School, Wiggin Library, 5701 Woodlawn, Chicago,
IL 60637 Phone: 773-753-3196 Fax: 773-753-1323
Maryland
Church Records(many denominations)
Other
Christian and Religious Sites (some with Archives)
updated 12/4/00 copyrighted 1996-2001 Carol F. Swinehart
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