Schoharie County Religious Records

Blenheim and Gilboa, The Reformed Church and the Reformed Dutch Church in Blenheim

This volume contains transcribed records of the Reformed Church in Gilboa, New York, which was in the town of Broome and was formerly known as the Reformed Dutch Church in Dyse’s Manor. This volume also contains the records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Blenheim in the old village of Blenheim, New York. 

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Dyse’s Manor, in the town of Broome
  • Baptisms and Births, 1801 – 1840
  • Marriages, 1803 – 1841
  • Members Received, 1803 – 1818
  • Members Received, at Dyse’s Manor, 1820 – 1828
• Records of the Consistory of Gilboa, Vol. I
  • Suspensions and Excommunications
  • Marriages, 1838 – 1856
  • Baptisms and Births, 1839 – 1856
• Records of the Consistory of Gilboa, Vol. II
  • Baptisms and Births, 1857 – 1882
  • Marriages, 1857 – 1884
  • Members Received, 1864 – 1868
  • List of Members, as of April 9, 1870
  • List of Members, as of August, 1873
  • Members Received, 1876 – 1885
• Abstracts from Minutes of the Consistory of Gilboa, Vol. I and II
  • Election of Church Officers, 1838 – 1877
  • Members Received, 1839 – 1879
  • Members Dismissed, 1843 – 1880
• Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Blenheim
  • Baptisms and Births, 1797 - 1825
  • Members Recieved, 1811 - 1831
  • Members Recieved and Dismissed, 1831 - 1839

This volume was completed in 1918 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Cobleskill, The Union Reformed Dutch Church of Cobleskill, 1827 – 1855

This volume contains transcribed records of the Union Reformed Dutch Church of Cobleskill in Schoharie, New York. This volume also contains indices of the German Reformed Church in New Rhinebeck, the Reformed Church of Lawyersville and the Union Reformed Dutch Church of Cobleskill.

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Included are:

• Baptisms, 1790 - 1866; 1876
• Marriages, 1790 - 1882
• Deaths, 1799 - 1821; 1856 - 1859 (with a few dismissals, etc.)
• Members received, 1788 - 1861

This volume was completed in 1915 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Cobleskill, Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cobleskill

The volumes contains transcribed records of the Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cobleskill in Schoharie, New York.

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Included are:

• The History of Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cobleskill
• Vital Records, vol. I
  • Births and Baptisms, 1795 – 1871
  • Marriages, 1806 – 1821; 1834; 1846 – 1852, 1861 – 1871
  • Deaths, 1817, 1820, 1821, 1852
  • Confirmation and Communion Lists, 1796 – 1871
• Vital Records, Vol. II
  • Complete Vital Records, 1855 – 1858, kept by Rev. P.A. Strobel
  • Subscription List for Payment of Church Debt, 1848
  • Church Officers, 1794 – 1898

This volume was completed in 1916 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Middleburgh, The Reformed Dutch Church

This volume contains transcribed records the Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Middleburgh, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Baptisms and Births, 1797 – 1865
• Marriages, 1827 – 1865
• Baptisms and Births, 1795 – 1797
• Members Received, 1812 – 1862
• Members Received, before 1812
• Subscription Lists, 1813 – 1838
• Abstracts from Minutes of the Consistory​
  • Election of Church Officers, 1797 – 1860
  • Members Received, 1799 – 1861
  • Members Dismissed, 1828 – 1861
• The History of the Reformed Dutch Church in Middleburgh
• Calendar of the Scrap Book of the Reformed Church of Middleburgh
  • Subscription Lists for a Bell for the Church, 1813
  • Subscription List for the Rev. John F. Schermerhorn, 1816

This volume was completed in 1918 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

New Rhinebeck, The German Reformed Church

This volume contains transcribed records of the German Reformed Church, now known as the Reformed Church of Lawyersville, in Schoharie, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Births and Baptisms
• Marriages

This volume was completed in 1915 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Schoharie, The High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation at Schoharie

The volume contains transcribed records of the High and Low Dutch Reformed Congregation at Schoharie in Schoharie, New York. This church is now known as the Reformed Church.

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Included are:

• Volume 1
  • Introduction
    • Baptisms, 1728 – 1738
  • Baptisms and Births, 1731 – 1816
  • Marriages, 1732 – 1799
  • Misc. Seat List, Marriages, Baptisms
  • Register of Members, 1730 – 1816
• Volume 2
  • Introduction
  • Births and Baptisms, 1817 - 1892
  • Marriages, People of Colour, 1821 - 1839
  • Marriages, 1821 - 1892
  • Members: Recieved, Dismissed and Died, 1822 - 1892

This volume was completed in 1917 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Schoharie, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

This volume contains transcribed records of the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the town of Schoharie, New York.

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Included are:

• Volume 1
  • Introduction
  • Births and Baptisms, 1743 – 1786
  • Marriages, 1743 – 1786
  • Deaths, 1743 – 1787
  • Members Received, 1743 – 1786
  • Births and baptisms at Cani-schoharie and Stone Arabia, 1743 – 1750
  • Births and Baptisms at Hudson river settlements, 1752 – 1753
  • Register of the Congregation at Schoharie
  • Register of the Congregation at Cani-schoharie and Stone Arabia
  • Register of the Congregation at the Fall
  • Translation of the Journal of Peter Nicolas Sommer, 1743 – 1767
• Volume 2
  • Introduction
  • Births and Baptisms, 1787 - 1815
  • Marriages, 1787 - 1815
  • Members Recieved, 1787 - 1797
  • Confirmation and Communion Lists, 1800 - 1815
  • Death Register, 1787 - 1790
  • Births, baptisms and marriages of blacks in Schoharie
  • Members Recieved, 1823 - 1846
  • List of the Church, 1734 - 1882
• Volume 3
  • Baptisms and Births, 1815 - 1882
  • Marriages, 1815 - 1882
  • Deaths, 1817 - 1868
  • Communion Lists and Members Recieved, 1815 - 1836
  • Members Recieved, 1835 - 1868

This volume was completed in 1914 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.

Suggested citation for this collection:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, “Schoharie County Religious Records” digital images, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, (www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org), 2019.