Guysborough Parish (Anglican) : 1786-1968. — Microfilmed 1973-1982. — 5 of microfilm reels.

Guysborough Parish (Anglican) was established in 1786, with Christ Church as the parish church.

Fonds consists of baptismal registers, 1786-1903; marriage registers, 1786-1904; burial registers, 1787-1904; confirmation registers, 1836-1940; service registers, 1937-1953; minutes of parish and vestry meetings, 1787-1968; minutes of congregational meetings, 1885-1968; financial and property records, 1786-1984; parish history and reference materials, ca. 1930-1959; and minutes of meetings of Saint Paul's Guild, 1954-1957. Fonds includes separate registers of baptisms, 1848-1903; marriages, 1848-1904; and burials, 1848-1904; kept at Saint Paul's Church, Boylston. In addition to Guysborough and Boylston, includes registrations for other communities in the area, including Dorts Cove.

Notes:

Records were loaned for microfilming in 1973 and 1982.

Records cannot be reproduced without written permission of the parish rector.

Provenance:

Guysborough Parish

Retrieval Information:

Baptismal registers
1786 to 1880, one record from 1890  microfilm 11390
1834 and 1835  microfilm 11392
Saint Paul's Church, Boylston, 1848 to 1903  microfilm 11666

Burial registers
1787 to 1880  microfilm 11390
A few records created in 1835 are on  microfilm 11392
Saint Paul's Church, Boylston, 1848 to 1904  microfilm 11666

Confirmation registers
1836-1940  microfilm 11390

Marriage registers
1786 to 1880  microfilm 11390
A few records created in 1835 and 1836 are on  microfilm 11392
Saint Paul's Church, Boylston, 1848 to 1904  microfilm 11666

Parochial financial and property records, 1786-1948
microfilm 11390, 11391, 11392, 11393

Minutes of parish and vestry meetings
1786 to 1882  microfilm 11390
1885 to 1968  microfilm 11392

Minutes of congregation meetings
Christ Church, Guysborough,1885 to 1968  microfilm 11392
Saint Paul's Church, Boylston, 1897 to 1909  microfilm 11392
Saint Michael's Church, Dort's Cove, 1938 to 1942  microfilm 11393

Service registers, 1937-1953
Christ Church, Guysborough, and Saint Paul's Church, Boylston
microfilm 11392
Saint Michael's Church, Dort's Cove
microfilm 11393

Parochial history and reference materials
1776?-1959  microfilm 11392

Saint Paul's Anglican Guild minutes
1954-1957  microfilm 11392

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