Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976

What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of an index & images to selected marriage records for the years 1682 to 1976 from various churches in Pennsylvania. The records may also contain other types of records as well as marriages. Some of the records are in German. For help reading them, see the following wiki articles:

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

Some of these records are written in German. For help reading them see:

• German Word List
• German Language and Languages

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Marriage Name of bride and groom Marriage place and date Birthplaces and dates of the bride and groom Residences of the bride and groom Previous spouse, if any

Ages Race Parents’ names Name of the officiator Names of witnesses

Baptisms Name of child Name of parents birth and baptism dates Place of ordinances Sponsors

Burials Name Date of death and burial Places Age Relationships

Collection Content

Inventory

An inventory listing the contents of each film/digital folder in this collection can be found at Pennsylvania, Church Marriages - Inventory.

Digital Folder Number List

This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at Pennsylvania, Church Marriages Digital Folder Number List.