In a message dated 9/28/2004 6:10:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, LPurch6636@aol.com writes: If the church is no longer there, are they lost forever? Generally, when a church is disbanded, the records are sent to the denominational headquarters or to the library of a denominational university. This will vary from church to church. It may take a little research to track them down. I would start with the local historical society to see if they know where the records are -- sometimes they do. If not, then write to the nearest local headquarters or university library for the denomination to see if they have them or know where they are. Another resource in NY is the NY Historical and Biographical Record. They have published some of the old records for disbanded churches. You might luck out and find your church was published. Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Anonymous

Please let me stick an oar in. Many years ago a gentleman named Steven (Stephen?) Vosburgh went through much of the Catskill area and I don/t know how much more of the State of New York copying births, deaths, and marriages of every church where he could cajole the pastor, minister or other keeper of the records to allow it. I know some of those records are now in the Mormon Church Library in SLC. You might try there to see if they might have a copy or know if and where they might be. Cliff Hayes ----- Original Message ----- From: <SueMHR@aol.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Early Cherry Valley Baptismal Records > In a message dated 9/28/2004 6:10:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > LPurch6636@aol.com writes: > If the church is no longer there, are they lost forever? > Generally, when a church is disbanded, the records are sent to the > denominational headquarters or to the library of a denominational university. This will > vary from church to church. It may take a little research to track them > down. I would start with the local historical society to see if they know where > the records are -- sometimes they do. If not, then write to the nearest local > headquarters or university library for the denomination to see if they have > them or know where they are. > > Another resource in NY is the NY Historical and Biographical Record. They > have published some of the old records for disbanded churches. You might luck > out and find your church was published. > Sue > > > Susan M. Hillier Roe > SueMHR@aol.com > Seal Beach, CA > > A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. > Anonymous > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

"I know some of those records are now in the Mormon Church Library in SLC. You might try there to see if they might have a copy or know if and where they might be." "Most" records which the LDS Church library has in SLC are also available to rent @ your local Family History Library, i.e. the Mormon Church. You can for the most part find what is available by searching the card catalog @ familysearch.org. Harriet Chase