Valerie, The Reformed Dutch Church of Albany is online at: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/refchurch.html As for the church records in Columbia county, Arthur C.M. Kelly has transcribed quite a few of them and the transcriptions are for sale on his website at: http://www.kinshipny.com/ Most of his work has been put on three CDs. New York Births & Baptisms; Southeast Region 1660-1916 New York Births & Baptism; Schoharie & Mohawk Valleys 1694-1906 New York Births & Baptisms; Eastern Region 1683-1928 These records are also at the LDS, local site and online. I received permission from Mr. Kelly to transcribe the baptism and marriage records for Nobletown/Hillsdale. The baptism records can be found here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Bp/BP-Noble.htm and the marriage records here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Mg/MG-Noble.htm And baptism by Rev. Viets also in Nobletown: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/hill/baptisms_viets.htm Other vital records can be found at my website under "Vital Records" at" http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/ As for the Quaker records, Ancestry.com has them but it is a subscription service. If you post to the list who you are looking for perhaps someone on the list will do a look up for you. Regards, Susan ************************************************* "If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." -- George Bernard Shaw Columbia County, NY Coordinator http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:27 AM > Subject: [NYCOL] Dutch or Quaker Church/Marriage Records > > >> 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. >>> >> >> >