Orchard Park Monthly Meeting Records (including East Hamburg, Hamburg (Hicksite), and Eden)
Scope and Contents
Records of Orchard Park Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, East Hamburg Executive and Monthly Meetings (Hicksite), Hamburg Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) , Hamburgh Monthly Meeting, and Eden Monthly Meeting, 1751-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1814-2002; Vital records 1751-1942, including births & deaths, 1759-1866 & 1751-1942, marriages & removals, 1822-99, and removals, 1819-92; Ministers & Elders minutes, 1821-1907; Financial records 1831-1958; Newsletter 1981-95.
Dates
- Creation: 1814 - 2002
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Eden Monthly Meeting was established in 1814, set off from Farmington Monthly. In 1820 Eden Monthly divided into Hamburgh and Concord Monthly Meetings. The Hicksite branch of Hamburg Monthly became a part of Genesee Yearly Meeting on its establishment in 1834. The meeting changed its name to East Hamburg Monthly Meeting in 1852. In 1906 the meeting became an Executive Meeting; it changed its name to Orchard Park Monthly Meeting in 1958, and this meeting remains active. The Orthodox branch of Hamburg Monthly was laid down in 1846, its members attached to Collins Monthly Meeting.
Extent
1.7 linear ft. (1 box (20 volumes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Orchard Park Monthly Meeting and its predecessors, East Hamburg Executive and Monthly Meetings (Hicksite), Hamburg Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) , Hamburg Monthly Meeting, and Eden Monthly Meeting, 1751-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1814-2002; Vital records 1751-1942, including births & deaths, 1759-1866 & 1751-1942, marriages & removals, 1822-99, and removals, 1819-92; Ministers & Elders minutes, 1821-1907; Financial records 1831-1958; Newsletter 1981-95.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1814-1831, 1.2 1831-1856, 1.3 1857-1903, 1.4 1904-1934, 1.5 1935-1958, 1.6 1958-1968, 1.7 1969-1975, 1.8 1976, 1980-2002, 1.9 1976-79; Women's minutes: 2.1 1814-1824, 2.2 1824-1851, 2.3 1851-1872, 2.4 1872-1882; Vital Records: 3.1 Births and Deaths 1759-1866, 3.2 Births and Deaths 1751-1942, 3.3 Marriages and Removals 1822-1899, 3.4 Removals 1819-1892, 3.5 Births and Deaths 1814-66; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1821-1850, 4.2 1851-1907; Financial records: 5.1 Treasurer's Book 1831-1882, 5.2 Treasurer's Book 1857-1958; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Newsletter 1980-89, 6.2 Newsletter 1991-1995, 6.3 Miscellaneous Meeting records 1981-84.
Physical Location
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Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Custodial History
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit,1997.
Existence and Location of Copies
Men's minutes, 1814-56, women's minutes, 1814-51, & births & deaths, 1751-1942, also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY 55-56.
Subject
- Eden Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1814-1820 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Hamburg Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1852 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1820-1828 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- East Hamburg Executive Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1906-1958 : Orchard Park, N.Y.) (Organization)
- East Hamburg Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1852-1906: East Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Eden Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1814-1820 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Hamburg Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1852 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Hamburgh Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1820-1828 : Hamburg, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Orchard Park Friends Monthly Meeting (1958- : Orchard Park, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Orchard Park Monthly Meeting Records (including East Hamburg, Hamburg (Hicksite), and Eden)
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2016: This electronic finding aid was updated in Summer 2016 by Abdulrezak Kemal in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace, to conform to current markup standards and the ArchivesSpace data model.
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
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