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Church Records

Various Orthodox Churches

For greater success, use all the Wiki Articles in this series:

Denomination Website	History	Addresses of Local Churches
Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of Canada	History	See Recommended Links In the right sidebar.
[Coptic Orthodox Church]
[Greek Orthodox Church]
[Russian Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church in Canada
[Orthodox Church in America]

Correspond with or visit the actual churches.[edit | edit source]

Some records are still held in the local churches. Contact the current minister to find out what records are still available.

Make an appointment to look at the records. Or ask the minister of the church to make a copy of the record for you.
To find church staff available, you might have to visit on Sunday.
Ask for small searches at a time, such as one birth record or a specific marriage. Never ask for "everything on a family or surname".
A donation ($25-$40) for their time and effort to help you would be appropriate.
If the church has a website, you may be able to e-mail a message.
See the Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy for help with composing letters.
- Canadian Church Directory
- See address lists in above chart for each denomination.

Information Found in the Records[edit | edit source]

To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type:

Minutes or Historical Narrative

Carefully compare any record you find to known facts about the ancestor[edit | edit source]

You will possibly find many different people with the same name as your ancestor, especially when a family stayed in a locality for several generations, and several children were named after the grandparents or aunts and uncles. Be prepared to find the correct church records by organizing in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor as possible:

name, including middle name and maiden name
names of all spouses, including middle and maiden name
exact or closely estimated dates of birth, marriage, and death
names and approximate birthdates of children
all known places of residence
occupations
military service details

Carefully evaluate the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a "near match". If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, Evaluate the Evidence.

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 Denomination Website
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 Addresses of Local Churches
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 |style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[http://www.istocnik.ca/sr/ '''Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of Canada ''']
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Canadians '''Serbian Canadians''']
+|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:150px"|[http://www.istocnik.ca/sr/eparhija/ '''History''']
 |style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[http://www.istocnik.ca/sr/eparhija/ '''See Recommended Links'''] In the right sidebar.
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[https://eccopts.ca/ '''Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Ottawa, Montreal, and Eastern Canada''']<br> [https://mvwcopts.ca/ '''Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mississauga, Vancouver & Western Canada''']
+|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[Coptic Orthodox Church]
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Canadians '''Coptic Canadians''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[http://directory.nihov.org/church/canada/ontario '''Canadian Coptics Church List''']<br>[https://eccopts.ca/churches/ '''Eastern Diocese Churches''']<br>[https://mvwcopts.ca/diocese/diocese-churches/ '''Western Diocese Churches''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[https://www.gometropolis.org/ '''Greek Orthodox Church''']
+|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[Greek Orthodox Church]
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Canada '''Greek Archdiocese of Canada''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[https://www.gometropolis.org/parishes-and-monasteries/parishes/ '''Parishes''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[http://www.orthodox-canada.com/ '''Russian Orthodox Church''']
+|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[Russian Orthodox Church
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Canada '''Russian Orthodox Church in Canada''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[http://www.orthodox-canada.com/parishes/ '''Parishes''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[http://mcdiocese.com/en/category/news/ '''Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Montreal and Canadian Diocese''']
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia '''Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia''']
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[http://mcdiocese.com/en/category/prixody/ '''Parishes''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[https://www.oca.org/ ''' Orthodox Church in America''']<br> (formerly Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America)
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America '''Orthodox Church in America''']
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[https://www.oca.org/parishes '''Parishes''']
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 |style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.com/ '''Syriac Orthodox Church in Canada''']
-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:250px"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Canadians '''Syrian Canadians''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:top; width:200px"|[http://syrianorthodoxchurch.com/a_arch_can.htm '''Parishes and Clergy''']
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-|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|'''Ukrainian Orthodox Church''': See full Wiki article, [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada|'''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada''']]
+|style="border: solid black 2px; padding:10px; vertical-align:center; width:400px"|[Orthodox Church in America]
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-==Online Records==
+===Correspond with or visit the actual churches.===
-*'''1621-1968''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1091/ '''Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968'''], index & images ($). Can be used free-of-charge at a [[FamilySearch Centers|'''FamilySearch Center'''.]]
+Some records are still held in the local churches. Contact the current minister to find out what records are still available.
-*'''1642-1967''' {{RecordSearch|2461313|'''Quebec index to civil copy of church records, 1642-1902'''}}, digitized, browsable index.
-*'''1763-1967''' {{RecordSearch|1929561|'''Quebec, non-Catholic parish registers, 1763-1967'''}}, images only.
-==Correspond with or visit the actual churches.==
-Records are still held in the local churches. If it appears that a parish church as closed, contact the diocese.
 *'''Make an appointment''' to look at the records. Or ask the minister of the church to make a copy of the record for you.
 *To find church staff available, you might have to visit on Sunday.
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 **[http://churchdirectory.ca/ '''Canadian Church Directory''']
 **See address lists in above chart for each denomination.
-**[https://orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_Parishes_in_Canada '''Orthodox Wiki List of Parishes in Canada'''] Combined list of Orthodox churches. Numbers in brackets are clickable links to websites.]
 ==Information Found in the Records==