Guide to the Voegtly Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, 1833-1981 AIS.1985.11

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Voegtly Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records
Creator
Voegtly Evangelical Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Collection Number
AIS.1985.11
Extent
3 microfilm_reels (1960 frames)
Date
1833-1981
Abstract
The records of Voegtly Evangelical Church contain church history, registers, bulletins, and cemetery records, 1833-1981.
Language
English .
Author
David Rosenberg. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in September, 2003.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

History

The Voegtly Evangelical Church is a German-language Protestant Church Established in 1833 by Swiss immigrants to Allegheny City (presently North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.). Named for Nicholas Voegtly, Sr. who donated the land as a site for the first (one story) brick church in 1833. Known in former times as the German United Evangelical Protestant Church, Allegheny, Pa., and later as Pilgram Evangelical Church.

Scope and Content Notes

The Records of Voegtly Evangelical Church contain church history; 100th anniversary booklet; church bulletins; church registers, including deaths, marriages, baptisms, and confirmations; and Cemetary records including inserts; Reel 3 includes additional cemetery grave records that were filmed by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society in 1986. They have been assigned 85:11, Reel 3, designation to keep them in close proximity to the records microfilmed earlier. These records give names, age, grave location (block. lot); in addition one may find lists of children's graves, and notes on internments.

NOTE: Records up unitl 1910 are in German and some registers contain lists of names.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

These records were a gift from Voegtly Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1985.

Existence and Location of Copies

This collection has been microfilmed by Archives Service Center and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society from originals in the possession of the Detre Library and Archives at the Heinz History Center, 1985.

Preferred Citation

Voegtly Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, AIS.1985.11, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh

Previous Citation

Voegtly Evangelical Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, AIS.1985.11, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Voegtly Evangelical Church (North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.), Records, 1833-1981.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by David Rosenberg in July, 1988.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in September, 2003. 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: 1382383

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.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Evangelical Church -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • German United Evangelical Protestant Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    • Pilgrim Evangelical Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    • United Evangelical Church -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Voegtly Evangelical Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    • Evangelical Association of North America

    Geographic Names

    • Dutchtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    • Swiss Bottom (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    • Allegheny (Pa.)
    • Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Religion
    • Pennsylvania -- Church history
    • North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

    Genres

    • Histories
    • Newsletters
    • Indexes

    Other Subjects

    • Swiss -- Pennsylvania
    • Church records and registers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Swiss -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Germans -- Pennsylvania
    • Germans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Baptismal records
    • Ethnic groups
    • German Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Religion
    • Churches and Synagogues
    • Swiss Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Religion
    • Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

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