Trinity Episcopal Church of Seneca Falls records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6002

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of two registers held by the church and two additional items which are now held in the Seneca Falls Historical Society. The Registers (1831-1886) list baptisms, confirmations, communicants, families, marriages, and burials. In addition, there is a soldier's prayer book from the Civil War period and a mite book for 1858.

Dates

1831-1886.

Creator

Trinity Episcopal Church of Seneca Falls (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Trinity Episcopal Society vas organized January 1831, when Rev. Reuben Hubbard was elected minister, and the wardens and vestrymen were elected. In 1833 the church resolved to build a church, which they did. A Sunday School and a mission school were established by the minister soon afterward. For more information see the History of Seneca County, pp. 112-113.

Extent

3 microfilm reels. (3 microfilm reels.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Two registers, 1831-1886, list baptisms, confirmations, communicants, families, marriages, and burials. In addition, there is a soldier's prayer book from the Civil War period and a mite book for 1858.

Physical Description

Microfilm.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: S.L.
Date completed:: Sept. 1978rev. Feb. 1979
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015