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

 Subject
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Burdick family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 2 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065239646]
Identifier: 264
Scope and content

Records of action taken by the Seventh Day Baptists in their work of securing more strict conformation to the Amendment "Keep Help the Sabbath Day" and wills of various members of the family in Chenango and Livingston Counties, New York.

Dates: 1844-1910.

First Presbyterian Church of Livonia registers (transcripts), 1806-1872.

 Collection — Manuscript box 68 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065253456]
Identifier: 6186
Scope and content

2 copies of a transcript that contains baptismal records (1807-1824), members at time of church organization (1806), members received (1807-1817), and dismissions, suspensions and deaths (1806-1836, 1872).

Dates: 1806 - 1872; Undated

First Universalist Society of Conesus records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6187
Scope and content

Constitution and membership list (1835); copy of the deed to the church property (1837); a subscription list (1837) and pew deeds (1837, 1838)

Dates: 1835-1838.

Genesee Wesleyan Seminary letter

 Collection — Manuscript box 27 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245494]
Identifier: 770
Scope and content

Letter written by "Halsey" to his cousin Gaylord Cooper on life at the seminary.

Dates: 1829.

Livingston and Onondaga County woman's diary

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1: [Barcode: 31924094424581]
Identifier: 6230
Scope and content

The diary contains information about regular activities including attending church services, dedications of churches, ordination ceremonies, Sabbath School classes, lectures, occasional temperance meetings, and weddings. The diary also served as an outlet for her personal feelings.

Dates: 1838-1842.

Methodist Episcopal circuit book

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6190
Scope and content

One volume containing quarterly conference minutes for the Bloomfield and Geneseo circuits combined (August 1829-July 1831), the Livonia and Lima circuits combined (October 1831-September 1835), the Lima and West Mendon circuits (December 1835-June 1836) and the Livonia circuit (1837-1854, 1859, 1869-1880). Minutes for the latter are sometimes titled "Livonia and Hemlock Lake). Livingston, Monroe and Ontario Counties.

Dates: 1829-1880.

Selden family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065184024]
Identifier: 850
Scope and content The greater part of the collection is concerned with activities of Baptist churches in Livingston County, New York, and includes pamphlets of the annual meetings of the Livingston Baptist Association (1844-1918); manuscript volumes relating to the First Baptist Church of East Avon, New York; also, notes of church meetings (1823-1894) including lists of members, articles of faith, covenant, financial pledges (1849-1851), church records (1848-1884). Also, historical pamphlets on Avon and Rush,...
Dates: 1823-1947.

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6107
Scope and content

Registers of marriages (1844-1858, 1859-1895); baptisms (1836-1859, 1859-1895); deaths and burials (1847-1854, 1855-1859, 1859-1938); confirmations (1845, 1848, 1851).

Dates: 1836-1960.

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6108
Scope and content

Registers of marriages (1851-1909); confirmations (1856-1911); deaths and burials (1852-1921) and baptisms (1851-1913).

Dates: 1851-1913.

St. Paul's Lutheran and German Reformed Church of Sparta records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1: [Barcode: 31924124590112]
Identifier: 6145
Scope and content

Annual meeting minutes which includes Articles of Faith and Constitution (1837-1874); lists of communicants (1838-1854, 1867-1875); confirmations (1864-1869, 1875); lists of members, one undated and one dated 1863; baptisms (1838-1853, 1865-1875); and a subscritpion list for shingling the Church (1899).

Dates: 1837-1899.