Summary Information

Title: Trinity United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Pa. Records
Collection Number: AIS.1980.12
Creator: Trinity United Church of Christ (Greensburg, Pa.).

Collection Dates: 1848-April 1980
Extent: 5.0 microfilm reels

Language: English

Abstract:

This microfilmed collection contains the records of the Trinity United (German) Church of Christ, located at 139 Main Street in Greensburg (Westmoreland County), Pennsylvania. This church was formerly known as the Second Reformed Church. The collection includes minutes, financial records, annual reports, letters of resignation, property assessments, and records of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Publisher:

ULS Archives Service Center
University of Pittsburgh Library System
7500 Thomas Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260
412-648-3232
archives-ref@mail.pitt.edu

Date Published:

August 1980

Author:

Finding aid prepared by Katie Kirwan. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in April 1999 and March 2000.

Revision Description:

July 1, 2006:

Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to EAD Version 2002

History

The Trinity United Church of Christ, located at 139 Main Street in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, was once known as the Second Reformed Church. Its congregation consists primarily of people of German ancestry.

Collection Scope and Content Notes

The records of Trinity United Church of Christ (formerly known as the Second Reformed Church) consist primarily of minutes of the church council, 1859-1980. These minutes include financial reports, annual reports, letters of resignation and property assessments. There are three volumes of church records whose titles vary (Combined Church Record, 1848-1890; Pastoral Acts, 1891-1924; Combined Church Record Book, 1923-1944) though they contain similar material such as births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc. Finally, the minute book of the Building Committee, 1880-1881, is included.

Subject Terms

Topics

• Baptismal records -- Pennsylvania -- Greensburg
• German Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Greensburg
• German Americans -- Religion

Corporate Names

• Trinity United Church of Christ (Greensburg, Pa.).
• United Church of Christ.

Locations

• Greensburg (Pa.) -- Church history

Genres/Forms

• Birth records
• Church records
• Death records
• Marriage records
• Microfilms

Category

• Churches and Synagogues
• Ethnic groups

Access and Use

Access Restrictions:

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information:

Microfilmed by the Archives of Industrial Society with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, grant RC-0036-79-l2l0, "Survey and Acquisition of Source Materials Relating to Immigrant and Ethnic Life in Southwestern Pennsylvania" in 1980.

Preferred Citation:

Trinity United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Pa. Records, AIS.1980.12, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Processing Information:

This collection was processed by Katie Kirwan in August 1980.

Processing Information:

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Clay Redding in April 1999. Additional revisions for the endoded version were made by Martha Berg on March 28, 2000. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1437209.

Copyright:

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Location of Original Documents:

Original records in the possession of Trinity United (German) Church of Christ (139 Main St., Greensburg, PA 15601)

Collection Inventory

Series I. Combined Church Record 1848-1890

Scope and Content Notes: Includes constitution, by-laws, consistory minutes, communions, baptisms, church members, members dismissed, marriages, and contributions.

Microfilm-cabinet 2
Drawer 9

Reel

1

Combined Church Record

Series II. Pastoral Acts 1891-1924

Scope and Content Notes: Includes pastors, church officers, church members, births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials, communion seasons,and annual summaries.

Reel

1

Pastoral Acts

Series III. Combined Church Record Book 1923-1944

Scope and Content Notes: Includes church officers, church members, communion seasons, marriages, baptisms of infants, burials, and attendance.

Reel

2

Combined Church Records Book

Series IV. Church Council Minutes, 1859-April 1980

Scope and Content Notes: Includes financial reports, annual reports, letters of resignation,and property assessments for insurance purposes. Includes: 10 Volumes on 3 reels.

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 1 1859-1922

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 2 1923-1931

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 3 1932-1942

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 4 1942-1951

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 5 1952-1960

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 6 1961-1965

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 7 1966-1970

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 8 1971-1974

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 9 1975-1976

Reel

3-5

Church Council Minutes, vol. 10 1977-April 1980

Series V. Minute Book of Building Committee 1880-1881

Reel

5

Building Committee Minute Book