The Society has a large collection of reference works, periodicals, and books used primarily for family research purposes. In addition to census and tax records, cemetery inventories, and family genealogies, the collection includes the following:
Church records for:
Abington Friends Meeting, 1685-1947
Abington Presbyterian Church, 1714-1862
All Hallows Episcopal Church, 1898-1996 (on microfilm)
Cheltenham Methodist Episcopal Church, 18xx-xxxx
Cemetery records for:
Abington Presbyterian Church
Cheltenham Methodist Episcopal Church
deBenneville Family Burial Ground
Fairview Cemetery
Hatboro Cemetery
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Huntingdon Valley
Local obituaries and death notices, 1894-1960, 1991-present, 68 vols.
Funeral Home Records for:
Helweg Funeral Service (and its predecessor firms), 1859-1965
Baron Rowland Funeral Home (and its predecessor firms), 1891-2002