Carol: Found the following information while searching the Cortland County rootsweb site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/qsys/qryd.htm Under entry for ELLISON: in the Cortland County Queries D-E. ...... I have found addresses on 4 Methodist Churches in the internet yellow pages: Free Methodist Church of Cortland (Jewett Ave) Homer Ave United Methodist Church (Homer Ave) First Methodist Church (Church St) Virgil Untited Methodist Church (Church St). Carol, Also suggest you read the online Smith's History 2nd section under Cortlandville pg. 255-274 for Church History near the bottom of the page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/smhist/shchap20b.htm Good Luck, Dale Beeby Barnes dlbarnes@erols.com ---- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Tolley" <ctolley1@earthlink.net> To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 11:41 PM Subject: [NYCORTLA] Churches > I am trying to find what churches might have been in the Cortland Co > area in about 1840 - 1855 time period. In particular, Methodist > Churches. I am looking for birth records/church baptism records for my > PATTERSON family who were in the area of Cortland and Tompkins Co > during that time period. > > Thanks for any help and reply. > > Carol > ctolley1@earthlink.net > >
Most of the Methodist Churches in the early years were served by circuit riders, and the records of the church may have remained with the minister rather than in the church. Here in Willet they met in barns when a circuit rider came through, and didn't even have a church building until the late 1800's. ----- Original Message ----- From: David and Dale Barnes <dlbarnes@erols.com> To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [NYCORTLA] Churches > > Carol: > Found the following information while searching the Cortland County rootsweb > site. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/qsys/qryd.htm > > Under entry for ELLISON: in the Cortland County Queries D-E. > > ...... I have found addresses on 4 Methodist Churches in the internet yellow > pages: > > Free Methodist Church of Cortland (Jewett Ave) Homer Ave United Methodist > Church (Homer Ave) First Methodist Church (Church St) Virgil Untited > Methodist Church (Church St). > > > Carol, > Also suggest you read the online Smith's History 2nd section under > Cortlandville pg. 255-274 for Church History near the bottom of the page. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/smhist/shchap20b.htm > > Good Luck, > Dale Beeby Barnes > dlbarnes@erols.com > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Tolley" <ctolley1@earthlink.net> > To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 11:41 PM > Subject: [NYCORTLA] Churches > > > > I am trying to find what churches might have been in the Cortland Co > > area in about 1840 - 1855 time period. In particular, Methodist > > Churches. I am looking for birth records/church baptism records for my > > PATTERSON family who were in the area of Cortland and Tompkins Co > > during that time period. > > > > Thanks for any help and reply. > > > > Carol > > ctolley1@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >