About This Collection
Images of inventory questionnaire forms documenting churches and synagogues across Pennsylvania. Information provided on the questionnaire forms is both the official name and the name by which the congregation was most commonly known, address of congregation, date originally formed, date of formal organization, and the name of founder or mother church body. Also given are any changes in the name over time, any former addresses and dates of occupancy, method of organization, information on any properties purchased or sold together with the dates of such transactions and the names of sellers or purchasers. Also noted is the type of building occupied, date building was erected, dates consecrated and dedicated, and architectural characteristics. Also given is name of first settled pastor or rabbi and his secular occupation, name of then current pastor or rabbi and date commenced service, status of administrative records and minute books, and information on Sunday Schools, published and unpublished histories, directories, registers of baptisms, births, deaths, marriages, membership, and cemeteries. Accompanying the inventory forms, brochures, programs, and photographs also may be found. Disclaimer: Additional records from this series are available on Ancestry.com in the Pennsylvania, U.S., WPA Church Archives, 1937-1940 collection, which covers the contents of microfilm rolls #298-299 and 3258-3313. Not all records in this series are digitized. Please visit the PA State Archives to see the rest of the collection.
