Hi Elizabeth! Many thanks for your tip. I have sent an inquiry to them as I couldn't see anything listed in their catalogue about the Chester Congregational Church. I'll let you know how it turns out. After spending some time on the site you mention, there are a couple of digitized books that are somewhat helpful. "History of Chester, New Hampshire, including Auburn. A supplement to the History of old Chester, published in 1869" by John Carroll Chase and published in 1926 has some later church records listed [1870's + ] and on page 78 mentions the following: "An old parchment covered book, most of which is in Parson Flagg's handwriting, gives the earliest records of the Chester Congregational church. These records date back to 1731." Whether or not these are vital records, or just the "business" records of the Church that I was informed about, is the question. This book is online at: https://archive.org/details/historyofchester00chas There is an on-line book cataloging New England Congregational Churches mentioned under "The Reference Desk" tab on the Congregational Library & Archives website as well: *The Churches of Christ of the Congregational Way in New England* <http://slk01b.softlinkliberty.net/acl/gateway/gateway.exe?application=ACL&DISPLAYFORM=opac/main&fromsection=opac&updateform=validateAuthenticate&displayform=opac/List&database=library&searchform=opac/srchfull0&srchMAid=217> (1989) which gives an idea of what Churches and records are out there.... Massachusetts also has a separate book with more detail listed under the same tab. Regards, Stephen On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Elizabeth Perry via <nhrockin@rootsweb.com > wrote: > Try http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ I don't know if they have them, > but they might be able to help, and then let us know because Chester NH > interests me too! > > Hi! > > > > I?m wondering if anyone knows if Rev. Ebenezer Flagg?s records have > survived and where they might be found. Rev. Flagg was a Congregational > Church Minister in Chester, Rockingham County, NH from ca. 1736 onwards. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RootsWeb NHROCKIN Mailing List > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NH/rockingham.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NHROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Stephen. I too have seen Chester’s history and found some useful things there I found no where else. The Congo library has not been helpful to me but I keep hoping. It seems unlikely that those records are always lost; maybe they are just hiding. Another thought is to check with NEGHS, they often get donated such things. Happy hunting, Elizabeth From: Stephen Wood [mailto:stephe.w300@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 3:33 AM To: Elizabeth Perry <esp@boselec.com>; nhrockin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NHROCKIN] Ebenezer Flagg Hi Elizabeth! Many thanks for your tip. I have sent an inquiry to them as I couldn't see anything listed in their catalogue about the Chester Congregational Church. I'll let you know how it turns out. After spending some time on the site you mention, there are a couple of digitized books that are somewhat helpful. "History of Chester, New Hampshire, including Auburn. A supplement to the History of old Chester, published in 1869" by John Carroll Chase and published in 1926 has some later church records listed [1870's + ] and on page 78 mentions the following: "An old parchment covered book, most of which is in Parson Flagg's handwriting, gives the earliest records of the Chester Congregational church. These records date back to 1731." Whether or not these are vital records, or just the "business" records of the Church that I was informed about, is the question. This book is online at: https://archive.org/details/historyofchester00chas There is an on-line book cataloging New England Congregational Churches mentioned under "The Reference Desk" tab on the Congregational Library & Archives website as well: <http://slk01b.softlinkliberty.net/acl/gateway/gateway.exe?application=ACL&DISPLAYFORM=opac/main&fromsection=opac&updateform=validateAuthenticate&displayform=opac/List&database=library&searchform=opac/srchfull0&srchMAid=217> The Churches of Christ of the Congregational Way in New England (1989) which gives an idea of what Churches and records are out there.... Massachusetts also has a separate book with more detail listed under the same tab. Regards, Stephen On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Elizabeth Perry via <nhrockin@rootsweb.com <mailto:nhrockin@rootsweb.com> > wrote: Try http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ I don't know if they have them, but they might be able to help, and then let us know because Chester NH interests me too! Hi! I?m wondering if anyone knows if Rev. Ebenezer Flagg?s records have survived and where they might be found. Rev. Flagg was a Congregational Church Minister in Chester, Rockingham County, NH from ca. 1736 onwards. _______________________________________________ RootsWeb NHROCKIN Mailing List http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NH/rockingham.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NHROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:NHROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message