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August 19, 2021
Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church. Located about two miles west of Chambersburg, Pa. Founded in 1734. Present building erected in 1794. [Pearl ID: 14120]

The Presbyterian Historical Society strongly encourages churches to send their original records of permanent value to us to protect them from all the usual calamities that befall historic documents....

November 17, 2020

Editor’s note: In the Poethig family papers at PHS researchers can find two intertwined stories about the history of the Plymouth Colony: (1) a study of Plymouth’s founding 400 years ago written by Eunice Blanchard Poethig and (2) the story of the Poethigs’ connection to that history, written by Richard and Eunice Poethig.

The excerpts below explain the precarious history of “Plimoth.” They also remind us of...

July 8, 2020

On June 18, 2020, PHS staff led a Zoom webinar on how to navigate the records of the Presbyterian Church to research family history.

Watch the video below to see Charlene and Lisa demonstrate how to conduct effective searches of PHS resources and identify materials containing genealogical information. They also answered questions and offered tips on how...

January 8, 2019

One of the most interesting things about working in an archive is that you never know what you will find inside records. While working on a Genealogy Research Service request related to the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, Ohio, I came across some unexpected drawings and figures. Reproduced in this post you can see the pages that caught my eye. (Click images to enlarge.)

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October 26, 2011
Family history is one of the most commonly researched topics at the Presbyterian Historical Society. Baptism, funeral, marriage, and membership records (among other documents) are some of the most useful materials for tracing one's roots. To help genealogists become better acquainted with PHS's holdings and use our materials most effectively, we have developed a new section of our website answering some of genealogists' most frequently asked questions and providing links to additional genealogy resources. Visit the...
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