I don't know about all the churches, but this quote is a part of a work done by one of my cousins. "In a book called The Saranac Valley, volume I, "The Pioneers" by Sarah Baker, we find this: " The first church spire to embellish the Redford landscape rose from a log chapel erected in 1837 by a small group of Catholics. It was that of Notre Dame Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These few Catholics were at that time a minority group in the hamlet of Redford, and having been refused the use of the school house as a place to worship, decided to construct a building of their own. Previously Mass was said in the homes of Patrick Meaghan and Thomas Leonard by Rev. F. F. Rogers or Rev. Rooney of St. John's church, who occasionally visited them." "For the little chapel, a lot of three rods square was purchased from Peter STRACK and a frame building, 32 X 24 feet was built from hand-hewn lumber. With most of the materials being donated, the other necessities were met from subscriptions ranging from $5.00 to $50.00 from the ten Catholic families located there: Felix O'NEIL James MADDEN Peter STRACK Thomas LEONARD Patrick MOORE Louis PEPIN John QUICKLY Charles GRAVE John VIENT John PEPIN "The number of Catholics in the community increased until in 1853, when the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate (who had charge of the French people in Plattsburgh and outside missions), took over the little Redford Mission, there were 60 families. A larger church building started at this time was opened by Father Sallaz saying the benediction on August 15, 1885....." Marie > Hi List, > > This may be a really stupid question, but where did > Catholics, > particularly French-Canadian Catholics living in > Clinton County, get > married and buried and have their children baptized > pre-1850's? It > seems that all of the church records start around > 1850. Were there > mission churches in Canada who sent a priest down to > do these? If so, ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com