Bethlehem (Dutch Glory) Lutheran Church (Bethlehem, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG-L 067

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Bethlehem Lutheran Church collection consists of a transcription of the church register, 1791-1860, translated and indexed by Margaret Miller Simon in 1981. It includes baptisms, confirmations and cemetery inscriptions. Also included are the few existing records of Trinity Church, Upper Ten Mile, near Zollarsville (Horn Church), which are: baptisms 1796-1848; confirmation and communicant lists, 1791. Nearly all of its member families are represented in the Bethlehem records.

Dates

Creation: 1791 - 1981

Biographical / Historical

Bethlehem Lutheran Church is also known as Dutch Glory Church. It was organized in 1788 on land sold to the congregation for five shillings by Michael Simon. The first church was a two-room log schoolhouse built in 1788. A second log structure was built in 1797 and lasted nearly fifty years. It is not known how long the church remained union.