Our Parish Record / Year Book: St. John's, Richlandtown, Pa.; Christ's, Trumbauersville, Pa.; Trinity, Quakertown, Pa.; Emmanuel's, Franconia, Pa. [68 issues 1894-1959]

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Book description: Quakertown, PA: Richlandtown Parish, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1894. Partial run of Parish Record/Year Book booklets for the Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of St. John's, Richlandtown; Christ's, Trumbauersville; Trinity, Quakertown; Emmanuel's, Franconia; Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. Variously paginated, all color paper wraps. Run extends from (First Series) No. 8 (1894) through No. 50 (1936), with No. 27 (1913, present but lacking 2 pages, lacking No. 44 (1930) including a 1928 and a 1930 Parish Directory and a 1932 Dedication Program for St. John's Richlandtown, and (Second Series) No. 1 (1937) through No. 23 (1959), complete (no issue in 1950). Starting with No. 20 (1906), Emmanuel's was not included in the records, and starting with No. 26 (1912), Trinity was also eliminated; commencing in 1937 with reorganization, the records are for Old Goshenhoppen, Woxall, Montgomery Co., and Christ, Trumbauersville. A total of 68 items. Pastors include Rev. Mark Owen Heller, Rev. C. C. Schlitzer, Rev. Elbert E. Landis. The first series is continually paginated, ending with page 1106, the second paginated separately, each approx. 16 pp. Content includes financial records, confirmations, baptisms, lists of Sunday School teachers, and synopses of notable events in the congregations' history. Condition ranges Fair (one incomplete issue) to Near Fine, most issues at least VG, with light soiling and/or wear to edges, several early issues with detached but present covers and more substantial edge wear, most later issues showing only light handling wear. A scarce and significant grouping, seldom encountered this complete over so lengthy an era, helpful to Bucks and Montgomery genealogical collections.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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