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

 Subject
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

A. W. Penoyer papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243283]
Identifier: 92
Scope and content

Account book for Penoyer when in the employ of John E. Gillette, Ontario County, New York; record of the organization of the Union Sunday School (1860); South Bristol School District records (Penoyer, Superintendent); also, bills of sale, notes of a meeting to plan a House of Public Worship in Canandaigua; accounts for general expenses, cash sales, hired help, and a contract for teaching school.

Dates: 1856-1863.

First Congregational Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6175
Scope and content

Records of the Church including church meeting minutes (1799-1908), church discipline (1817-1881), church doctrine (1799-1844), meeting minutes (1805-1962), financial records (1805-1964), legal documents (1799-1939) and records of women's associations ((1824-1971).

Dates: 1799-1978.

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6170
Scope and content

Quarterly conference, official board and leader's meeting minutes (1857-1875); church register (1838-1885); trustee meeting minutes (1861-1873); and quarterly conference meeting minutes of the Canandaigua Station (1860-1890).

Dates: 1838-1890.

First Presbyterian Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6160
Scope and content

Minutes recording the formation of the church; appointment of official members; church issues; financial and property matters; and reports form the Sunday School, Ladies Society and Young People's Union.

Dates: 1870-1899.

St. John's Episcopal Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6174
Scope and content

One volume of warden's and vestrymen's meeting minutes (1837-1869), one volume of annual warden's and vestrymen's meeting minutes (1857-1859); four volumes of membership information (1834-1849, 1816-1835, 1816-1869, 1863-1892); one volume of accounts for the construction of the church (1816-1817) and a pamphlet entitled "The Protestant Episcopal Pulpit" containing the transcriptions of two sermons.

Dates: 1816-1892.

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6120
Scope and content

Registers of baptisms (1848-1872); confirmations (1852-1896); and marriages (1848-1872). Also baptismal records.

Dates: 1848-1896.