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Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominantly of one nationality or ethnic group. | Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominantly of one nationality or ethnic group. | ||
[http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk] indexes church, cemetery, probate and other early New England, New York and New Jersey records with links to abstracts of the records. | |||
Before 1900 the largest religious groups in were the [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]], and [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist Episcopal]] churches. | Before 1900 the largest religious groups in were the [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational]], [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]], and [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist Episcopal]] churches. | ||