Salem Outlook; volume 36

Last week I scanned Salem Outlook; volume 36 (Sept. 1939 – May 1940). That was the weekly newsletter of Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church which is now Salem United Church of Christ in Rochester. These newsletters continue to have baptisms (including sponsors), weddings (including witnesses), and funerals which had both death dates and funeral dates, …

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Salem Outlook

Last week I scanned 2 volumes of Salem Outlook. That was the weekly newsletter of Salem Evangelical & Reformed Church which is now Salem United Church of Christ in Rochester. The church was founded in 1873 as German United Evangelical Salem Church. The name evolved over the years as their denomination merged with other denominations. …

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2023 in Review

I scanned a lot this year. I like scanning things that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to see without digging through archive collections. New church histories this year were: Second Reformed Church (1946). Now Trinity Reformed Church in Brighton, NY. Typewritten with photos glued in. The Harvest of a Hundred Years; The Asbury First Methodist …

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