Religious Records

This inventory lists the records available to researchers in the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Between 1913 and 1921, Royden Woodward Vosburgh (1875-1931) transcribed for The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society records of some 94 New York State Protestant churches, in 104 volumes.

Queens County was created in 1683 as one of the original counties of the colony or province of New York. It included what are today the counties of Queens and Nassau (and Lloyd's Neck, ceded to Suffolk County in 1886).

Guides and General Resources

• Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40

We often use abstracts of original sources because of convenience, especially when they are regarded as reliable.

The Evolution of the Presbyterian Movement in New York

John Wesley founded the Society called "Methodists" in 1729, as a movement within the Church of England. Organized Methodism began in America in 1766, when six persons led by Philip Embury met at his home in New York City.

A previous article covered "Kings County's Colonial Church Records" now in the NYG&B Collection at the New York Public Library.