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Orchard Park Monthly Meeting Records (including East Hamburg, Hamburg (Hicksite), and Eden)

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-O751

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.

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

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