02413mpc  2200349 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025007001400066007001400080035002400094035002200118040002400140110005800164245006300222300002300285535005600308545063900364520033601003555001501339580009001354524013101444610008601575650006101661650005901722650003201781651005301813651004801866655001801914773010101932905002102033998000902054209853919990923120000.0920626i18271929nyu     a           eng dhdrafb---babahdrafb---baca  a(CStRLIN)NYCV92A567  a(NIC)notisAKT7401  aNICcNICeappmdNIC2 aMethodist Episcopal Church of Dresden (Dresden, N.Y.)00aMethodist Episcopal Church of Dresden records,f1827-1929/  a2 reels microfilm.1 aRecords held by United Methodist Church of Dresden.  aIn 1827 Methodist circuit riders began to hold services in Dresden when it became a charge on the Crooked Lake circuit.  The society began to collect funds, in 1829 to buy a lot and build a church.  The church was completed in 1832.  The first class of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Dresden was organized in 1831.  The church was sold to Baptists during a low period for the Methodist Episcopal society.  No trustee or board meetings were held between 1841-1848.  A board meeting in the Presbyterian church reorganized the church March 21, 1848 and by April 1848 the church had purchased their old church from the Baptist society.  aOne volume register (1827-1929), a leader's and a steward's book (1869-1908), one volume of quarterly conference records (1868-1903), a Sunday school register (1859-1873), one volume of Ladies Benevolent Society meeting minutes (1855-1877), and one volume of financial records concerning the construction of the church (1830-1832).  aItem list.  aForms part of:  Study Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York Collection.  aMethodist Episcopal Church of Dresden records, #6130. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.20aMethodist Episcopal Church of Dresden (Dresden, N.Y.)bLadies Benevolent Society. 0aChurch records and registerszNew York (State)zDresden. 0aMethodist Episcopal ChurchzNew York (State)zDresden. 0aMethodist church buildings. 0aYates County (N.Y.)xReligious life and customs. 0aDresden (N.Y.)xReligious life and customs. 7aMinutes.2aat0 7nnbctStudy Center for Early Religious Life in Western New York collection.w(CStRLIN)NYCV92-428  a19990923120000.0  s9554