Saint Paul's Parish (Anglican) : 1749-1954. — Microfilmed 1954-1966. — 25 of microfilm reels.
St. Paul's Parish (Anglican), Halifax, was incorporated in 1759, with St. Paul's (established 1750) as the parish church. The parish originally encompassed "all lands lying and being in the township of Halifax," but its activities extended across the province through the active missionary work of its clergy. The first division of the parish came in 1827, when Saint George's was erected as a separate parish to serve the north end of Halifax. The parish was again subdivided in 1858, when St. Luke's was erected as a separate parish to serve the south end.
Fonds consists of baptismal registers, 1749-1950; marriage registers, 1749-1954; marriage licenses, 1757-1863 (two versions, one in chronological, the other in alphabetical, order); burial registers, 1749-1954; and financial and property records, 1800-1850. Includes early registrations for inhabitants of Lunenburg, Windsor, Newport, Falmouth, Horton, Halifax Road, Cornwallis, Fort Edward and Kennetcook. Also includes registrations for inhabitants of St. Margaret's Bay and many places in Halifax County, including Cole Harbour, Eastern Passage, Fergusons Cove, Harrietsfield, Lawrencetown, Musquodoboit, Popes Harbour, Preston, Sambro, Sheet Harbour, and Ship Harbour.
Notes:
Records borrowed for microfilming in 1954 and 1966.
Records cannot be reproduced without written permission of the parish rector.
Provenance:
St. Paul's Parish (Halifax, N.S.)
Retrieval Information:
Baptismal records
1749 to 1792 microfilm 11551
1753 to 1790 microfilm 11552
Compiled from "loose records" by Saint Paul's clergy in 1898.
1791 to 1854 microfilm 11553
1854 to 1944 microfilm 11555
1944 to 1950 microfilm 11556
Baptismal records from Saint John's Church, Lunenburg, 1747 to 1851 microfilm 11552
Baptisms which were performed in Newport, Falmouth, Horton, Halifax Road, Cornwallis, Kennetcook and Fort Edward and registered in Saint Paul's, 1775 to 1795 microfilm 11552
Burial registers
1749 to 1802, 1817 to 1835 microfilm 11551
1753 to 1789 microfilm 11553
Compiled from "loose records" by Saint Paul's clergy in 1898.
1816 to 1954 microfilm 11554
Burial records from Saint John's Church, Lunenburg, 1749 to 1905 microfilm 11552
Burials which were performed in Newport, Falmouth, Horton, Halifax Road, Cornwallis, Kennetcook and Fort Edward and registered in Saint Paul's, 1775 to 1794 microfilm 11552
Marriage licenses
Marriage licenses, arranged in chronological order, 1757 to 1863; 8 reels, microfilmed in 1954.
1757-1768 microfilm 11534Marriage licenses were microfilmed again in 1966, arranged alphabetically by the groom's last name.
A-Connors microfilm 11544Marriage registers
1749 to 1792 microfilm 11551
1753 to 1789 microfilm 11553
Compiled from "loose records" by Saint Paul's clergy in 1898.
1791 to 1876 microfilm 11556
1877 to 1940 microfilm 11557
1941 to 1954 microfilm 11558
Marriage records from Saint John's Church, Lunenburg, 1749 to 1865 microfilm 11552
Marriages which were perfomed in Newport, Falmouth, Horton, Halifax Road, Cornwallis, Kennetcook and Fort Edward and registered in Saint Paul's, 1775 to 1794 microfilm 11552
Parochial finance and property records
Microfilm copies of a variety of receipts and bills for goods and services renderd to the parish (1809-1839); pew rental accounts (1834-1837; 1858); and the 1850 report of the committee formed to study the issue of dividing Saint Paul's Parish. microfilm 11542, 11543
1858 pew rent register microfilm 11553
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