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Church Record Book No. 2 1849-1921 [series]: (Item 2) "The record of the Alsace congregation in the Town of Potter, County of Yates ..." Volume 2 contains minutes of congregational meetings (1849-1921) on the temporal affairs of the church. Minutes regularly include the results of trustee elections and financial reports. Most entries are in German until the 1880's, when they gradually switched to English. Items of note:
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Page 3,
December 1, 1849 Members agree to build a church. Land offered for church and cemetary.
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Page 4,
October 21, 1850 Record of the church's incorporation.
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Page 6,
October 1868 Minutes out of order.
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Page 11-21,
April 25, 1857 Articles of organization are included, including that only German shall be used in services, who can vote, trustees' responsibilities, officers, procedure to be followed in getting a new pastor, how one becomes a member, etc. Signed by 26 members.
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Page 35,
March 1869 Mention of support for German immigrants to Buffalo and the Warlburg, Iowa seminary.
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Page 52-68,
1885-1888 Pastorate of Heinrich T. Duensing, who makes comments on the state of the church.
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Page 77,
July 29, 1894 Constitutional changes made.
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Page 77,
January 2, 1918 Women given the privilege of voting in church meeting
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Page 77,
1918 Funds raised for Wagner College.
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Page 77,
April 6, 1919 Name anglicised.
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