Elizabeth, Your mention of "Reformed Parish" in this area of Pennsylvania in the 19th C. undoubtedly refers to the German Reformed Church. Passing through several mergers, this denomination has ended up within the present-day United Church Of Christ (UCC). Archives of old German Reformed churches are preserved in the Philip Schaff Library on the campus of the UCC Seminary in Lancaster PA. You can get contact information and some idea of the assistance that the archival library provides by going to the Website of the Reformed Church In America.The URL is http://www.rca.org/aboutus/archives/ . On that page you will find: "Contact RCA archivist Russell Gasero, 732-246-1779 or rgasero@rca.org ." As an example of what they hold in their archives, I found there the original old leather-bound pastoral acts book of Rev. William Boos in which he had recorded the 1783 marriage performed for my 4th great grandparents, Johannes Zulauf and Maria Margaretha Spahr. I was actually allowed to carry the book to a copy machine and make a copy of the page by myself! I was flabbergasted that they would let me do this with such an old and priceless book. This was over a dozen years ago. If they have changed to a stricter policy since then, I personally would regard it a step in the right direction! In any case, I am eternally indebted to the church archivists for preserving this information so that I could access it more than 200 years later. If you contact the RCA archivist, you might want to ask them which UCC congregation currently in the Newport area is heir to the German Reformed congregation that was there in 1872. Nelson R. Sulouff ///////////////////////////////////////////////// ----- Original Message ----- From: "betlar" <betlar@pipeline.com> To: <PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: [PA-Perry] Reformed Parish, Newport? > Hello,I had requested this information last year and have since lost all my email due to computer problems. I don't think I received any replies, so I am trying again. Can anyone tell me how I could get information for a couple who were married in "Reformed Parish", Newport, Perry Co PA in 1872? Does this chuch (I assume it was a church) still exist? Can anyone provide me with a way to contact them, preferably an email address? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth