Continuing the family history reaearch of
Dr. Ezra Clayton Saylor
(1881 - 1954)

His Work

Following Dr. Saylor's death his family contacted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The list below indicates the extensive data also available for review at a LDS Family Library.

LDS

Book or

Microfilm #

DESCRIPTION

Book

974.879/

B3 K2

Church records of Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania : church book of congregations of both Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed (Brothers Valley Township); births, deaths, baptisms, marriages and burials, approximate period covers 1788-1856

Book

974.879 V3s

Rockwood area cemeteries; Black, Middlecreek, Milford, and Upper Turkeyfoot Townships; Somerset Co., PA, c.1800 to 1930's

22054

Births and baptisms of Somerset Co., Pa. : Reformed and Lutheran church records of Berlin, Somerset County, Pa.

Translated from the German script by E. C. Saylor.

22055
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Family genealogies of Berlin, Somerset County, and surrounding areas.

Compiled from family bibles, church records and tombstone inscriptions. A source, location and date is noted at the bottom of each page. About 600 pages.

22056

Church book for both of the Evangelical Congregations [Lutheran and Reformed], Somerset County, Milford Township, Pennsylvania, 1795:

Sanner Church record translated by E. C. Saylor of Berlin, PA during the spring of 1926

  • Mulls or Bridigm
  • Fichtners or Wagamans

Later consolidated to form Mt. Lebanon. Originally these congregations were served by Lutheran and Reformed ministers.

22057

Church records, Stoystown, Tvedeus [i.e., Friedens], Shaffer, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania
  • Stoystown Reformed pages 1 - 149, 892 baptisms
  • Frieden's Reformed pages 150 - 170, 140 baptisms
  • Stoystown Lutheran
  • Shaffer Lutheran pages 209 - 268

22058

Church records Greenville, Friedens, Wellersburg, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania
  • Friedens Evangelical Lutheran page 2 - 57
  • Wills Evangelical pages 60 - 102
  • Wellersburg Reformed pages 106 - 155
  • Zion Ev. Lutheran of Wellersburg page 159 - 181
  • Greenville Lutheran and Reformed pages 182 - 283

22059

Church records, Sanner, Samuels, miscellaneous years, Somerset Pennsylvania
  • Sanner record page 1 - 160
  • Samuels old record page 167 - 193
  • Samuels 3rd record page 195 - 222
  • Lohrs or Bakersville page 225 - 278

22060

Church records, Wellersburg, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania
  • Wellersburg Reformed and Lutheran Church of Southampton Township. pages 1 - 163
  • Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Berlin pages 166 - 306

22061

Copy of the Amity Reformed Church records, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, 1854-1942
  • Infant baptisms pages 1 - 182, total 1635
  • Adult baptisms pages 183 - 186, total 138
  • Confirmations pages 187 - 223, total 1450
  • Marriages pages 234 - 232, total 260
  • Deaths pages 233 - 248, total 487

22062

Church records, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania: Pine Hill, Fritz Hayes
  • Pine Hill Lutheran pages 1 - 164
  • Fritz, later St. Pauls Lutheran pages 217 - 342
  • Mt Zion or Hays Reformed pages 175 - 212

22063

Church records, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania: Savage Run, Mount Tabor, St. Lukes
  • Savage Run or Finks pages 1 - 23
  • Zimmermans or Mt Tabor pages 25 - 55
  • St Lukes or Mountain Reformed pages 59 - 120

22064

Church records, miscellaneous years, Somerset, Pennsylvania; Stoystown, Glade, White Oak
  • Stoystown Lutheran, now Grace Lutheran page 1 -  72
  • Glade Lutheran, Stoneycreek Twp. page 141 - 228
  • White Oak Reformed, Allegheny Twp. page 230 - 271

22065

22066

22067

 Cemetery records of Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Estimated to contain 40,000 transcriptions including  location of the family grave site and date of transcription.

22068

Marriage & death records by Bishop C. G. Luit, 1855-1908.

Conrad G. Lint served in the Church of the Brethren in Summit Township and Meyersdale.

22068

Military records for Somerset County, Pennsylvania
 

Minutes of the Berlin congregation, now Brethren Church of Berlin, Pennsylvania, 1882-1888

22068

Registers of family wills involving estates, nos. 1-2, 1795-1943

1414853

Church record of the Glade Reformed and Lutheran Congregation in Stoney Creek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; 1812-1865 inclusive
Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 2000 Intellectual Reserve, Inc

In addition to the SAYLOR family data, Dr. E. C. Saylor compiled data that touches almost every early Somerset County family. Copies of his work are available at the following locations:

Berlin Area Historical Society
400 Vine Street
Berlin, PA  15530
814-267-5987

Meyersdale Public Library
210 Center Street
PO Box 98
Meyersdale, PA 15552
814-634-0512

The Masthof Press
219 Mill Road
Morgantown, PA 19543-9701
610-286-0258
 

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The Peter Leibundgutt Journal
by Lois Ann Mast
Translated by Dr. E. C. Saylor
Location of the original German text unknown
Copies also available in Berlin and Meyersdale