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First Baptist Church of Romulus (Kendaia),
Seneca County, N.Y.
The Kendaia Church was founded in 1795, and went out of existence when its land was taken by the Army in 1941, during World War II.
- 1895 Centennial History of the First Baptist Church of Romulus
- The First Baptist Church of Romulus -- an article, biography of Pastor Wisner Kinne, and list of members from 1896. Also old photographs.
- Newspaper article about the moving of the Kendaia church building in 1954. Also scan of original.
- Thesis (PDF format, offsite) about the Seneca Army Depot and the Kendaia church:
Bruno, L. Dean. Once a Home, Now a Memory: Dispossession, Possession and Remembrance of the Landscape of the Former Seneca Army Depot, 2008.
(Note: the picture on p. 78 which is supposed to be of the Kendaia church is instead the First Wesleyan Methodist Church of Varick.) - Kendaia Cemetery records -- located on Seneca Co. Genweb site.
- Map showing location of Kendaia Cemetery. (The crosses at the bottom right of the words "Seneca Army Depot".) Map generated at: Free Digital Topo Maps.
- Aerial photo of Kendaia Cemetery and former Seneca Army Depot, looking SE. Courtesy of Bill Hecht.
- A visit to the Kendaia Cemetery, May 2009.
- Some tombstones from the Kendaia Cemetery. (Coming soon.)
