Christ Church of Corning records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6077

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The certificate of incorporation (1841) is also transcribed in the register. The register (1841-1869) records parishioners, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communicants, burials and church offerings in semi-chronological order. The register is paginated but there are gaps in page numbers between each section. Some tipped-in notes at the back of the register date to 1895.

Dates

1841-1916.

Creator

Christ Church of Corning (Corning, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Christ Church of Corning was legally incorporated on April 12, 1841. The congregation was first served by the Reverend Richard Smith, a missionary, who also held Episcopal services at Painted Post. Services were held in the schoolhouse of District 14 and special ceremonies (marriages, communions, etc.) were held in the Methodist church in Corning until a chapel was built sometime before 1850. A stone church building was begun in 1853, and consecrated by the Right Reverend William H. DeLancey, Bishop of the Western New York Diocese on September 21, 1854. Bishop DeLancey visited the Corning parish several times during the 1850's and his visits are recorded in the parish register.

Extent

2 microfilm reels.

1 folders.

Additional Description

Abstract

Register containing parishioners, baptisms, confirmations, mariages, communicants, burials and church offerings. Also included is a certificate of incorporation (1841).

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:: P.W.
Date completed:: Sept. 1979
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, Aug. 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015