Zacharias, George Merle de Fere (DeFere) (1848-1910)

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This collection contains the original church records of the Evangelical Reformed Church from 1746-1951. Also included are cemetery records, published histories, newsletters, and biographical information of some clergy.

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The Glade Reformed Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Bulletins - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions. Copied by George Merle de Fere Zacharias, ca. 1894; Typed & Indexed by Bernice H. Simon, 1979 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1769-1829; Deaths, 1831-??; Communicants, 1770-1775. Transcribed by Elizabeth Kieffer, 1964 & Indexed by Bernice H. Simon, 1979 - History

Scope and Contents The Mechanicstown Charge collection consists of 1 box containing: MECHANICSTOWN CHARGE: - Church Records (Apple's & Trinity)(original): Baptisms, 1853-1885; Confirmations, 1876-1886; Marriages, 1875-1884; Deaths, 1867-1886 - History - Committees: - Joint Consistory ( Apple's, St. John's Creagerstown & St. John's Sabillasville): Constitutions, 1859; Minutes, 1857-1874 TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH, MECHANICSTOWN, MD: - Church Records (original): Communicants, 1883-1886; membership,...

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The St. John's Union Church collection consists of one envelope containing: - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions (also includes Inscription on Flagon made by Johann Christoph Heyne) transcriptions by Zacharias - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms. 1787-1801 - History: Anniversary Celebrations, 1922-2007

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The St. Peter's Union Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Church Record (transcription & trans. copy): Lutheran - Baptisms, 1767-1854; Marriages, 1768-1813. Reformed - Baptisms, 1767-1854; Communicants, 1776. Transcribed by George Merle de Fere Zacharias, 1895-1896