Rensselaer County Religious Records

Brunswick, Gilead Evangelical Lutheran Church at Center Brunswick

This volume contains transcribed records of the Gilead Evangelical Lutheran Church at Center Brunswick in the town of Brunswick, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
  • Church Records
  • Pastors of the Church
• Births and Baptisms, 1777 – 1850
• Deaths and Burials, 1888 – 1889; 1834 -1859
• Marriages, 1802 – 1859
• Communion and Confirmation Lists, 1794 – 1852
• Confirmation Lists, 1822 – 1859
• Adult Baptisms, Benevolences, 1854 – 1859
• Certificates of Dismission, 1856 – 1859
• Accounts, inventories, election of church officers, church regulations
• Elders and Deacons, 1785 – 1804
• Trustees, 1790 – 1815

Along with names and dates, useful information about the congregation and a description of the church’s records are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1915.

East Greenbush, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Greenbush, Vol. 1 & 2

These volumes contain transcribed records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Greenbush at East Greenbush, New York.

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Included are:

• Volume I
  • Introduction
  • Pastors of the church
  • Baptisms and Births, 188 – 1822
  • Marriages, 1788 – 1801
  • Members Received, 1787 – 1801
  • Minutes of the Consistory, in English, 1794 – 1801
  • Abstract of Minutes of Consistory, 1800 – 1822
  • Members Received, 1804 – 1821
  • Members Dismissed, 1807 – 1822
  • Members of the Consistory, for each year, from 1787 – 1822
• Volume 2
  • Introduction
  • Baptism and Births, 1823 – 1866
  • Marriages, 1823 – 1910
  • Register of Communicants, 1787 – 1865

Along with names and dates, useful information about the church’s history and the congregation are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1914.

Hoosick, The Reformed Dutch Church of Tlashoke

This volume contains transcribed records of the Reformed church of Tlashoke in the town of Hoosick, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Volume I
  • Minutes of Consistory, from 1792 – 1824
  • Adult Baptisms
  • Baptisms and Births from 1792 – 1824
  • Members admitted, from 1792 – 1823
  • Marriages, from 1793 – 1823
• Pew Book, 1824 – 1833
• Volume II
  • Members Admitted, from 1823 – 1859
  • Members Admitted, from 1860 – 1873
  • Baptisms and Births, from 1823 – 1863
  • Baptisms by Rev. P. Furbeck
  • Marriages, from 1823 – 1866

Along with names and dates, useful information about the church’s history and the congregation are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1912.

Lansingburgh and Troy, The First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh, vol. 1 and The First Presbyterian Church of Troy

This volume contains transcribed records of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy and the first volume of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh in Rensselaer, New York.

See below for vol. 2.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy
  • Baptisms and Births, Troy, 1793 – 1825
  • Baptisms and Births, Lansingburgh, 1793 – 1803
  • Baptisms and Births, Strangers, 1793 – 1822
  • Adult Baptisms, 1794 – 1824
  • Marriages, 1793 – 1822; 1844 – 1864
• Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh
  • Baptisms and Births, 1804 – 1827
  • Marriages, 1804 – 1827
  • Burials, 1804

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1915.

Lansingburgh, The First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh, vol. 2

This volume contains transcribed records of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh in Rensselaer, New York. See above for vol. 1.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• General List of Members, 1804 – 1874
• Marriages, 1840
• Baptisms, 1840 – 1858
• Deaths, 1841 – 1857
• Suspensions and restorations, 1833 – 1848
• Members Dismissed, 1842 – 1858

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1915.

Nassau, The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

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

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Pastors of the Church
• Births and Baptisms, 1804 – 1878
• Baptisms of Adults, 1869 – 1880
• Marriages, 1805 – 1880
• Members Received, 1806 – 1841
• Dismissions, 1834 – 1840

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1919.

North Greenbush, The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Wynantskill

This volume contains transcribed records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Wynantskill in the town of North Greenbush, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
  • Pastors of the Church
• Volume I
  • Baptisms and Births, 1794 – 1841; and 1866 – 1889
  • Marriages, 1794 – 1889
  • Register of Members, 1794 – 1838
• Extracts from Volume III
  • Register of Members, 1841 – 1860
  • Baptisms and Births, 1843 – 1853
• Extracts from Volume II
  • Seat Register, 1841 – 1860
  • Pew Holders, 1837
• Abstract of Minutes of the Consistory, 1801 – 1860
  • Members Received, 1806 – 1860
  • Members Dismissed, 1810 – 1848
  • Members of the Consistory, 1801 – 1860
• Extranote from Volume V
  • Subscription Lists, 1814, 1822, 1825 – 1838

Along with names and dates, useful information about the church’s history, the congregation, the church finances and a description of the church’s records are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1914.

Schodack, The Reformed Dutch Church of Schodack

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

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Included are:

• Church Records
• The Schodack Congregation
• Pastors of the Church
• Baptisms and Births, 1770 – 1832
• Marriages, 1781; 1788 – 1832
• Members and Members Received, 1770 – 1831
• Seat lists, 1789
• Church Officers, 1770 – 1792

Along with names and dates, useful information about the congregation and a description of the church records are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1920.

Troy, Park Presbyterian Church of Troy 

This volume contains transcribed records of the Park Presbyterian Church of Troy in Rensselaer, New York. 

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Included are: 

• Preliminary History
• List of Pastors, Elders and Deacons
• Register of Communicants
• Register of Baptisms
• Register of Marriages
• Register of Deaths

Along with names and dates, useful information about the congregation and the church’s history are provided. 

This volume was edited by Milton Thomas in 1920.  

Troy, The Second Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Troy

This volume contains the Second Street Presbyterian Church in the City of Troy in Rensselaer, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
• Marriages, 1834 – 1908
• Baptisms and Births, 1848 – 1911

Along with names and dates, useful information about the church’s history and the congregation records are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1915.

West Sandlake, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

This volume contains transcribed records of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Sandlake, formerly known as Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rensselaerwyck and Greenbush, in Rensselaer, New York.

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Included are:

• Introduction
  • Pastors of the Church
• Volume I
  • Births and Baptisms, 1785 – 1851
  • Adult Baptisms, 1822 – 1842
  • Marriages, 1816 – 1848
  • Deaths and Burials, 1817 – 1848
  • Communion and Confirmation Lists, 1794 – 1849
  • Confirmation Lists and Admissions, 1822 – 1848
  • Alphabetical List of Members, 1824
  • Register of Communicant Members, 1830, 1831, some Deaths and Marriages
  • Register of Communicant Members, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, some Deaths and Marriages
• Volume II
  • Births and Baptisms, 1852 – 1868
  • Marriages, 1851 – 1868
  • Deaths, 1851 – 1868
  • Summary of items omitted from transcript of Volume II

Along with names and dates, useful information about the church’s history and the congregation are provided for readers.

This volume was completed by Royden Woodward Vosburgh in 1913.

Suggested citation for this collection:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, “Rensselaer County Religious Records” digital images, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, (www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org), 2020.