Welcome!

The ELCA Region 8 Archives preserves and provides access to records of enduring historical value created by the congregations and synods within the eastern portion of ELCA Region 8: Allegheny Synod, Upper Susquehanna Synod, Lower Susquehanna Synod, Delaware-Maryland Synod, and Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod.

Note

The ELCA Region 8 Archives website is currently under construction. Complete information regarding our collections and policies will be available in October 2010. In the meantime, please feel free to contact us for further information. If you wish to conduct research at the Region 8 Archives, please go to the Research Inquiries page.

Tri-Synod Archives

For records of the congregations and synods within the western portion of ELCA Region 8 (Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod, Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, and West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod), please contact the Tri-Synod Archives at Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

ELCA Region 8 Archives
A. R. Wentz Library
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
66 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg, PA 17325-4325

Hours: By appointment only; Tuesday and Wednesday 11:00am-4:30pm, Thursday 11:00am-3:30pm

Phone: (717) 334-6286 ext. 2131
Email: archivist@elca-reg8archives.org