Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation

Upper Milford lies in southern Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The Upper Milford Reformed Congregation may also be known as Zion's Reformed Church of Zionsville. This database contains records of the congregation's baptisms and marriages for the years 1757 to 1885. For researchers of this eastern Pennsylvania area, this database will be helpful.

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 each one's records a time-consuming ordeal for most genealogists. Also, church records vary a great deal in content and emphasis according to the basic theology of the religious group that created them.

Early immigrants from England, Scotland, and other 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 Church records in Pennsylvania rank among the very best church records available.