NYSCHENE-L@rootsweb.com > Can anyone tell me to what church, the Rev. Mr. Cooper may have been affiliated in March 1826? The First Baptist Church. Joel Monroe's _Schenectady, Ancient and Modern_ says: "In the fall of 1823 the Rev. Nathan N. Whitney who had been affiliated with the Dutch denomination became the pastor of the Baptist flock. The Sunday school was organized in 1823, also a lot secured and laid out for a burying ground. A building lot was also purchased in 1825 on Center street, the corner stone of the first church being laid in the fall of that year. This year the Rev. John Cooper was installed as pastor, his salary being fixed at $150.00. As soon as the basement of the church was usable the services and Sunday school were held there." George Roberts (_Old Schenectady_) says he was there from 1825 to 1827. Bob Sullivan <rsullivan@sals.edu> Schenectady County Public Library (NY) <http://www.scpl.org/> Schenectady Digital History Archive <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/> My grandparents were married by a Rev. Cooper too. They were Roy Dawson and Jessie Leishman. They were married September 2, 1915 in Albany by a Rev. Cooper. If he was in the First Baptist Church in Sch'dy from 1825 to 1827, what church in Albany would he have been at in 1915? I know my grandparents were members of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Sch'dy for many years. In fact, my parents were married there and were members there too until we moved out of NY. Deb (Goodrow) Gallagher