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For the Template:NYChurch

Online Church Records Abstracts:



 

Church records may give birth, death and marriage information and are most often found on a local city, town or community level. For more information, see New York Church Records about how to use church records in your research. Many libraries ( WorldCat) and the hold abstracts of church records for. Learn about how to search WorldCat and the Family History Library Catalog. Online Church Records Abstracts: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=kw%3Aonondaga+county+new+york+church&amp;qt=advanced&amp;dblist=638

Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Church Records: Intro task

Description
Fix and add the introduction template under the Church Records heading.

Instructions
1. Copy the following template and paste it in wiki text under the heading Church Records:

2. In the template, replace the county, Onondaga with the name of the county you are working on.

3. In the template, change the numbers listed with the number you obtain from doing the following:


 * While in the new FHLC on FamilySearch.org, select any record under the county's "vital records" topic.
 * 1. Put your county into the search "For" field, i.e. Madison, New York.
 * 2. Click on the county name as it appears beneath what you are typing.
 * 3. Select the vital records at the end of the section.
 * 4. Select any record listed in the section.
 * 5. Under the "Subjects" heading select the link called "New York, (your county)– Vital records".
 * 6. Then click on the blue subject link (i.e. New York, Madison - Vital Records).
 * 7. In the upper left-hand corner you will find a heading titled "Search" containing the term Subject Number. Under that is the heading "For" with a number. Copy the number in the "For" field.
 * 8.Paste the number in the ??? template replacing the number field in the template.

NOTE: The template links to the FHLC and will show any additional records that are added to the FHLC in the future.

Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Church Records: FamilySearch Task

Description
To locate pertinent church record databases on FamilySearch Historical Records and add them to the Church Records heading.

Instructions
1. Search FamilySearch Records

2. If there are less than 5 databases for this county on the website, list the databases under "Online Church Records Abstracts" in chronological and then alphabetical order in the following manner:



3. Replace the "1921435" with the correct title number. The title number can be found in the URL of the database. It's the last number at the end of the url.

4. Be sure to bold the dates that are listed right after the bullet.

Example

 * 1862-1955 – FamilySearch Historical Records - free

Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Church Records: Linkpendium Task

Description
To locate pertinent church record databases on the website Lindpendium and list them under the Church Records heading.

Instructions
1. Go to Linkpendium

2. Select your county and determine how many church record databases are listed.

3. Examine each link to determine:


 * a. If the link works. If it doesn't do not include.
 * b. Examine the information in the database to see if it is worth listing on the wiki. If it's just a church history and does not list church members names, do not list it on the page. It will be your decision as to if it is worthwhile to list the database.

4. If there are less than 5 databases, list them under "Online Church Records Abstracts" in chronological and then alphabetical order in the following manner:



5. If there are dates listed in the title of the database, repeat the dates just after the bullet in bold:



6. If there are more than 5 databases, copy the url link and add the following instead of listing out the databases:



Example

 * 1808-1877 Register of Baptisms at Bloomingdale, 1808-1877 found on New York Historical Record - free
 * Lafayette St. Presbyterian Church - free

OR


 * Allegany County Church Records on Linkpendium

Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Church Records: USGenWeb Task

Description
Search the county NYGenWeb page for pertinent church record databases and add them to the Church Record heading on the county page.

Instructions
1. Click on NYGenweb

2. Click on your county. Once on the page, look around to see if there is a page on Church records. Sometimes it's hiding on the vital records page so look around!

3. Examine each link to determine:


 * a. If the link works. If it doesn't do not include.
 * b. Examine the information in the database to see if it is worth listing on the wiki. If it's just a church history and does not list church members names, do not list it on the page. It will be your decision as to if it is worthwhile to list the database.

4. If there are less than 5 worthwhile databases listed on the website, list each database under "Online Church Records Abstracts" in chronological and then alphabetical order in the following manner:



5. If there are dates listed in the title of the database, repeat the dates just after the bullet in bold: :*1877-1885 Auburn First United Methodist Church, Marriages, 1877 - 1885 on Cayuga County NYGenWeb - free

6. If there are more than 5 databases listed on the GenWeb page, copy the url link to the Church records page and add the following instead of listing each database:



Example

 * 1877-1885 Auburn First United Methodist Church, Marriages, 1877 - 1885 on Cayuga County NYGenWeb - free
 * Christ Episcopal Church - Cuba, New York, Parish Records Index, Volume 1 on Allegany County NYGenWeb - free

OR


 * Allegany County Church Records on NYGenWeb

Task
Wiki Project New York Tasks - Church Records: Internet Archive Task

Description
To locate church records digitized books located on Internet Archive and add them to the Church Records heading.

Instructions
1. After the last Church Records database listed, add the following in heading 3, Online Books

Go to Internet Archive

2. You are looking for church records that are in digitized book form found on this website. Enter the county name and "church" in the search box, i.e. "Onondaga Church". Change the "All Media Types" to "American Libraries"

3. Go through the list of results and determine if any are applicable. If it is a church history, only include it if it lists church members.

4. Add the applicable books you find in alphabetical order in the following manner under "Online Books":

The Centennial Memorial: A Record of the Proceedings on the Occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the A.R. Presbyterian Church, of Little Britain, N.Y. New York: R. Carter, 1859. Digital version at Internet Archive - free, includes obituaries of some congregation members

Online Books

 * Niven, Archibald. The Centennial Memorial: A Record of the Proceedings on the Occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the A.R. Presbyterian Church, of Little Britain, N.Y. New York: R. Carter, 1859. Digital version at Internet Archive - free, includes obituaries of some congregation members