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Abreviations Used for Churches

ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR CHURCHES

year founded and (year records begin- if different)

Luth. Ch. = Lutheran Church
MECh. = Methodist Episcopal Church
RDCh. = Reformed Dutch Church
RCh.=Reformed Church


Acq.RDCh. - Acquackanonk RDCh., Passaic, Passaic Co., NJ - 1693 (1726)
Brg.RDCh. - Bergen RDCh., Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ - 1660 (1664)
Clk.RDCh. - Clarkstown RDCh., Rockland Co., NY - 1749-
Green.NY RDCh. - Greenwich Village RDCh., New York City, NY - 1808
Hack.RDCh. - Hackensack RDCh. (Church on the Green), Bergen Co., NJ - 1686 (1686-1800)
Later First Reformed Church of Hackensack - 1801
Hack.Tr.RCh. - Hackensack True Reformed Dutch Church
Kak.RDCh. - Kakiat RDCh., (Brick Church) West New Hemstead, Rockland Co., NY - 1773 (1774)-
Montville RDCh. - Montville Reformed Dutch Church (1818) [formerly Boonton-Parsippany, Morris Co., NJ 1756 (1774)]
Montville Tr.RCh. - Montville True Dutch Reformed Church at Montville, NJ 1824
N.H.Pres. Ch. - New Hempstead (Old English) Presbyterian Ch., Rockland Co., NY - 1785
N.P.MECh. - New Prospect Methodist Episcopal Ch., (now Waldwick United Methodist Church,
Waldwick, Bergen Co., NJ (also formerly know as Paramus MECh., MECh. in Franklin Twp., and the Hohokus MECh. - 1796
N.Schr.RDCh. - North Schraalenburgh RDCh., Dumont, Bergen Co. NJ - 1801 (1802)
NW RDCh. - Northwest RDCh., or Sugar Loaf St., later Franklin St. and Madison Ave., NYC, NY-
1808
NY Col.RCh. - New York Collegiate Reformed Church - successor to original NY Dutch Church
(Quoted in previous genealogical works -not available at this time.)
NY RDCh. - New York Dutch Church (later Collegiate), New Amsterdam and NYC, NY - 1639
NY Luth.Ch. - New York Lutheran Ch., NYC & Surrounding area - 1704
Par.RDCh. - Paramus RDCh., Ridgewood, Bergen Co., NJ - 1725 (1740)
Par.Tr.RCh - Paramus True Reformed Ch. (Waldwick and later Ridgewood), Bergen Co., NJ - 1823
Psk.RDCh. - Pascack RDCh., Park Ridge, Bergen Co., NJ - 1814 (1814)
P.Pl.RDCh. - Pompton Plains RDCh.,Pompton Plains, Morris Co., NJ - 1736
Prk.RDCh. - Preakness RDCh., Passaic Co., NJ - 1831
Ram.RDCh. - Ramapo RDCh., (Island Church) Mahwah, Bergen Co. NJ - 1789 (1824)
Ram.Luth.Ch. - Ramapo Lutheran Church 1749 (for earlier records see NY Lutheran Ch. records)
Ram.Tr.RCh. - Ramapo True Reformed Dutch Church,later The Christian Reformed Ch. (now Ramsey Presbyterian Ch.) - 1824
S.R.RDCh. - Saddle River RDCh. (Old Stone Church), Upper Saddle River, Bergen Co., NJ - 1784
S.R.Luth.Ch. - Saddle River Lutheran Ch. (Zion Lutheran Ch.), Saddle River, Bergen Co., NJ - 1818
Schr.RDCh. - Schraalenburgh, RDCh. (South Church now Presbyterian), Bergenfield, Bergen Co.,
NJ - 1724
S.Schr.RDCh. - Same as Schraalenburgh RDCh, in Bergenfield term used after N.Schr.Ch. was built 2nd.RCh.Pat. - Second Reformed Church Paterson - 1828-
2nd Riv.RDCh. - Second River RDCh., Belleville, Essex Co. NJ - 1700 (1726)
S.I.RDCh. - Staten Island RDCh., Port Richmond, Richmond Co., NY -1690
S.V.RDCh. - Spring Valley RDCh., Spring Valley, NY - 1865
Tap.RDCh. - Tappan RDCh., Tappan, Rockland Co., NY - 1694
Tary.RDCh. - Tarrytown RDCh. (Sleepy Hollow RDCh.), Philipsburg,Westchester Co., NY - 1697
Tot.RDCh. - Totowa RDCh., Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ - 1755 (later 1st RCh. Paterson)
Wy.RDCh. - Wyckoff RDCh., Bergen Co., NJ - 1806

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