The Brick Church was at one time the fourth largest Presbyterian Church in the United States. This index was created from the monthly church bulletins which span the years March 1894 to June 1931. It is literally the Who's Who of Rochester money and movers & shakers. Many of the surnames found in the index are the street names found in the city today. These bulletins are a testament to how life in Rochester evolved, adapted and survived. They detail travel, tragedy and triumph. The bulletins are chatty and somewhat gossipy, yet they provdie a snapshot of life tempered with religious and civic conscience.

This index is 13,934 lines long. We have made every effort to provide accurate information and "connect" people. Searchable fields include:

• Last name
• First name
• Middle Name
• Relatives (and relationship, e.g. mother, sister, etc.)
• Event (marriage, birth, death, soldier, baptism, engagement, memoriam)
• Age
• Month
• Day
• Year
• Publication Date
• Comment (article title, section of the bulletin)
• Page (page information is found in the bulletin)
• Minister (The ministers were assigned for long periods of time. They definitely helped shape some of the social and civic policies of Rochester, including starting the first YMCA.)
• Volume of the Brick Church
• Call number of the volume

This index spans the time frame of World War I. In the Event category "Soldiers," we included soldiers, YMCA workers, nurses, doctors, and personnel involved in the war effort. If a location, overseas or statewide, was given for the individual, it has been included in the comment section. Also included in the comment section is interment information if it was recorded. The location of the event - death, marriage, birth, etc. - is noted if it did not occur in Rochester.

The actual bulletins are available in the Local History Division but, due to copying restrictions, are not available for copying.

Go to the Brick Church Index.