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Ontario / Upper Canada
BOOK - Lanark County United Churches, formerly Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian, Baptisms 1822-1899, Marriages 1834-1899, Burials 1863-1874 Genealogy & History Resources Transcribed by Halton-Peel Branch and Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 2013 This reprint published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa, 2017
This Vital Statistics Project consists of transcriptions of baptism, marriage and burial records for early congregations that became members of the United Church of Canada in 1925. The records are held by the United Church Archives (UCA). The transcriptions were done by volunteers from Toronto Branch and Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), with this book originally being published by the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society in 2013. Records have been grouped according to the Fonds [collection] number assigned by the United Church of Canada Archives. These Fonds generally contain the records of early circuits (later called Charges) or churches that merged over the years to become a current United Church today. Contents include:
Perth, the county town, was established as a military settlement in 1816, becoming widely known as the "Perth Military Settlement". Other early towns/villages include Carleton Place (originally Morphy's Falls), Almonte (originally informally known as Shepherd's Falls, then Shipman's Mills in 1821, then Ramsayville, then Waterford and finally named Almonte in 1855), Lanark Village, Smiths Falls, Franktown, Pakenham, Rosetta, Clayton. The original townships in Lanark County were:
8.5 X 11" Index Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 2013 Original 2013 ISBN 978-7779-1515-8 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa 2017 New ISBN 978-1-77240-071-7 (Coilbound edition) More Canadian Genealogy & History Resources from Global Genealogy:
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