Colchester County Church Records

(held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management)

Note that this list was originally compiled in 1998. Any records acquired since that time will not be reflected on this list.

As of September 2007, this list has been largely superseded by the Nova Scotia Parish Records Microfilm Collection Database. Note, however, that that database includes only those records that have been microfilmed.

This document is part of the Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources Page.


Brookfield

Baptist

NSARM Mfm# 11265-6

Notes:
The Church was established in 1857.

Knox United Church

NSARM Mfm# 11267

Notes:
This includes records for Middle Stewiacke
The Church was established in 1800; formerly Presbyterian.


Clifton

United Church of Canada

NSARM Mfm# 11291-3

Notes:
Records include Princeport and Old Barns


Coldstream Pastoral Charge

United Church of Canada

NSARM Mfm#162-165

Notes:
This Pastoral Charge includes the communities of Kemptown, Valley, Riverside, and Greenfield.

[see also under Churches: Upper Stewiacke... NSARM Mfm# 11965-8]


Earltown

Free Church Presbyterian

NSARM Mfm#11346


Economy

NSARM Mfm#11351 records include:

Economy United

Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian

Five Islands

Bass River. Riverside Congregation.

Portapique, Castlegreth, Bass River


Five Islands

Peniel United

NSARM Mfm# 11365-6

Notes:
There are no vital records in this collection.
Formerly Presbyterian


Great Village

Presbyterian

MG 4 v. 35

NSARM Mfm# 11387, records include:

St. James United

Upper Londonderry United Church of Canada

Acadia Mines United

Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian

Methodist Church at Acadia Mines

Notes:
The writing is very faded and illegible in some places.


Londonderry

St. Paul's Anglican

See MG 4 v. 150 (Londonderry Township Book)
NSARM Mfm# 12648-9

Notes
This includes Truro and Londonderry Mission

Roman Catholic

NSARM Mfm# 11634


New Annan-Wentworth Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)

NSARM Mfm#944 (items 66, 69)

West New Annan United Church

Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian
Index in MG 4, v. 364, #1


Onslow/Belmost Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)

NSARM Mfm#155

Onslow Presbyterian [item #6]

Belmont, North River, and Onslow (Methodist) Circut [item #7]

Notes:
A Presbyterian church was established at Onslow ca. 1790.
These records also include Londonderry Methodist and North River Presbyterian


Stewiacke

Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)

NSARM Mfm# 590-591 includes:

Presbyterian Pastorate of Stewiacke

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

NSARM Mfm# 11894-8

St. Andrew's United Church

NSARM Mfm# TBD

Lower Stewiacke. Holy Trinity Anglican

NSARM Mfm#11637-8

Upper Stewiacke. United Church

NSARM Mfm#11965-8

Miscellaneous (Presbyterian) Registers

Notes:
Includes records for Springside, 1941-1969


Truro

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

NSARM Mfm# 11949 and 11950

Notes:
Records created before 1891 include entries for the Cumberland County communities of Pugwash, River Philip, Springhill, and Wallace.
The church was established in 1871.
Index to B/M/D records (1873-1893) in MG 4 v. 343, #14

St. John's Anglican Church

NSARM Mfm# 11957-11961

Notes:
The church was established in 1821.
An historic photograph of this church is online, courtesy of NSARM.

First/Prince Street Baptist Church

NSARM Mfm# 11936

Notes:
The church was established in 1858.
A list of the founding members is available online.

Berwick Street United Church

NSARM Mfm# 11934

Notes:
See St. Andrew's United for records created 1900-1919

First United Church NSARM Mfm# 11937-48

records include:

St. Paul's Presbyterian

First Presbyterian

Notes:
This church was established in 1770.
A list of the founding members is available online.

First United

Notes:
Some recent records have access restrictions.
A contemporary photograph of this church is online, courtesy of the University of Calgary.

St. Andrew's United

NSARM Mfm# 11956
An historic photograph of this church is online, courtesy of NSARM.

These records include the following congregations:

St. James' Presbyterian

Notes:
A contemporary photograph of this church is online, courtesy of the University of Calgary.

St. James Presbyterian Church was established ca. 1928 by those members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian and First Presbyterian who declined to join the United Church of Canada in 1925. It is unclear how these records came to be in the custody of a United Church.

Pleasant Street Methodist

Methodist Record Book

Notes:
A Methodist church was established at Truro in 1844.

Presbyterian

MG 4 v. 149
"Notebook of Rev. Daniel McCurdy" includes:

Notes:
Originals; not microfilmed


Tatamagouche

Sedgwick Memorial Presbyterian Church

NSARM Mfm# 11925

Sharon United

NSARM Mfm# 11927

Notes:
This includes records for River John, Pictou County
Formerly Presbyterian
There is an index to these records (1854-1991) in MG 4, v. 364, #3


Last Modified: February 27, 2016