Parish Register, 1920-1930

Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Church history

African Americans -- New York (State) -- Buffalo

The Parish Register, kept by the Rector, contains several sections describing the communicants, historical data, baptisms, confirmations, burials, and marriages of St. Philip's members. The baptismal records list the name of the baptized member, along with their birthplace, birthdate, sex, baptismal date and location, up to three sponsors, and the officiating minister. The record of confirmations lists the confirmed member, along with their date of birth, birthplace, date and location of confirmation, the rector presenting the confirmation and the bishop confirming. The record of burials contains the names of the members who were buried, along with their sex, age of death, last residence, date and cause of death, place of interment, date of burial, and the minister. The marriage records list the date of the marriage, the groom and bride, their ages and status’ of either bachelor, maiden, widower, or widow. In addition, the marriage records list the residence of the groom and bride, their parents, signatures of witnesses, and the officiating minister. The Parish Register includes instruction of how to keep the parish records, detailing the need for immediacy when record keeping, examination by the Bishop at his annual visitation, and protocol for permanent and temporary entries. While the instructions state that “a new name entered on any page should also be entered in the Index”, the index remains blank. This book also includes a page of historical data, documenting the transition from Reverend E.R. Bennett to Reverend Osmond Henry Brown.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1920-1930

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

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MS-0269_4

2023-03-16

27.4x42.3cm

112pp

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