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Storage of Permanent Records For security or other considerations, you may wish to send permanent records to the Presbyterian Historical Society. We will gladly accept the following congregational records on deposit (that is, the ownership of the records remains with the congregation): minutes (sessions, trustees, congregational meetings, and women's associations) * registers charters, articles of incorporation property records see archival checklist for additional categories *Please note that the PHS accepts only the original signed minutes or microfilmed copies of the originals for deposit. Before shipping records please contact Nancy Taylor. MICROFILMING The Presbyterian Historical Society will microfilm your records at cost. The Society established the microfilming program to address the problems associated with preserving manuscripts, published records, and other materials. In contrast to most commercial microfilming firms, the Society uses archival quality microfilm, and the microfilmer is trained to handle rare and fragile documents. When the Society films records for congregations, archival master negatives are stored in Philadelphia, and a positive copy is retained in Philadelphia or Montreat. A positive copy is provided to the church whose records are filmed. This copy can be used on microfilm readers available at most public and college libraries. For more information about microfilm services, please contact the Presbyterian Historical Society. See also Microfilming Questions & Answers

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