St. Peter's German Evangelical Church records, 1848-1968
Later known as St. Peter's Evangelical Reformed Church and St. Peter's United Church of Christ. Original records now held at New Covenant United Church of Christ, Buffalo, NY.
Contains history of the church 1844-1946; record of probationers including a few deaths 1869-1925, 1930-1936; class record including deaths 1869-1909; alphabetical record of members in full connection including deaths 1873-1948; record of official members 1867-1889; baptisms 1869-1941; marriages 1869-1946; appendix with a few deaths 1881-1883, 1902-1904. Before 1906 the Methodist Episcopal Church at Williamsville was known as the Williamsville and Bowmansville Charge.
Temple Beth Zion Records 1864-2008 (bulk 1890-1995) at the State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
This collection is not digitized or online. The link opens a guide documenting the religious and community activities of Temple Beth Zion synagogue. Includes photographs, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, certificates, architectural drawings and special format or oversize materials dating from 1864 to 2008. Includes materials created by auxiliaries, religious school, leadership, administration and clergy.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church of Niagara Falls Records
Beginning at the end of the 19th century, Polish immigrants began settling into Niagara Falls, NY. Inspired to have a worship-site in their own language, local parishioners secured funds for the purchase of a property in the city’s East side. On May 27, 1902 the newly formed Roman Catholic Church was dedicated by Bishop Quigley. As membership increased, a larger house of worship became necessary. Constructed by the Braas Brothers Company Building Contractors, the church celebrated its first mass in the newly erected building in 1906. Holy Trinity Church features Romanesque Revival influence...
The Delaware Avenue Baptist Church began as Olivet Chapel, a Sunday School organized in 1874 to serve residents in the North Street area. During this time, the congregation had acquired a small brick carpenter’s shop on Delaware Avenue near North Street to use as a school. Rev. Hotchkiss, pastor of the Washington Street Baptist Church, preached the first sermon in the chapel on September 13, 1874.
Back in 1909, the record of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church directed the organizations of the Episcopal mission in the Pine Avenue 25th Street area of Niagara Falls, NY. Organized to serve the English immigrants who were coming from Canada to worship here, the mission was the beginning of the church known to city residents as the Church of the Redeemer Episcopal, at 820 Hyde Park Blvd.
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Niagara Falls
The congregation first met in January 1904 and was known as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethany Church. A place of worship was found and services began in August 1904 at the German Evangelical Church on Michigan Avenue near Main Street. With the congregation growing, they purchased at lot in 1906 and built a church of their own at Ferry Avenue and Twenty-Seventh Street in Niagara Falls, NY
A list of the microfilmed church records in the Research Library at the Buffalo History Museum. Links added where available, but most are still offline.
Images of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York. Only burial records go beyond the 1950s. This collection is being published as images become available.