(Madison County, NY – Dec. 2014) The public was invited to celebrate pre-1900 churches in this year’s annual Archive Day observance Oct. 22 at the Madison County Office Building. The event brought out not only an impressive 50-plus church ‘historians’ and exhibits, but also a crowd of interested members of the public.
The county archives also displayed the religious incorporation books dating back to the early 19th century.
Participating were: Brookfield First Baptist Church, Brookfield; Brookfield 7th Day Baptist Church, Brookfield; North Brookfield Baptist Church, North Brookfield; West Brookfield Community Church, Brookfield; Leonardsville United Methodist Church, Leonardsville; Leonardsville 7th Day Baptist Church, Leonardsville; Cazenovia First United Methodist Church, Cazenovia; St. James Catholic Church, Cazenovia; Federated Church of New Woodstock, New Woodstock; New Woodstock Methodist Church, New Woodstock; Eaton Community Bible Church, Eaton; Morrisville Community Church, Morrisville; Perryville United Methodist Church, Perryville; United Methodist Church, Georgetown; First Baptist Church, Georgetown; Presbyterian Church of Georgetown, Georgetown; East Hamilton United Methodist Church, Hubbardsville; First Baptist Church, Hamilton; St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hamilton; Lebanon Federated Church, Earlville; First Baptist Church of Canastota, Canastota; St. Agatha’s Roman Catholic Church, Canastota; Whitelaw Presbyterian Church, Canastota; Quality Hill Church, Canastota; Free Church of Canastota, Canastota; Oneida Lake Congregational Church, Canastota; Bouckville United Methodist Church, Bouckville; First Baptist Church of Madison, Madison; Madison United Methodist Church, Madison; First Congregational Church of Madison, Madison; Madison Universalist Church, Madison; Nelson United Methodist Church, Nelson; Erieville United Methodist Church, Nelson; The Welsh Church, East Nelson; First Church of Christ Scientist, Oneida; First Presbyterian Church, Oneida; First United Methodist Church, Oneida; Oneida Baptist Church, Oneida; St. John’s Episcopal Church, Oneida; St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Oneida; St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Oneida; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Oneida; Peterboro United Methodist Church, Peterboro; Peterboro Community Church, Peterboro; Presbyterian Church of Smithfield, Smithfield; Church of Peterboro, Peterboro; Baptist Church of Christ, Peterboro; Siloam Methodist Episcopal Church, Siloam; First Congregational Church, Stockbridge; Stockbridge United Methodist Church, Stockbridge; First Presbyterian Church, Chittenango; St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Chittenango and Chittenango United Methodist Church, Chittenango.
For more information about Archives Day, the Madison County Historian Office or records archivist, call 315.366.2453.
This concludes our photos on Archives Day.
Staff photos by Martha E. Conway