This collection contains digitized genealogy records from churches in Schenectady County, New York.
Researchers can browse digital images from this collection, but the records cannot currently be searched.
Read below for a complete list of all churches included in this collection. Click the waypoint links to view images from that church.
Florida, The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Florida
This volume contains transcribed records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Florida in the town of Florida, New York. This was formerly known as the Reformed Protestant Church of Duanesburgh between 1798 and 1804. Duanesburgh is a part of Schenectady county, but this church was later incorporated into the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Florida in Montgomery County. If you are a researcher interested in records of this church after 1804, click here to be directed to our Schenectady county religious records collection.
The digitized images from these volumes can be browsed, but cannot currently be searched. The images can also be browsed by clicking the links below, which will take you to the beginning of the section you are interested in reading.
Included are:
- Introduction
- Church Records
- Pastors of the Churches
- Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Duanesburgh
Along with names and dates, useful information such as valuable information about the transcriptions are included that can be of use to researchers. Readers can also expect to find church histories, pastor biographies and information on the churches’ congregants.
This volume was completed in 1919 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.
Niskayuna, The Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Niskayuna
This collection contains transcribed records of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Niskayuna in the town of Niskayuna, New York.
The digitized images from these volumes can be browsed, but cannot currently be searched. The images can also be browsed by clicking the links below, which will take you to the beginning of the section you are interested in reading.
Included are:
- Introduction
- Rev. John Demarest
- John Van O’Linda, Church Clerk, 1802 – 1805
- Pastors of the Church
- The Church Record
- Birth and Baptism, 1783 -1860
- Marriages, 1836 – 1861
- Deaths, 1859 – 1861
- Elders and Deacons, 1784 – 1790
- Members Received, 1791 – 1820
- List of Members, January 1816
- Abstracts from the Minutes of the Consistory
Along with names and dates, useful information such as valuable information about the transcriptions are included that can be of use to researchers. Readers can also expect to find church histories, pastor biographies and information on the churches’ congregants.
This volume was completed in 1919 by Royden Woodward Vosburgh.
Suggested citation for this collection:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, “Schenectady County Religious Records” digital images, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, (www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org), 2019.