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Hall's Index

Hall's Index of
American Presbyterian Congregations
Hall's Index is a compilation and summary of information on Presbyterian congregations published as part of the General Assembly minutes, annual denomination yearbooks, and related sources. The index contains the organization and dissolution dates of churches as well as denomination and location changes, mergers, and other actions.
The information in Halls Index is useful for several purposes. The index can help you determine the correct name and location of active and dissolved congregations, which will enable you to search for congregation records in PHS's holdings. Congregation records at the society are cataloged by the name of the city and state associated with the congregation, and the name of the church. Hall's Index is particularly useful if you know the name of a congregation and the state where it is/was located, but not the city. Hall's Index also allows you to compile a list of all Presbyterian congregations (active, dissolved, etc.) in a particular city or state over time.
Two conventions you need to know about the Index:

Two-letter postal abbreviations are used in the state field
Everything is spelled out in names; for example, Saint Paul, Fort Branch, Prospect Avenue, Fifth Street rather than St. Paul, Ft. Branch, Prospect Ave., Fifth St.
This index is an on-going project. Currently Hall's Index does not yet contain information on churches from the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Note that mention of a congregation in the Index, does not mean that PHS holds records for the church. You still need to search CALVIN to check for records.
Please see a more detailed description of Hall's Index for additional information about denominations covered by the Index as well as date and location conventions.
PHS extends its thanks to Russell Hall for his decades of work which resulted in the Hall's Index of American Presbyterian Congregations.



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