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Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu |
Compiled by:
M.M.
rev. P.W. |
Date completed:
Feb. 1981
rev. Aug. 1981 |
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor, Aug. 2004
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© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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Description
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The Parish Register,
1847-1918
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Item #1 | |
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246 pages numbered on alternate pages. ".5" is used to represent the unnumbered pages.
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Index
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Page 1
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Statement of commencement of records, and names of wardens and vestrymen, 1847.
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Page 1.5-2.5
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List of communicants, 1848-1854.
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Page 3-31.5
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Chronological records, 1847-1866. including records of annual elections of wardens and vestrymen, deaths, confirmations, baptisms,
communions, weddings, invitations extended for the pastoral charge of the church, and church collections.
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Page 32-48
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List of communicants, 1883-1916.
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Page 48.5-49
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List of marriages including date, place of marriage, and witnesses, 1915-1917
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Page 49.5-55
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List of communicants, 1854-1882.
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Page 55.5-57.5
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List of baptisms, 1846-1856 - information given varies.
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Page 58
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Confirmations, 1848-1854.
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Page 58.5
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List of baptisms, 1856.
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Page 59-59.5
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Missing from volume.
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Page 60
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List of marriages including only the couple's name and place of residence, 1849-1854.
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Page 62-63.5
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List of burials including date, age, and occasional mention of place of service, 1848-1868.
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Page 64-65.5
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Lists of wardens and vestrymen, 1847-1858.
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Page 66-66.5
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List of collections including date, occasion, reason for collection, and amount collected, 1847-1851.
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Page 67
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Diagram of church with ownership of pews shown.
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Page 67.5-70.5
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List of baptisms including birthdates, names of parents, and names of sponsors, 1858-1868.
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Page 71-72.5
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List of wardens and vestry, 1866-1869.
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Page 73-74.5
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List of burials including name, date, age, and place of death, 1904-1918.
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Page 75-76.5
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List of confirmations including names of visiting bishops and rectors who presented those being confirmed, 1907-1915.
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Page 77-79
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List of baptisms including names of parents, sponsors, date, and place of baptism, 1908-1913.
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Page 79.5-84
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List of confirmations including date, name of rector presenting those being confirmed and sometimes the name of the bishop,
1856-1904
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Page 91.5-103
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List of marriages including place of residence, place of ceremony and date, 1854-1914.
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Page 103.5
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List of baptisms including place of baptism, parent's names, sponsors' names, date, 1869-1871.
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Page 104.5
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List of offerings, 1856-1858.
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Page 105.5-122
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Lists of baptisms; information given varies, 1872-1881.
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Page 123
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List of teachers and members of Bible class, 1848.
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The Parish Register,
1848-1888
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Item #2 | |
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Page 1-4
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Account of the origin of the church, 1852-1859.
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Page 6-9
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Records of wardens and vestrymen elected, 1867-1869.
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Page 14-22
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Lish of parishioners including date, residence, and remarks, 1867-1906.
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Page 42-137
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Lists of baptisms including date, parents, sponsors, birthdate, officiating clergyman, and remarks, 1856-1919.
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Page 144-153
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Lists of confirmations including date, officiating bishop, and remarks, 1856-1919.
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Page 172-213
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Lists of communicants - information given varies, 1855-1900.
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Page 222-244
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List of marriages including generally the date, place of marriage, officiating clergyman, witnesses, and remarks, 1856-1917.
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Page 250-269
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Lists of burials including date, time of death, age, place of interment, and officiating clergyman, 1856-1919.
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Page pagination stops
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List of offerings including object, remarks, and amount, 1855-1888.
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The Vestry Minutes,
1856-1938
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Item #3 | |
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The Vestry Minutes include: a brief history of the church; a copy of the church's deed; an account of incorporation; decisions
about pew rents; salaries of officiating clergymen; elections of wardens and vestrymen; payments of debts; a series of letters
published in the Havana Journal concerning a misunderstanding between P.S. Ruth and the vestrymen (in particular, Charles
Cook); letters of resignation, acceptance, and decline of various church positions; tributes to the deceased prominent members
of the church, and treasurer's reports.
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Miscellaneous Papers
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Item #4 | |
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Two affidavits or certificates of baptisms, the first undated and unsigned, the second signed and undated.
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Letter [July 14, ?], Mrs. [Downs] to Rev. Mr. McGinnis, re: the birth and death dates of an individual.
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Newspaper clippings from the "Gospel Messenger," vol. IX, no. XV, and vol. IX, no. 50.
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