Church Records

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The following is a list of Lehigh County church, cemetery, and pastoral records held in our collection with the call number of 284.1 / LEHI. Note that this list is only for churches in Lehigh County.

Church and Cemetery Records (284.1):
Over 800 volumes of baptismal, burial, pastoral and cemetery records for Lehigh and neighboring counties; approximately 300 volumes for Lehigh County. Over 250 baptismal certificates (including fraktur), late 1700s through the early 1900s, indexed.

A
Agudath Achim Congregation Cemetery (Fountain Hill)
Allemangel Moravian Church (Lynn Township), 1745-1771
Allentown Cemetery Association (Allentown)
Asbury United Methodist Church (Allentown), 1891-1988
Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery (Slatington)

B
Beth El Memorial Park Association (Whitehall)
Bethany Evangelical Congregation Church (Allentown), 1881-1988
Bethany United Methodist Church (Wescosville), 1959-1990
Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery (Wescosville)
Bible Methodist Church Cemetery (Orefield)
Blumer, Rev. Abraham, 1773-1787 and 1772-1801
Bridge Street Presbyterian Church (Catasauqua), 1868-1936
Buffington, Rev. Charles Warren, 1957-1971

C
Calvary Cemetery (Limeport)
Calvary Mennonite Brethren in Christ Cemetery (Coopersburg)
Calvery Cemetery (Emmaus):
see St. Ann’s Catholic Church Cemetery
Cedar Church Cemetery (Cetronia)
Cedar Heights Cemetery (Wescosville)
Cedarbrook County Home Cemetery (South Whitehall Township)
Chestnut Hill Church (Lower Milford Township), 1773-1787
Chestnut Hill Church Cemetery (Lower Milford Township), before 1900
Chestnut Hill United Church of Christ
(Lower Milford Township), 1894-1990
Christ Lutheran and Reformed Church (Schoenersville), 1826-1902
Christ Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1904-1987
Christ Lutheran Congregation (Schoenersville), 1782-1833
Christ Reformed Church (Allentown), 1876-1981
Christ Reformed Congregation (Schoenersville), 1781-1856
Christ Union Church Cemetery (Schoenersville)
Church of the Good Shepherd (Alburtis), 1905-1987
Congregation Agudas Achim Cemetery (Whitehall)
Congregation Brith Sholom Cemetery (Fountain Hill)
Coplay Cemetery (Coplay)

D
Dubbs Memorial United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1902-2015
Dubbs, Rev. Jacob G., 1891-1952
Dubbs, Rev. Joseph S., 1822-1877

E
Ebenezer Evangelical United Brethren Church (Allentown), 1880-1971
Ebenezer Union Church (New Tripoli), 1868, 1890-1989
Ebenezer Union Church Cemetery Association (New Tripoli)
Ebert, Rev. Alfred Oliver, 1906-1934
Egypt Church Cemetery (Whitehall Township)
Egypt Church yard (Old Egypt Church yard, Whitehall Township)
Egypt Reformed Church (Whitehall Township), 1734-1895
Emile Zola Cemetery (Fountain Hill)
Emmanuel Church of the United Brethren Cemetery (East Texas)
Emmanuel Evangelical Church (Catasauqua), 1884-1965
Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church (Wescosville), 1936-1971
Episcopal Church of the Mediator (Allentown), 1867-1990
Evangelical Church Cemetery (Emmaus)

F
Fairview Cemetery (Allentown)
Fairview Cemetery (Macungie)
Fairview Cemetery (Slatington)
Fairview Cemetery Association (Catasauqua), 1938-2002
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mickleys), 1861-1990
Faith United Church of Christ (Center Valley), 1967-1990
Fegley, Rev. Henry Swinehart, 1874-1906
First Presbyterian Church of Allentown (Allentown), 1847-1988
First United Presbyterian Church of Hokendauqua
(Whitehall Township), 1858-1987
Fogel, Rev. Edwin J., 1864-1917
Fogelsville Union Cemetery (Upper Macungie Township)
Fountain Hill Cemetery (Fountain Hill)
Friedens Church (Upper Saucon Township), 1793-1990
Friedens Church Cemetery (Upper Saucon Township)
Friedens Union Church (Washington Township), 1847-1959
Friedens Union Church Cemetery (Washington Township)
Friedensville Reformed and Lutheran Congregations:
see Friedens Church (Upper Saucon Township)

G
German Baptist Cemetery (East Texas)
Gethsemane Cemetery (Catasauqua)
Good Shepherd United Church of Christ (Slatington), 1917-2009
Grace Evangelical Congregational Church (Allentown), 1901-1990
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1894-1980
Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church (Allentown), 1904-1971
Grace Lutheran Congregation (Macungie), 1893-1976
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (Catasauqua), 1867-1952
Grace United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1899-1987
Great Swamp Church Cemetery (Lower Milford Township)
Great Swamp Reformed Congregation (Lower Milford Township), 1736-1939
Greenwood Cemetery (Allentown)

H
Heidelberg Church (Heidelberg Township), 1740-1978
Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran Congregation
(Heidelberg Township), 1768-1850
Heidelberg Union Church Cemetery (Heidelberg Township)
Helffrich, Rev. Johannes Heinrich, 1790-1810
Helffrich, Rev. John, 1816-1862
Hellfrich, Rev. William, 1852-1894
Herman, Rev. Alfred Jasper, 1853-1907
Herman, Rev. Charles Gebler, 1815-1861
Hess, Rev. Samuel, 1827-1875
Highland Park Cemetery (Allentown)
Hillside Cemetery (Whitehall)
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Slatedale), 1901-1974
Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church (Catasauqua), 1873-1988
Holy Trinity United Church of Christ (Slatington), 1917-1959

I
Immaculate Conception Church Cemetery (Allentown)

J
Jacob’s Union Church (Jacksonville), 1840-1986
Jacob’s Union Church Cemetery (Jacksonville)
Jerusalem Church Eastern Salisbury (Salisbury Township), 1759-1989
Jerusalem Church Eastern Salisbury Cemetery (Salisbury Township)
Jerusalem Church Western Salisbury (Salisbury Township), 1734-1995
Jordan Lutheran Church (South Whitehall Township), 1741-1907
Jordan Lutheran Church Cemetery (South Whitehall Township)
Jordan Reformed Church (South Whitehall Township), 1765-1858
Jordan United Church of Christ Cemetery (South Whitehall)

K
Keller, Rev. Eli, 1874-1913
Keller, Rev. John F., 1907-1939
Keneseth Israel Cemetery Association (Allentown)
Kressley, Rev. Thomas M., 1891-1952
Krick, Rev. Thomas H., 1904-1930

L
Laurel Cemetery (Whitehall)
Lehigh Church (Lower Macungie Township), 1750-1896
Leopold, Rev. Owen, 1859-1902
Lowhill Church (Lowhill Township), 1769-1870
Lowhill Church Cemetery (Lowhill Township)
Lynnville Cemetery (Lynn Township)

M
Macungie Baptist Church Cemetery (Macungie)
Memorial Presbyterian Church of Lockridge (Alburtis), 1870-1956
Methodist Episcopal Church (Allentown), 1857-1865
Mickleys Cemetery (Mickleys)
Mickleys-Schoenersville Lutheran Parish (1932-1941)
Miller’s Church Cemetery (Laury’s Station)
Moravian Church (Emmaus), 1754-1869
Moravian Church Cemetery (Emmaus)
Moravian Church of Coopersburg (Coopersburg), 1955-1990
Morganland Church Cemetery (Lowhill Township)

N
Neffs Church. See Union United Church of Christ and Unionville
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Northwood Cemetery (Emmaus)

O
Old Allentown Cemetery (Allentown)
Old Zionsville United Church of Christ Cemetery (Upper Milford Township)
Oswald, Rev. James O., 1902-1927
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery (Whitehall)

P-Q
Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua (Catasauqua), 1842-1988

R
Rahn, Rev. Clarence R., 1923-1970
Rath, Rev. William, 1852-1871
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1926-1990
Resurrection Cemetery (Wescosville)
Resurrection Cemetery Polish National Catholic Church (Whitehall)
Rittersville Cemetery (Allentown)

S
Sacred Heart Cemetery (Allentown)
Salem East Texas Evangelical United Brethren Church (East Texas), 1936-1971
Salem United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1851-1986
Salem United Church of Christ (Catasauqua), 1875-1987
Salem United Methodist Cemetery (East Texas)
Salem United Methodist Church (Allentown), 1880-1962
Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery (Zionsville)
Saucon Mennonite Church Cemetery (Upper Saucon Township)
Schlossers Church (Unionville). See Union UCC and Unionville
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Schoenersville Cemetery Association (Schoenersville)
Schoenersville-Rittersville Lutheran Parish (1906-1911)
Seiberlingsville Cemetery (Weisenberg Township)
Seibert Evangelical Congregational Church (Allentown), 1891-1988
Shari Shalom Cemetery (Whitehall)
Slatedale Cemetery (Washington Township)
Slatedale Lutheran Church (Washington Township), 1901-1954
Solomon’s United Church of Christ (Macungie), 1843-1991
Solomon’s United Church of Christ Cemetery (Macungie)
Sons of Israel Cemetery (Whitehall)
St. Andrew’s Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery (Whitehall)
St. Andrews United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1900-1994
St. Ann’s Catholic Church Cemetery (Emmaus)
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1913-1989
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church (Coopersburg), 1891-1990
St. John’s (Millers) Reformed Congregation (Laurys), 1868-1950
St. John the Baptist Slovak Church Cemetery (Allentown)
St. John’s Church (Fogelsville), 1836-1881
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1852-1987
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Emmaus), 1882-1932
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Slatington), 1871-1988
St. John’s Fullerton United Church of Christ (Whitehall), 1902-1987
St. John’s Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery (Emmaus)
St. John’s Lutheran Church (Coplay), 1873-1988
St. John’s (Miller’s) Reformed Congregation (Laurys), 1868-1950
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1866-1985
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Coopersburg), 1893-1989
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Emmaus), 1876-1988
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Fogelsville), 1906-1987
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Mickleys), 1850-1973
St. John’s United Church of Christ (Slatington), 1907-1988
St. John’s Union Cemetery (Mickleys)
St. Joseph’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1888-1990
St. Lawrence Cemetery (Catasauqua)
St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1888-1987
St. Mark’s Cemetery (Allentown)
St. Mark’s United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1885-1989
St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery (Fullerton)
St. Matthew’s Evangelical Congregational Church (Emmaus), 1902-1990
St. Matthews Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1890-1986
St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1876-1986
St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery (Whitehall)
St. Paul’s (Blue) Church (Upper Saucon Township), 1740-1990
St. Paul’s (Blue) Church Cemetery (Upper Saucon Township)
St. Paul’s (Blue) Reformed Church (Upper Saucon Township), 1802-1965
St. Paul’s Church Cemetery (Seiberlingsville)
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1785-1986
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Trexlertown), 1785-1968
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Catasauqua), 1853-1987
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Cementon), 1900-1990
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Fountain Hill), 1888-1990
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Trexlertown), 1907-1955
St. Paul’s Union Church (Trexlertown), 1784-1882
St. Paul’s Union Church Cemetery (Trexlertown)
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1912-1989
St. Peter’s Church (Lynnville), 1857-2001
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church (Allentown), 1867-1988
St. Peter’s Union Church (Rittersville), 1842-1913
St. Peter’s Union Church (Upper Milford Township), 1844-1857
St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1900-1988

T
Trexler Park Cemetery (Allentown)
Trexler Private Burial Ground (Upper Macungie Township)
Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church (Allentown), 1892-1988
Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church (Allentown), 1921-1989
Trinity Reformed Church (Coplay), 1868-1922
Trinity United Church of Christ (Allentown), 1892-1987
Trinity United Church of Christ (Coplay), 1868-1957
Trinity United Methodist Church (Allentown), 1970-1986

U
Union Cemetery Association (Slatington)
Union Church and School Association (Dillingersville), 1744-1790
Union Church Cemetery (Neffs)
Union Evangelical Lutheran Church (Neffs), 1797-1985
Union United Church of Christ (Neffs), 1765-1985
Union West End Cemetery (Allentown)
United Mennonite in Christ Cemetery (Upper Saucon Township)
Upper Milford Evangelical Church Cemetery (Zionsville)
Upper Milford Mennonite Church Cemetery (Upper Milford Township)


V
Vera Cruz E. C. Church Cemetery (Upper Milford Township)

W- X- Y
Weaver, Rev. Robert C., 1874-1910
Weisenberg Church (New Tripoli), 1758-1976
Weisenberg Union Church Cemetery (Weisenberg Township)
Welsh Cemetery (Slatington)
Western Salisbury Union Church Cemetery (Salisbury Township)
Woodlawn Memorial Park (Allentown)
Yeager, Rev. Joshua, 1802-1888

Z
Zeller, Rev. Daniel, 1825-1867
Ziegel Church Cemetery (Weisenberg Township)
Ziegel Union Church (Weisenberg Township), 1744-1963
Zion Brethren of Christ Cemetery (Upper Macungie Township)
Zion Church of the United Brethren in Christ Church (Allentown), 1865-1970
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Cemetery (Old Zionsville)
Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church (Emmaus), 1936-1970
Zion Lehigh Church Cemetery (Lower Macungie Township)
Zion Lutheran Congregation (Old Zionsville), 1757-1903
Zion Reformed Church (Allentown), 1765-1989
Zion Reformed Church (Old Zionsville), 1756-1881
Zion Reformed Church Cemetery (Old Zionsville)