Quarryville, Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church
According to The Octorara Family of Churches, by Wayne Morris (Honey Brook, PA: Herald Publishing Co., 1960), the Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Quarryville, Pennsylvania, was organized in 1727. Records of this congregation deposited with the society include:
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Quarryville, PA
- Burying ground records, 1882–1889 (Call number: Upper Vault V MI46 M584b)
- Membership list, June 1808; with subscription accounts of parishioners with the minister, 1816-1827; and trustees minutes, 1796-1833 (Call number: Upper Vault V MI46 M584x)
- Session minutes, 1846-1949 (Call number: Upper Vault V MI46 M584)
The following records have been microfilmed:
- Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, (Quarryville, PA). Records, 1949–1998 (Call number: MFPOS. 1132, 2 reels)
- r. 1 Session Minutes, 1949–1955; 1963–1994.
- r. 2 Session Minutes, 1994–1998; Register, 1915–1942; Trustee Records, 1963–1987.
If you are interested in borrowing the microfilm, please have the interlibrary loan (ILL) librarian at your local public or academic library contact us directly to submit the request on your behalf. We accept ILL requests by letter, email and fax. We loan a maximum of three reels per request for a four-week loan period. We charge a fee of $20.00 per reel, plus $5.00 for shipping. This material will be held on reserve for you and may only be used within the borrowing library. Please provide your ILL librarian with the catalog information provided above when making your request. Please tell the ILL librarian that requests cannot come from OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) because we are not listed as a borrowing institution.
It is the policy of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to restrict access to all official records on deposit at the Presbyterian Historical Society that are less than 50 years old. This restriction applies at the national, mid council, and congregation level. If researchers want to access official records less than 50 years old, we require that they secure written permission from the records’ owners. If this restriction will affect your research, please contact the reference staff at the Presbyterian Historical Society for further information.
The society also holds the following records which do not necessarily contain genealogical information:
- Cash book for monthly contributions, 1903-1910 (1 vol.)
- Fidelis Bible class minutes, 1937-1949 (1 vol.)
- Treasurer’s books, 1837–1850; 1891–1929 (2 vols.)
- Treasurer’s records, 1905–1910
- Treasurer’s record of weekly envelope system, 1895-1899 (1 vol.)
- Trustees minutes, 1847-1956 (3 vols.)
- Sunday school records, 1882–1933
- Sunday school superintendent’s condensed minute book, 1882-1886, 1890-1902, 1910-1915, 1929-1933; with primary Sunday school roll book, 1898-1899 (6 vols.)
- Women’s Missionary Society minutes, 1917–1922; 1925-1941 (3 vols.)
- Women’s Home Missionary Society financial records, 1916–1932 (2 vols.)
