2288 entries of marriages performed in various places in Lancaster County, giving the names of the couple, where the marriage was performed, the date of the ceremony, and the residences of the couple.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County " page 195 #2.
Includes records for Reformed churches in Waynesboro 1832-1840 and 1847-1851; Lancaster 1840-1847; Shippensburg 1851-1857; Middletown Md. 1857-1863; Wilkes Barre 1864-1866; Frederick Md. 1866-1869; Shippensburg 1869-1875; and New burg 1875-?.
"Local Marriages from 1840-1900, Culled from: Church Records - All denominations, Biographical data; Histories of Lancaster County, Newspaper notices, [and] Genealogical files at L.C.H.S. Notes: A bride's index, also arranged in alphabetical order, is in the rear of this booklet. Marriages from the early 1700's thru 1860 can also be found in a separate booklet." Title page.
Listed alphabetically by groom with bride's index.
"Records were transcribed from Wm. Egle's Notes and Queries (Annual volume,1897)
"Note: There were no marriage records for St. James Church available for: April 19, 1773 to July 17, 1773, September 6, 1773 to October 25, 1773, September 5, 1774 to November 15, 1774, December 27, 1774 to March 16, 1775, August 30, 1778 to January 5, 1784, From 1785 on Records were 'spotty.'"
Library also has photocopy of the original church records.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 197 #4.
Photocopy of original manuscript housed in the archives. Originally in two books.
Book 1 contains records for family cemeteries in West Lampeter Township: Royer/Mylin (Rineer page 454 #13); [Herr] Kendig/Spahn (Rineer page 455 #20); Hershey/Cooper (Rineer page 455 #17) and Lefevere (Rineer page 455 #18).
Book 2 contains records for family cemeteries : Myers (Rineer page 84 #26 Conestoga Township); Barr, [Kendig/Myley] (Rineer page 85 #28 Conestoga Township); Hertzler; Greider [Kreider] (Rineer page 243 #16 Lancaster Township); Harnish/Ripley/Williams; Kreider (Rineer page 454 #12 West Lampeter Township).
Includes records of three churches: Safe Harbor Church, Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 285 #10 in Manor Township; Colemanville Church (Rineer page 79 # 6) in Conestoga Township and Conestoga Church (Rineer page 80 #2) in Conestoga Township.