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function DbInfoDescription() { document.write('Located in Penn Township in York County, Pennsylvania, St. Matthew\'s Lutheran Church was founded in 1743. The records in this database span the years 1743-99 and include the names of 4,391 individuals. For researchers of German ancestors who settled in Pennsylvania, this database can provide valuable vital statistics not available in other records.<p>Church records rank among the very best genealogical records available worldwide, but they are one of the most under-used sources in American genealogy. Until the advent of vital statistics in the United States, a very late development in most states, church records were the primary source of birth, marriage, and death information. The sheer number of denominations and affiliate churches has made identifying and locating their records a time-consuming ordeal for most genealogists. Church records vary a great deal in content and emphasis according to the basic theology of the religious group that created them.  <p>Early immigrants from England, Scotland, and European countries brought their religious beliefs, institutions and customs with them, including the keeping of church books in which to record births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communion lists, deaths, and burials. Lutheran and Reformed records in Pennsylvania rank among the very best.'); }
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function DbInfoSourceInfo() { document.write('<DIV class="p_sourceTxtDiv">Lineages, Inc., comp.. <i>St. Matthew\'s Lutheran Church, York County, Pennsylvania, 1743-99</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Original data: <i>Records of St. Matthew\'s Lutheran Church, Penn Township, York County, Pennsylvania, 1743-99</i>. Manuscript from the Historical Society of York County.</DIV>'); }
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