Source Information

Lineages, Inc., comp. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1788-1885: Neshaminy Presbyterian Church [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Records transcribed from Family History Library copies of church records for this locality. For more information, see Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) #0388543.

About Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1788-1885: Neshaminy Presbyterian Church

Neshaminy Presbyterian Church lies in Warwick, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which is in the very eastern-most part of the state. In this database, researchers may find more than 5,900 congregational records of baptisms, marriages, and burials that occurred between 1788 and 1885. For those seeking ancestors who may have lived in this Pennsylvania area or attended the church, this will be a valuable database.

Church records rank among the very best genealogical records available worldwide, but they are one of the most under-used sources in American genealogy. Until the advent of vital statistics in the United States—a very late development in most states—church records were the primary source of birth, marriage, and death information. The sheer number of denominations and affiliate churches has made identifying and locating each one's records a time-consuming ordeal for most genealogists. Church records also vary a great deal in content and emphasis according to the basic theology of the religious group that created them.

Early immigrants from England, Scotland, and other European countries brought their religious beliefs, institutions, and customs with them, including the keeping of church books in which to record births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communion lists, deaths, and burials. These records can be valuable alternative sources for finding vital information.