Have recently obtained obituaries of some of my Pike County ancestors, from The Pocono Record. It seems they were all members of the German Valley Moravian church. Does anyone know if this church is still in existence? Where are its old records? Any information will be greatly appreciated.

I am an Ohio-born Moravian and saw your request. Here is the cite for The Moravian Church in America and the names of the current churches in PA.

http://www.moravian.org/find_us/congregations.html

PENNSYLVANIA NORTHERN PROVINCE, EASTERN DISTRICT
Allentown Calvary Moravian Church
Midway Manor Moravian Church
Bethlehem Advent Moravian Church
Central Moravian Church
College Hill Moravian Church
East Hills Moravian Church
Edgeboro Moravian Church
West Side Moravian Church
Canadensis Canadensis Moravian Church
Center Valley Grace Moravian Church
Coopersburg Coopersburg Moravian Church
Easton First Moravian Church
Palmer Township Moravian Church
Emmaus Emmaus Moravian Church
Hellertown Mountainview Moravian Church
Lancaster Lancaster Moravian Church
Lebanon Lebanon Moravian Church
Lititz Lititz Moravian Church
Nazareth Nazareth Moravian Church
Schoeneck Moravian Church
Newfoundland Newfoundland Moravian Church
Philadelphia Redeemer Moravian Church
Third Moravian Church
Reading Reading Moravian Church
York Covenant Moravian Church
First Moravian Church

Greetings Paula,

I'm sure you either found the information or given up, but just in case I wanted to give you some background on the German Valley Moravian Church.

The Moravians first started conducting services in the German Valley area in 1834, in a town four miles north called Newfoundland. The residents of German Valley held Sunday School in their school house with the pastor of the Newfoundland Moravian Church coming down from time to time to conduct worship services. Sometime between 1897-1907, they built their own church. It was located on the western side of the present PA Route 447, approximately 3.6 miles south of the Newfoundland Church. The church was dedicated July 28, 1907.

The German Valley Congregation worshipped there until the church was closed at the end of 1956. The church was sold in 1962 to an individual who promptly dismantled it.

It is possible that the records for both Newfoundland and German Valley would be combined, since its likely that one pastor served both congregations for most of the time. All of the records should be in the Moravian Church Archives in Bethlehem [www.moravianchurcharchives.org].

Good luck!

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