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Note year admitted

Can note be listed as either examined or admitted by letter

If admitted by letter the previous Church will establish good membership based on an examinatination ie. Baptised or from another previous Church. If admitted by letter, the Church will note that and the new member of the Church will most likely retain the letter

It can also include “dismissed” and to where if known

It can note- “dropped” or “suspended” this maybe because of a violation of Church rules

Date and place of death maybe noted

Maiden name followed by married name may show surname connections

If they are found at a main Church in there records, the content may note previous Church copies of the Member and Pastor list, it can also note book losses due to fires etc..

All in all an excellent source of non census information and maybe due the time frame involved my be the only surviving record of genealogical information

The 1st installment

The history of NY’s land exclusive NYC can be found in tracing and exploring the land.

Two very accurate and very useful maps are the 1829 Burr atlas of the state of NY and the 1895 Joseph Bien map of the state of NY.

The Burr Atlas has a collection of county maps based on those that had been erected by that date. While no names of any direct genealogical nature it does have lot numbers which delineated and showed those parcels that were surveyed for land development.

The Bein map, done in 1895 is the state as it was laid out at the time, with the added feature of laying out the grants, patents and the large tracts of land as they were created and sold. The location of each can help to find places where people settled as the land was populated.

There are other types of maps that can help to expand the research done using the two types mentioned above

These will be in the next post

I have a list, from March 24,1869 from the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Oswegatchie, St Lawrence County, NY a list of the Church members who supplied money or loads of wood, to support the Minister for the year.

Can do lookups from the list or check for a specific name from the area, who may have joined the Church

Please use research@fingerlakeshousehistories.com and use Church in subject line thank you

Linked to those who built owned or now living in?

So my question is this kind of link actively pursued?

And why or why not?

Your thoughts…