First United Presbyterian Church (Tontogany, Ohio) records

The records of the First United Presbyterian Church, Tontogany, Ohio, document the weekly, monthly, and annual activities of the church. The records extend from 1861 to 1978; however, the majority of the material covers the period from 1950 to 1978.

The minutes of the congregational and committee meetings (1950-1978) contain committee, pastor, financial, and membership reports and offer much information on church functions and membership attitudes and beliefs. The data in the Membership Record Book is chronologically the most extensive of the collection (1861-1978), providing rolls of members, pastors, elders, trustees, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. The Church Roll Book (1901-1957) is disorganized in arrangement and offers little information already not included in the Membership Record Book.

Financial information is available in the minutes and also, in a more systematic format, the Treasurer's Book (1967-1978). The activities of women in the church are documented in the minutes of the United Presbyterian Women (1958-1964), 1974-1978) and the Social Circle (Ladies Aid) (1934-1942, 1952-1968). Annual reports (1961, 1970, 1975-1977) and blueprints of additions to the church (1959-1961) complete the collection.

The major value of this collection rest in historical or sociological studies concerned with local post-World War II events. Genealogical researchers may find more value in the earlier records of the collection.