The Town of Stephentown is very rural. People may have travelled a short distance south to the Town of New Lebanon, north to the Town of Berlin, west to the Town of Nassau (large village of Nassau there), or East to Berkshire Co., Mass. If they had their own Justice of the Peace, the records are probably lost. But you might check the following source of the Town of New Lebanon marriages, also by a Justice of the Peace. "Marriages in New Lebanon, New York, Rev. Silas Churchill, 1795-1851, Ira Hand, Esq., Justice of the Peace, 1832-1852" - by Elmer Irwin Shepard (published 1943, available at the NYS Library in Albany, NY). There was a time when Massachusetts claimed eastern Columbia Co. and possibly Rensselaer Co. as well. I don't remember when that got resolved, but some of the records may be held in Berkshire Co., so it would be worth a look. A link is on my website under Vital Records-Marriages. Other links are under Vital Records-mixed records. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/ Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogydudette@aol.com wrote: > While we are on the subject of churches, Does any one know of early church > records for Stephentown? 1790 - 1799 time frame. Particularly marriage > records. > I have searched the LDS film for the Stephentown Baptist, very > disappointing. > Thanks in advance. > Best Regards, > Karen > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > 1880 Fed Census: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com