Wow! That is hard to believe! Kansas actually kept better records that NY! Are any Dutch Reform church records online, or do you call/write the churches or have they been "given" to libraries up there? Is there some protocol for getting ahold of these records? I can't imagine having all these genealogists calling churches and having church workers look up records? As you can see I haven't had to obtain too many church records from that area. Thanks for any help anyone has. Valerie In a message dated 3/26/2006 10:15:59 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Valerie: > There were no County marriage reccords in NY Counties until much later, near > the 1900's. Record searching in NY is not like KS. > Try the area churches. >