Looking for church records for ancestors who lived in Rochester? You may find answers in the Rochester Church Indexing Project database or the digitized records of the Rochester Genealogical Society.
The Rochester Churches Indexing Project is a datatbase of 38 churches including churches of many denominations including: Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, and Evangelical. Currently there are over 30,000 marriages, 56,900 baptism, 5,300 deaths in the database. This is an ongoing project.
For more information, go to: http://rcip.info
The Rochester Genealogical Society has digitized church records to include marriages, baptisms, burials and membership records. The denominations represented include: Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Reformed, Church of Christ, Methodist and Baptist. There are also digitized records from Mount Hope Cemetery covering the years 1837-1906.
For more information, go to: www.nyrgs.org and click on the link for digitized records.
Jean, we have been looking at my great grandmother’s history. While her older and younger brother were baptized in Belleville, ON, there is no record for Mary Anne McCollum/McCallum b.1842 there. In the censuses, she is listed as having been born in the USA. On her daughter’s death record, it says she was born in Rochester.
I note that site does not list Catholic records as online. What would be the most likely place for us to find her birth or baptismal records?
Many thank… Carl Condon
There is a New York State Birth index on Ancestry.com The Birth index begins in 1881. I’m not sure what year you are searching for. Before 1881 it is difficult to find birth records. You could get in touch with the Rochester Public Library Local History department. They should be able to tell you more about obtaining birth or baptism records in Rochester. Their phone number and email are: (585) 428-8370 and lochist@libraryweb.org. Their website is: https://roccitylibrary.org/division/local-history-genealogy/