Finding aid for the Presbytery of the Western Reserve Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Presbytery of the Western Reserve
Title: Presbytery of the Western Reserve Records
Dates: 1858-1870
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Presbytery of the Western Reserve formed in 1858 in northern Ohio. The first meeting was held in Sandusky. The collection consists of a roll of the presbytery and minutes of meetings. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index

.
MS Number MS 0482
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Presbytery of the Western Reserve Records, 1858-1870, consist of a roll of the presbytery and minutes of meetings.

This collection will be valuable to researchers studying the history of the Presbyterian Church in the Western Reserve and northern Ohio in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. The membership roll might be useful to genealogists.

The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index

.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Church records and registers -- Ohio.
Churches -- Ohio.
Ohio -- Church history -- Sources.
Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- History -- Sources.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. -- Government.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of the Western Reserve.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Church history.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 482 Presbytery of the Western Reserve Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Other Finding Aid

The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed.

Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index

.