Canada, Prince Edward Island Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes church records for the years 1777-1985. This collection contains baptisms, marriages, burials and other records from several churches from the following denominations: • 2 The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church kept more detailed records than some other religions. Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other groups, especially those that did not baptize infants, often did not keep church registers unless required by law. You can find a person’s religious affiliation in Canadian censuses beginning in 1851. Early French Catholic records are usually quite detailed, but Protestant marriage records and civil records often give little information about the parents of the couple until mid-19th century. In Upper Canada the names of the bride’s and the groom’s parents began to be recorded in the county marriage registers in 1858.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Birth
 * Name and gender of child
 * Child's date and place of birth
 * Date and place of baptism
 * By whom baptized
 * Name of father and his occupation
 * Maiden name of mother

Confirmation
 * Name of ancestor
 * Age
 * Date and place of baptism
 * Date of confirmation

Marriage
 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Residence of groom
 * Residence of bride
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of witnesses

Death
 * Name of deceased
 * Age of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Date of birth
 * Date of funeral
 * Date and place of burial
 * Name of officiating minister

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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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 * Check for other names. An individual might appear under an unexpected name for a variety of reasons:
 * They might have been listed under a middle name, nickname, or abbreviation of their given name
 * A woman may have returned to her maiden name after the death of her husband

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * edited by Terrence M. Punch with George F. Sanborn, Jr., Genealogist's handbook for Atlantic Canada research 2nd ed. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997, c1989 FHL 971.5 D27pt 1997
 * Bedeque, United Church of Canada, Church records, 1821-1976
 * Belfast, Presbyterian Church in Canada. St. John, Church records, 1853-1977
 * Brooklyn and Belle Creek, Church of Scotland, Baptisms, 1868-1894
 * Caledonia, Presbyterian Church in Canada. Caledonia Church, Church records, 1888-1937
 * Cavendish-Breadalbane Pastoral Charge, United Church of Canada, Church records, 1845-1984
 * Charlottetown, Presbyterian Church in Canada. St. James, Annual reports, 1885-1946
 * Charlottetown, United Church of Canada. Trinity United Church, Church records, 1836-1981
 * Charlottetown, Anglican Church of Canada. St. Paul, Church records, 1777-1963
 * Charlottetown, Anglican Church of Canada. St. Peter, Church records, 1869-1982
 * Cornwall, United Church of Canada. Cornwall United Church, Church records, 1856-1972
 * Fort Augustus, Catholic Church Saint Patrick, Church records, 1854-1919
 * Georgetown, Anglican Church of Canada. Holy Trinity, Church records, 1842-1977
 * Marshfield, Presbyterian Church in Canada. St. Columba, Church records, 1857-1978
 * Mt. Stewart, United Church of Canada. St. John, Church records, 1871-1962
 * Port Hill, Anglican Church of Canada. St. James, Church records, 1842-1973
 * Springfield, Anglican Church of Canada. St. Elizabeth, Church records, 1850-1978
 * Summerside, United Church of Canada. Trinity United Church, Church records, 1866-1978
 * Church of Scotland, Church records, 1853-1926
 * Master name index of the Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation
 * Master name index, part 2 (Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation)
 * Probate records, 1807-1958; indexes, 1786-2000
 * Land registry records (conveyance ledgers), 1769-1872
 * Prince Edward Island township ledgers, 1850-1954, 1981 (most dates between 1866 and 1900)

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Canada, Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Duncan Campbell, History of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown P.E.I. : Bremner Bros., 1875

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