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 11534
1765-1783  microfilm 11535
1783-1785  microfilm 11536
1785-1790, 1821-1825  microfilm 11537
1825-1831  microfilm 11538
1832-1835  microfilm 11539
1835-1845  microfilm 11540
1845-1856  microfilm 11541
1856-1863  microfilm 11542

Marriage licenses were microfilmed again in 1966, arranged alphabetically by the groom's last name.

A-Connors  microfilm 11544
Connors-Guy  microfilm 11545
Hachlan-Lloyd  microfilm 11546
Lloyd-Marshall  microfilm 11547
Martin-Rolston  microfilm 11548
Roman-Wellner  microfilm 11549
Wellner-Zwicker  microfilm 11550

Marriage 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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