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Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1769/1774 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: "A Book... For the Collections & etc. to Defray the Expences of the Methodist Meeting House." Entries are listed by date, starting on August 21, 1769 and ending on July 14, 1774. Date ranges span two pages, with amounts collected on the verso and amounts spent, along with the items or services pa... View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1787/1795 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Record of "various accounts" for St. George's Methodist Church from April 1787 to April 1795, including "cash on account of poor" as well as bonds, incidental charges, interests, collections, and payments to individuals. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1860 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Mount Moriah Cemetery was established in 1855, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. As the population grew and land in Philadelphia became scarcer and more valuable, many churches had their burials removed to more rural locations. After moving to a new building to accommodate their growing congregat... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1894 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Bound manuscript with "alphabetical list of sundry names to be inquired about." Dates ranging from 1774 to 1803 are penciled in next to the names, which are written in ink. Also included is a letter dated November 17th, 1894 from a researcher interested in "Pennsylvania's early citizens" and lis... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1762 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Baptism certificate listing a series of questions about the baptismal candidate's beliefs and commitments, to which she has answered yes. On this profession, Sarah Sallows was baptized by Morgan Edwards in the Schuylkill River on June 22, 1762. Sarah's last name is difficult to discern in this do... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1790/1826 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Record of baptisms and burials undertaken by Holy Trinity from 1790 to 1826. The manuscript is in Latin. The first page of the manuscript lists the Trustees of Holy Trinity from 1819 to 1826. Next is a summary of the numbers of "baptismi" (baptisms), "sepultura" (burials) and "matrimonia" (marri... View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: Farmer, Ferdinand, 1720-1786 and St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1758/1768 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit Father Rev. Ferdinand Steinmeyer (Farmer), who came to the colonies in 1752 to minister to German Catholics. He served at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia from 1758 until his death in 1786. In Latin. Note: Some page scans are missing, photographs have been ins... View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: Farmer, Ferdinand, 1720-1786 and St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1769/1786 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit Father Rev. Ferdinand Steinmeyer (Farmer), who came to the colonies in 1752 to minister to German Catholics. He served at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia from 1758 until his death in 1786. In Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: Molyneux, Robert, 1738-1808 and St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1773/1786 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Baptism and marriage register of Jesuit missionary Father Robert Molyneux, who became pastor of Old St. Joseph's and Old St. Mary's in 1771. Records appear in both the front and rear of this volume. In Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1791/1801 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1804/1878 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Baptisms recorded by Nicholas Collin, Director of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania, from 1804 to 1878. Each entry includes the date of baptism, name of the person baptized, his or her date of birth, parents' names, and other information such as whether the baptism was conducted in a private h... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1733/1789 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of baptisms, burials and marriages performed by Gloria Dei from 1750 to 1789. Entries are not in strict order, and page numbering starts over several times. Records look to be batched by the pastor performing the ceremony as well as by date, and indexes are found throughout, paged in lower... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1796/1806 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Record of baptisms, marriages and burials in the congregation of Holy Trinity from 1796 to 1806. Most entries are in Latin or French. Baptisms are listed chronologically from images 11 to 28, then from images 33 to 39. Baptismal records include the date, name of person baptized, pastor, parents... View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1801/1809 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1809/1823 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1823/1837 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1835/1867 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1867/1888 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of baptisms, almost entirely in Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 Date: 1795/1837 Contributing Institution: African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Description: Absalom Jones was the founder of of St. Thomas. This bound manuscript is a register of births and baptisms performed by Jones from 1796 to 1830. Each record includes the child's date of birth, child's and parents' names, and date of baptism. The record of one marriage performed in 1795 is also in... View Full Item at African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1768 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: One page, front and back, documenting "an account of work and materials" done at First Baptist Church in 1768. Expenses include, for example, supplies such as stone, brick, sand, wood, and nails, and services such as relocating corpses from a bank into the vaults, and building gutters for those v... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society