The Church in Orange at that time, is not the North Orange Community Church. I do not know if they have any records themselves, as Orange in that time was in a twilight zone. When the the Orange church broke from the Athol church and established themselves, the norm would be to found a new town. After all, land was taken from Athol, Royalston, and Warwick to form the new parish. However, at that time, each town had one representitive in the Massachusetts General Courty (legislature). The eastern towns felt that their votes would be deluted by the creation of towns in the western part of the commonwelath. Therefore until 1810, Orange was a district, not a town. As such, it had no town functions, thought existed as a town. Thus, there were no vital records collected, nor a representitive to the General Court appointed. The vital records of this period, can be found in the later Orange records, and in the records of the three towns Orange was formed from. Regards, Rob Roy -----Original Message----- From: mafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mckenzie_market@mckenzievalleymarket.com Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:52 PM To: mafrankl@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAFRANKL] Church records for Orange 1784 to 1800 Would anyone know of where to locate the church records and name of the church located in Orange, Franklin County, Mass. I believe that Orange would have still been part of Old Hanpshire County in this time frame. Daniel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message