Try the Columbia County Historical Society, they have lots of records there. Just Google them. Elsie (Scharpf) Saar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loree" <Loree@dc.rr.com> To: <NYCOLUMB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 10:00 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Birth /baptismal info in Hudson, c. 1834 > Would anyone have some advice for finding some proof of an > ancestor's birth or baptism in Hudson, Columbia about 1834? I don't > believe NY had records. It sounds like any Catholic church record > keeping might not have begun until 1841. And I've not been able to > find any history of an early Anglican church. > > My person is CHRISTIANA /CHRISTINA LANCASTER. She claimed her birth > in Hudson about 1834. > > Her parents (James Lancaster and Mary Stock) had two children born > first in Lancashire England before emigrating. In England, the > family had marriages and baptisms in both the Roman Catholic and > Anglican /or Church of England parishes. They might have used > either in the USA. > > I think the family was only in Hudson for a short time, maybe > arriving shortly before Christiana's birth. By 1840, the family had > migrated to Taunton, Massachusetts. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Thank you. > Loree Muldowney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message