Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church (New Castle, Pa.) records

The Ukrainian Orthodox parish of the Holy Trinity existed in New Castle, Pennsylvania from the 1920s until the early 21st century. This collection contains metrical records, financial records, meeting minutes, and other materials related to its activity.

Summary Information

Creator Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church (New Castle, Pa.)
Title Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church (New Castle, Pa.) records
ID r.12
Dates 1922-2002
Dates (bulk) 1926-1980
Quantity 1 Linear Feet
Languages Ukrainian , English .
Repository Ukrainian History and Education Center Archives

Biographical / Historical

New Castle is located near the Pennsylvania–Ohio border about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and 18 miles southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The city reached its economic peak in the 1920s with a variety of manufacturing industries, but the Depression brought economic decline, followed by a population decline from the 1950s through the rest of the century.

The Ukrainian Orthodox parish of the Holy Trinity was formed in 1926, but it is unclear what bishop or jurisdiction they were under. By the 1930s they were in the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America under bishop Bohdan (Shpyl'ka), and they joined the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA after the "Unification Sobor" of 1950. The parish closed in the early 2000s.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains financial records, meeting minutes, metrical records, photographs, and other materials related to the activities of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Access to this collection is subject to restrictions in order to protect the privacy of still-living individuals, especially in regards to baptism records, marriage records, and the parishioner information registers.

Processing Information

Series structure has been imposed by the processing archivist. Loose sheets that had been inserted into the bound volumes have been removed and placed in folders, in some cases with notes indicated between what pages the inserted materials were located.

Controlled Access Headings

Subjects

  • Ukrainian Americans--Religious life
  • Ukrainian Americans--Societies, etc.

Places

  • Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Region

Genres

  • Church records and registers
  • Minutes (Records)

Status of materials

These materials belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, and are on deposit with the Ukrainian History and Education Center for processing, preservation, and access.

Container List

Metrical records, 1936-2002.  
Baptism, marriage, and funeral records, 1936-1979.

Scope and Contents

The baptism records include one entry for a baptism in 1922 that was registered in 1948, and one for a baptism in 1936 of a child born in 1926. The funeral records are often extensive, with biographical details and pasted/taped-in obituary clippings and funeral home cards.
  • volume 1
  • box 1 folder 1
Baptism, marriage, confirmation, and funeral records, 1936-2004.

Scope and Contents

This volume contains baptism records from 1936 to 2000, marriage records from 1948 to 1994, confirmation records from 1973 to 1976, and funeral records from 1940 to 2004. Some of the earlier records are clean copies in English from metrical book Volume 1. The confirmation records are for children who had been baptized in a Roman Catholic parish and were being recieved into the Orthodox Church. Loose materials include baptism records/affidavits and marriage licenses.
  • volume 2
  • box 1 folder 2
Baptism records, 1998-2002.

Scope and Contents

Contains three entries.
  • volume 3
Parishioner information registers, 1941, circa 1976.  
Register book, 1941.
  • volume 4
  • box 1 folder 3
"Family Record Envelo-File", circa 1976.

Scope and Contents

Contains file folders with pre-printed forms on the outside for names of family members (including children), birth/baptism/death dates, and other information. Most of the folders themselves contain "Church Family Census Forms" with similar details, as well as addresses, employers, education level, and "personal interests and talents". Some folders also contain matrimonial records, such as marriage licenses, pre-matrimonial questionnaires, divorce decrees, and episcopal authorizations.
  • box 1 folder 4-5
Administrative and financial records, 1922-1965.  
"Recording Book, Bylaws, etc.", 1926-1951.

Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, donation records, and income and expense ledger entries. It also includes a list of the founding members of the parish.
  • volume 5
  • box 1 folder 6
"Knyha koliekty", 1926-1948.

Scope and Contents

Contains dues payment records for individual parishioners, as well as some interspersed income and expense ledger entries. It also includes a list of all clergy who served or visited the parish from 1926 to 1941.
  • volume 6
"Record of Donations", 1945-1951.
  • volume 7
Dues and donation records, 1965.
  • volume 8
Income and expense ledger, 1922-1951.
  • volume 9
Income and expense ledger, 1931-1942.

Scope and Contents

This volume also contains interspersed donation records.
  • volume 10
Income and expense ledger, 1945-1951.
  • volume 11
  • box 1 folder 7
Income and expense ledger, 1952-1960.
  • volume 12
  • box 1 folder 8
Income and expense ledger, 1952-1961.

Scope and Contents

The entries in this volume appear to be clean copies of the entries in Volume 12 (Income and expense ledger, 1952-1960) with the addition of records for 1961.
  • volume 13
  • box 1 folder 9
Seal embosser
  • shared-box 1 item 1
Parish and community life, 1922-1964.  
Parish 25th anniversary celebration, 1951.

Scope and Contents

Contains a commemmorative book/program, list of donations made during the banquet, greeting telegrams, concert program details used by the master of ceremonies, and parish history information (typescript and holograph).
  • box 1 folder 10
Certificates and photograph, 1922-1964 and undated.

Scope and Contents

Contains poster-sized certificates associated with the Ukrainian National Association Branch 74 in New Castle, a certificate for a donation towards the construction of St. Andrew Memorial Church, a certificate for branch 55 of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODWU), and a photograph of archbishop Henadii.
  • oversize shared box 1 folder oversize