%eadnotat; ]> catawmm RECORDS OF CATAWISSA MONTHLY MEETING (CATAWISSA, PA) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF CATAWISSA MONTHLY MEETING (CATAWISSA, PA)A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1796-1808. Catawissa Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). 3 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Catawissa Monthly Meeting was established in 1795 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. Its first business sessions were held in 1796. The monthly meeting was discontinued on 12mo 24, 1808, after many of its members had removed to Canada and Ohio. The remaining members were attached to Muncy Monthly Meeting until 6mo 15, 1814, when Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting was established. Thereafter, Roaring Creek included all the remaining members of Catawissa.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records, all pre-Separation, include: minutes of the men's meeting, 1796-1808; women's meeting minutes, 1796-1808; marriage certificates, 1796-1802; index of removals issued, 1797-1808.

Record of births and deaths at Catawissa contained in the book of births and deaths for Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting, 1790-1901.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit

 Access

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about members of the other branch before the Separation:

Subjects: Catawissa Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends). Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Columbia County. Columbia County (Pa.) -- Genealogy. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general, non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a regular basis.

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Vital Records

At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-28, pre-Separation vital records were generally retained by the branch with which the recorder was affiliated. Researchers are advised to consider vital records which span this period carefully: in many cases, the meeting without the original records may have reconstructed these records for its membership only, giving the impression that individuals in the other branch were never members.

 A Genealogical record of the Friends or Quakers composing Catawissa Monthly Meeting, Penna. 1714-1937 1 v. ; 32 cmPre/HSW Whittier Cabinet 1

Compiled by John E. Eshelman. Record includes death abstracts of Catawissa Monthly Meeting, 1796-1808 and Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting, 1815-1915

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph685 Film 8Q Marriage certificates 1796-1802 1 v. (33 cm.) Pre SW Box 22

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph82 No Film Index to certificates of removal / issued by Catawissa Monthly Meeting 1797-1808 1 item in folder ; 28 cm. Pre SW Box 22

Indexed by Eleanor Melson. Carbon copy of typescript. Certificates of removal recorded in: Muncy Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1819- 1834.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph83 Film 38 Men's Meeting and Joint

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

 Minutes 1796-1808 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre SW Box 22

Minutes of the men's meeting, 1796 4mo 23-1808 12mo 24. Included are extracts from Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting minutes relating to the establishment (1795) and discontinuance (1808) of Catawissa Monthly Meeting.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph82 No Film Minutes: rough 1805-1808 1 v. ; 20.5 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/C36

Rough minutes of the men's meeting, 1805 1mo26-1808 12mo24.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1796-1808 1 v. ; 34 cm. Pre SW RG2/Ph/C36

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

No Film No Film