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Poughkeepsie, First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, New York was organized in 1749. The Church was reorganized by the Presbytery of North River in 1826 from a church in Pleasant Valley which probably took the name after an earlier defunct Presbyterian Church. The church building was built and dedicated on Cannon St.

A search of our catalogs shows records of the First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, New York deposited in our holdings:

  • First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, NY. Session  Minutes and records, 1826-1903, manuscript, 3 volumes: v.1, 1826-1842 -- Membership, 1826-1841 -- Baptisms, 1832-1839. v.2, 1841-1889. v.3, 1890-1903. Ms. 1844 letter giving history of church "from early times" is tipped into v.1. (Call number: Vault BX 9211 .N72601 F51)
     
  • First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, NY. Records, 1790-1958 [microform]. Filming order: r.1, Congregational minutes, 1790-1792. Session minutes and register, 1826-1842. Session minutes, 1841-1903 -- r.2, Trustees minutes, 1826-1899. Church register, 1896-1958. Collection consists of: Session minutes, Registers, early Congregational meeting minutes, and Trustees minutes. (Call number: MFPOS 1214 r. 1-2)*
     
  • First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, NY. Records, 1896-1958. Church registers. Includes baptisms, 1929-1958, and marriages, 1929-1958. (Call number: 02 1118)

The society also holds congregation minutes (1790-1792), trustees minutes (1826-1899), printed histories (6), and photographs (2) of the congregation.

*If you are interested in borrowing the microfilm, please have the interlibrary loan (ILL) librarian at your local public or academic library contact us directly to submit the request on your behalf. We accept ILL requests by letter, email and fax. We loan a maximum of three reels per request for a four-week loan period. We charge a fee of $20.00 per reel, plus $5.00 for shipping. This material will be held on reserve for you and may only be used within the borrowing library. Please provide your ILL librarian with the catalog information provided above when making your request. Please tell the ILL librarian that requests cannot come from OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) because we are not listed as a borrowing institution.

Sources:

Inventory of the Church Archives of New York: Presbyterian Churches (New York, NY: The Historical Records Survey. Works Progress Administration, 1940).

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