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==== United Church of Canada and Presbyterian Church Records==== | ==== United Church of Canada and Presbyterian Church Records==== | ||
The United Church of Canada Archives holds the local church records of the United Church and its uniting denominations '''(Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian (1925 union); and Evangelical United Brethren—joined in 1968)'''. The records of the churches which did not join at union but remained part of the continuing Presbyterian Church in Canada after 1925 are held in Toronto. | The United Church of Canada Archives holds the local church records of the United Church and its uniting denominations '''(Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian (1925 union); and Evangelical United Brethren—joined in 1968)'''. The records of the churches which did not join at union but remained part of the continuing Presbyterian Church in Canada after 1925 are held in Toronto.<br> | ||
[https://pacificmountain.ca/bob-stewart-archives-pmrc/ '''Bob Stewart Archives''']<br> | [https://pacificmountain.ca/bob-stewart-archives-pmrc/ '''Bob Stewart Archives''']<br> | ||
312 Main Street, Suite 320<br> | 312 Main Street, Suite 320<br> | ||
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*Please visit [https://www.memorybc.ca/united-church-of-canada-british-columbia-conference-archives '''MemoryBC'''] for a listing of inventories. | *Please visit [https://www.memorybc.ca/united-church-of-canada-british-columbia-conference-archives '''MemoryBC'''] for a listing of inventories. | ||
:The holdings of this facility include a wide variety of records such as, historic membership rolls, registers of vital events, minutes of church meetings, correspondence and photographs for over 500 congregations across British Columbia. The publication, ''Guide to Family History Research in the Archival Repositories of the United Church of Canada'', is available from the United Church and may be useful to researchers interested in such records | :The holdings of this facility include a wide variety of records such as, historic membership rolls, registers of vital events, minutes of church meetings, correspondence and photographs for over 500 congregations across British Columbia. The publication, ''Guide to Family History Research in the Archival Repositories of the United Church of Canada'', is available from the United Church and may be useful to researchers interested in such records | ||
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[http://www.presbyterianarchives.ca/ '''Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives and Record Office'''] <br>50 Wynford Drive <br>Toronto, Ontario M3C 1J7 <br>Telephone: (416) 441-1111 or toll-free at 1-800-619-7301 <br>Their website has a button on the homepage for genealogists. | |||
*[https://presbyterianarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Archives_InfoSheet_GenealogyGuide.pdf '''Guide to Genealogy'''] | |||
*[https://presbyterianarchives.ca/finding-aids/congregation-records/ '''Congregation Records'''] | |||
*[https://presbyterianarchives.ca/fees-services/ '''Fees and Services''']<br> | |||
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==Go to the Wiki article for your ancestors' denomination to find more archives. == | ==Go to the Wiki article for your ancestors' denomination to find more archives. == | ||
There are frequently additional, nationwide or regional archives for each denomination. Find the article for your ancestors' denomination and follow the instructions there to access these sources. This is especially important if local archives are not given above. | There are frequently additional, nationwide or regional archives for each denomination. Find the article for your ancestors' denomination and follow the instructions there to access these sources. This is especially important if local archives are not given above. | ||