Pennsylvania: Reformed Congregation of Roth's Church Baptisms, York County 1818-1900

York County lies in the southern portion of Pennsylvania. Jackson Township is located in the western area of York County. This database contains the records of the Reformed Congregation of Roth's Church in Jackson Township. Researchers may find a record of baptisms, including an individual's sponsors, for those who lived in the area during the years 1818 through 1900. For those interested in this part of Pennsylvania, this will be a useful 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 their records a time-consuming ordeal for most genealogists. Church records 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 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. Lutheran and Reformed records in Pennsylvania rank among the very best.