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 *[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/genealogy/wm-index.htm Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registers]
-=== Introduction ===
+===Historical Background===
-As civil registration of vital statistics was not generally practiced in Canada until provincial governments took responsibility in the late nineteenth century, church records may be consulted for birth, death, or marriage information prior to 1882.
+*The first '''Catholic''' parish was founded at Red River in 1818 by two priests.
+*The '''Church of England (Anglican)''' began in the same area in 1820.
-*Civil registration of vital statistics was not generally practiced in Canada until provincial governments took responsibility in the late nineteenth century.
+*The '''Methodists''' were established at Rossville in 1840.
-*The first Catholic parish was founded at Red River in 1818 by two priests. The Church of England (Anglican) began in the same area in 1820.
+*The '''Presbyterians first arrived in Assiniboin in 1851.
-*The Methodists were established at Rossville in 1840.
+*'''Baptists, Lutherans, and Mennonites''' were established in Manitoba in the 1870s as a result of the arrival of large numbers of Germanic and Slavic immigrants.
-*The Presbyterians first arrived in Assiniboin in 1851.
+*The Congregationalists, Methodists, and some of the Presbyterians were combined in 1925 to form the '''United Church of Canada'''.
-*Baptists, Lutherans, and Mennonites were established in Manitoba in the 1870s as a result of the arrival of large numbers of Germanic and Slavic immigrants.
-*The Congregationalists, Methodists, and some of the Presbyterians were combined in 1925 to form the United Church of Canada.
+===Provincial Archives===
 A few Church of England, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and United Church of Canada registers are available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives. The Church of England registers are indexed to 1900. For a complete list of Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian registers held by the Provincial Archives see “Genealogical Sources in the Province of Manitoba,” ''Genealogical Journal'' 8:98.
+===National Archives===
 Copies of various parish registers and other church records may be found in the National Archives of Canada and at the Family History Library.&nbsp; The Family History Library website is: &nbsp; http://www.familysearch.org.
 === Addresses  ===