Newfoundland and Labrador Church Records
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Online Records
- Parish Records for Newfoundland and Labrador... Listed by District Baptisms, Marriages, Burials.
- Ecclesiastical history of Newfoundland
- A History of the Churches in Newfoundland ($)
- History of the Church in eastern Canada and Newfoundland ($)
- Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1945 Images.
- Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893 Index and Images.
- Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899, index and images, ($)
Introduction
The major denominations of Newfoundland include the Anglican Church, the Catholic Church, and the United Church of Canada (the Methodists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists united in 1925 to form the United Church of Canada). The P.A.N.L. has parish registers, as follows:
Anglican 1752–1983
Catholic 1793–1981
United Church of Christ 1765–1981
NGB Parish Records for Newfoundland and Labrador Listed by District.
The Maritime History Group, St. John’s holds copies of some English and Irish parish registers.
To find the name and address of a church, consult the appropriate religions or write their central office for assistance. To obtain church directories, write to:
Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
P.O. Box 23112
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4J9
Telephone: 709-726-5677
Email: angcathedral@nf.aibn.com
The archives include baptism, marriage and burial records going back to the mid 1700s.
These records deal not only with the Cathedral parish of today but also all of St. John’s and even into the province as a whole.
Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland Archives
25 Main Street
Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 1C2
Telephone: 709-639-8712
Predominant records are from 1976 to 1990, but there are also records from 1842 to 1990. The Diocese of Western Newfoundland was created in 1976 during the process of restructuring. The former Diocese of Newfoundland (established 1839) was divided into three smaller dioceses. All records generated since this split are located at the Diocesan Archives of Western Newfoundland.
Sacramental records of several parishes of Western Newfoundland (since 1842) will be available also through this Archive, by means of microfilmed records. Provision is made also for collection and microfilming of other parish records of the diocese. Correspondence, minutes, reports, principles, constitutions, journals, yearbooks, administrative records, handbooks, newsletters, orders of service, press releases, notices, questionnaires, plans, assessments, feasibility studies, property records are all housed here.
St. Mary’s Anglican Church Archive
Anglican Parish of St. Mary the Virgin
1 Cornwall Crescent
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1E 1Z4
Telephone: 709-579-0039
Email: stmarysthevirgin@nf.aibn.com
Records are dated from 1859 to 1995. Records relate to the history of the parish since its inception. These include vital statistics records, e.g., birth, marriage and burial records; publications on the history of the parish; photographs; minutes and other records of the various parish organizations, etc.
The Archivist
The Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
19 King's Bridge Road
St. John's, NF A1C 3K4
CANADA
Telephone: 709-576-6697 Fax: 709-576-7122
Roman Catholic
There is a guide to the collections of the Archives and it is available to researchers for examination at the archives if requested. The above information is located on the website.
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
P.O. Box 1363
St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5M3
Telephone: 709-726-3660
Salvation Army Records
East Division Headquarters
Salvation Army
21 Adams Avenue
St. John's, NF A1C 4Z1
CANADA
Telephone: 709-579-2022 Fax: 709-754-8336
Baptist
Atlantic Baptist Archives
Acadia University
Esther Clark Wright Archives
Vaughan Memorial Library Special Collections
Acadia University
P.O. Box 4
Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6
Canada
E-mail: archives@acadiau.ca
Reference Desk: (902) 585-1011
- The Atlantic Baptist Archives at Acadia University preserves the records of nearly 800 Baptist Churches in Atlantic Canada. These archival finding aids are inventories of some, but not all, church records in the Archives. New finding aids will continue to be added as they are created.
If you do not see your church listed, please email us: archives@acadiau.ca
United Church of Canada
Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives
Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council
21 Wright St.
Sackville New Brunswick E4L 4P8
Canada
Phone: 1-800-268-3781 ext. 6159
Email: swallace@united-church.ca
- The Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council/Regional Council 15 Archives is mandated to collect, preserve, and provide access to the records of the Maritime, Gaspé, and Bermuda regions of the The United Church of Canada. We also have pre-1925 records of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational congregations in the Maritimes and Gaspé which joined The United Church of Canada in 1925.
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