Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers of the German Reformed Church, 1840-1843By the early nineteenth century, the powerful Reformed Church movement had established itself among German speaking settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Seeking to launch churches in other communities, missionaries were sent into the surrounding states and territories. In 1827, the church began a newspaper, printed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and later named The Weekly Messenger of the German Reformed Church, to