Herkimer County Religious Records

History of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Churches of Herkimer and German Flatts

This volume contains a detailed history of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Churches of Herkimer and German Flatts.

This volume also contains a few miscellaneous records from The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Herkimer, in the town of Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York.

The digitized images from this volume can be browsed, but cannot currently be searched.

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These records were transcribed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1920.

German Flatts, Reformed Protestant Dutch, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

This volume contains transcribed records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of German Flatts in Fort Herkimer, town of German Flats, Herkimer County, New York.  

Researchers should note that some records from this congregation can be found in the transcribed records from The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Herkimer.

The digitized images from this volume can be browsed, but cannot currently be searched. The images also can be browsed by clicking the links below, which will take you to the beginning of the section you are interested in reading.

Included are:

• Volume 1
  • Introduction, including an illustration of the church exterior
  • Baptisms and births, 1763 – 1795
  • Marriages, 1781 – 1796 (two marriages from 1813 and 1814)
  • Draft of agreement concerning the erection of a school house
• Volume 2
  • Introduction
  • Births and baptisms, 1811 – 1848
  • Election of church officers, 1823
  • Members received, 1817
  • Members received, 1843 – 1844
  • Book of accounts, 1753 – 1831
  • Subscription lists, 1753
  • Miscellaneous financial documents, 1761 - 1826

Along with names and dates of interest, useful information like a list of vocabulary is provided for readers to help them understand the terms used throughout the document.

These records were transcribed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh. Volumes 1 & 2 were published in 1916 and 1918, respectively.

Herkimer, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Vol. 2

This volume contains transcribed records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Herkimer in the town of Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York.  

Researchers should note that the volumes covering this church also include records from The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of German Flatts.    

The digitized images from this volume can be browsed, but cannot currently be searched. The images also can 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
• Births and baptisms, 1811 – 1848
• Marriages, Herkimer and German Flatts, 1831 – 1848
• Deaths, Herkimer and German Flatts, 1832 – 1848

Along with names and dates of interest, useful information like a list of vocabulary is provided for readers to help them understand the terms used throughout the document.

These records were transcribed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1918.

Note: Volume one of this title has yet to be digitized; it can be found as part of the NYG&B's New York Public Library holdings. 

Suggested citation for this collection:

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, “Herkimer County Religious Records” digital images, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, (www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org), 2021.