Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Of Perkinsville Records,1851-1920.

Collection Number: 6127

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Perkinsville records, 1851-1920.

Collection Number:

6127

Creator:

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Perkinsville (Perkinsville, N.Y.)

Quantity:

1 reel microfilm.

Forms of Material:

Microfilm.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Registers of baptisms (1851-1876) with additional dates up to 1933; marriages (1851-1918); and deaths and burials (1851-1918); inventories of church property; and financial records for 1868-1870 and 1913-1921. Additional membership records provide European origin and acreage owned by families. Text of registers in Latin.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Sacred Heart Catholic Church was organized in 1850 with the church being built the same year. The congregation was predominately German speaking. A parochial school was built in 1853. A new organ was purchased for the church in 1869. An addition to the school was added in either 1870 or 1871. Funds for a new school building were collected from 1913-1921.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Perkinsville (Perkinsville, N.Y.)

Catholic Church -- New York (State) -- Perkinsville.

Catholic Church

Subjects:

Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Perkinsville.

Church records and registers

Places:

Steuben County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.

Perkinsville (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.