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From: Justin Kirk Houser <>
Subject: Re: [PACLINTO] Colonial PA
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:17:29 -0500
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Nancy,

What was your father's background (Congregationalist or Evangelical
and Reformed)?

My maternal grandparents are members of St. John's United Church of
Christ in Bellefonte, formerly E & R, and before that German
Reformed, and my grandfather's cousin, Rev. C. Nevin Stamm, pastored
there from 1938 to 1947. My grandfather was recently honored as a
67-year member of the congregation.

Justin

At 02:13 PM 12/10/2006, you wrote:
>Thanks so much Justin! I usually can count on you to find an answer for me.
>Incidentally this is the 50th anniversary of the merger of the
>Congregational and Evangelical and Reformed churches. My father turned an
>anti-merger church into pro-merger, which was quite a feat at the time!
>
>Nancy
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>From: "Justin Kirk Houser" <>
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>Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [PACLINTO] Colonial PA
>
>
> >A pastoral record such as this would, I suspect, be welcomed at the
> > Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society Archives at the Philip
> > Schaff Library, Lancaster Theological Seminary, as they were the main
> > antecedent body of the UCC in this part of the country. They could
> > cross-reference it by location and have a friendly visitors policy,
> > which would enable the record to be accessible to researchers, and
> > preserved for future generations.
> >
> > However, since your father served in the New England area, perhaps a
> > Congregationalist Church archive would be more suitable. Try
> > e-mailing ERHS and see what they suggest.
> >
> > Their website is here:
> > http://www.erhs.info/
> >
> > Justin
> >
> > At 01:57 PM 12/10/2006, you wrote:
> >>Since we are on the topic of old scrapbooks, I am wondering if anyone has
> >>suggestions for something I have. I apologize that it isn't from PA. My
> >>father was a minister and kept his own copy of parish records:baptisms,
> >>confirmations, funerals, marriages. He served churches in CT,NJ,MA,CA,NY,
> >>NH--all were UCC except one Presbyterian (NJ).These records helped me find
> >>some lost cousins whose children he baptized.
> >>
> >>Since they are not from one church or location, I am in a quandary as to
> >>whether they have value for anyone other than my family.
> >>
> >>My father was descended from Gideon SMITH of Beech Creek and his son
> >>Thomas
> >>Armstrong Smith and William and Beulah TEMPLETON early settlers of Beech
> >>Creek whose daughter Beulah married Thomas A. Smith's son Samuel O. Smith.
> >>
> >>Nancy Neuman
> >>Lewisburg
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>The Ross Library in Lock Haven has a number of old scrapbooks similar
> >> >>to
> >> >>what you describe and it would be a welcome gift for their
> >> >>Pennsylvaniia
> >> >>Room where it could be perused by many people interested in this
> >> >>area..They
> >> >>have a website at rosslibrary.org.
> >>
> >>
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