Saint Matthias' Parish (Anglican) : 1883-1986. — Microfilmed 1973-1986. — 12 of microfilm reels.

Saint Matthias' Parish (Anglican), Halifax, had its beginnings in 1882, with the opening of Saint Matthias' Church. The church was a mission of Saint Paul's from 1883 to 1904, when Saint Matthias' became a separate parish.

Fonds consists of baptismal registers, 1888-1973; marriage registers, 1889-1986; burial registers, 1888-1973; confirmation records,1904-1978; service registers, 1883-1977; minutes of parish and vestry meetings, 1896-1960; financial and property records, 1905-1965; records of parish societies, 1882-1963; and parish history and reference materials, 1898-1937.

Notes:

Records borrowed for microfilming in 1973, 1980, 1981, and 1986.

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

Provenance:

Saint Matthias' Parish (Halifax, N.S.)

Retrieval Information:

Baptismal registers
1888 to 1917  microfilm 11513
1917 to 1923  microfilm 11514
1933 to 1949  microfilm 11515
1928 to 1948  microfilm 11520
1949 to 1969  microfilm 11517
1970 to 1973  microfilm 11519
1949 to 1969  microfilm 11523

Burial registers
1888 to 1919  microfilm 11513
1919 to 1933  microfilm 11514
1933 to 1957  microfilm 11515
1958 to 1973  microfilm 11517

List of medical burials and the burial permits issued by the Province of Nova Scotia during the years 1969 to 1973. microfilm 11517

Confirmation records
1904 to 1917 in the parish's Service Register  microfilm 11516
1919 to 1930  microfilm 11514
1931 to 1950  microfilm 11515
1953 to 1973  microfilm 11517; along with the Roman Catholic declaration forms, which were signed during the years 1940 to 1973.

Marriage registers

1889 to 1917  microfilm 11513
1917 to 1921, 1928 to 1929 (incomplete)  microfilm 11514
1930 to 1952  microfilm 11515
1952 to 1986  microfilm 11524

Minutes of parish and vestry meetings
1896 to 1902  microfilm 11521
1904 to 1960  microfilm 11518
Parish meetings 1912 to 1941  microfilm 11521

Parochial finance and property records
microfilm 11520
1905-1914 Subscription list, the parish cash books, and the Mission Fund account book microfilm 11519

Parochial society records
1882-1963  microfilm 11520
Saint Matthias' Men's Club cash book  microfilm 11519

Parochial history and reference works
1898-1922  microfilm 11520

Service registers
1883 to 1898  microfilm 11513
1899 to 1977  microfilm 11516

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