Church Records for
Oxford County
ANGLICAN
Anglican
Diocese of Huron Archives
Huron College
1349 Western Road
London, Ontario
N6G 1H3,
519-438-7224
x 284
By appointment Tues. 9:00am - 4:30pm
Records
related to the Counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth,
Waterloo, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Brant, Essex,
Kent, Elgin, and Norfolk.
http://www.diohuron.org/archive/
BAPTIST
Canadian
Baptist Archives
McMaster
Divinity College
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4K1,
905-525-9140
x 3511
Mon.-Fri. 9:00am - 4:00pm
Records
of the Canadian Baptist federation, including the Baptist
Convention of Ontario and Québec, the Baptist Union
of Western Canada, and the Union d'églises baptistes
françaises; records of McMaster University (to 1957);
John Milton Society for the Blind; Plymouth Bretheren
(19th Cent.); limited personal papers.
http://www.macdiv.ca/students/baptistarchives.php
LUTHERAN
Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada Eastern Synod Archives
75
University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3C5,
519-745-3505
Mon.-Fri. 8:30am - 4:30pm
The
collection is presently at Wilfrid Laurier University
at the above address but they do not have the staff
to supply reference services. Instead, contact Rev.
Eric Schultz at 519-886-9770.
http://www.easternsynod.org/
MENNONITE
Mennonite
Archives of Ontario
Conrad
Grebel College
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G6,
519-885-0220
By appointment during Mon.-Fri. 9:00am - 5:00pm
http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/
PRESBYTERIAN
(see also UNITED)
This
archives holds the records only for those Presbyterian
churches which did not join with other churches &
denominations to form the United Church in 1925. It
is important to know whether the early Presbyterian
Church you are interested in is still a Presbyterian
Church today.
Presbyterian
Church in Canada Archives & Records Office
50
Wynford Drive,
Toronto, Ontario
M3C 1J7,
416-441-1111
or toll-free at 1-800-619-7301
Mon.-Fri. 9:00am - 4:45pm
http://www.presbyterian.ca/archives/
PROTESTANT ORDERS AND AGENCIES
Salvation
Army Archives
George Scott Railton Heritage Centre
2130 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4N 3K6,
416-481-4441
Records
of the Salvation Army throughout Canada and Bermuda;
related material.
http://www1.salvationarmy.org/can
QUAKER
Quaker
Archives
Pickering
College
16945 Bayview Avenue
Newmarket, Ontario
L3Y 4X2,
905-895-1700
By appointment.
Records of the faith
in Canada beginning 1798.
http://home.interhop.net/aschrauwe/Archives.html
ROMAN
CATHOLIC
The
Roman Catholic Church in Ontario maintains a regional
archives system. Always check the geographical collecting
boundary for each archive. The holdings of each archives
go back only to when that Diocese was formed. For earlier
records, check the archives for the Diocese that originally
administered that region (e.g. Diocese of Hamilton material
before 1856 is at the Toronto or Kingston Diocesan Archives).
Most
of the sacramental registers (baptisms, marriage, burial
and confirmation registers) have been filmed by the
Latter Day Saints (with the exception of the Hamilton
diocese) and are available up to 1910 on loan through
the various LDS family history centres. The microfilming
was done so that priests in the local churches did not
have to deal with genealogical inquiries. Individual
churches do not have the staff to cope with genealogical
requests.
Diocese
of London Archives
1070
Waterloo Street North
London, Ontario
N6A 3Y2,
519-433-0658;
519-433-0011 fax
Mon. Fri. 9:00am - 3:00pm
Records
related to the Counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk,
Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, and Essex beginning
1767. Sacramental Registers 1767-1910 available from
the L.D.S. Family History Centers. Diocesan Archivist
will do limited genealogical research on a fee for hours-of-research
basis.
http://www.rcec.london.on.ca/Archives.htm
UNITED
United
Church of Canada/ Victoria University Archives
73
Queen's Park Crescent East
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1K7
416-585-4563
Mon. - Thurs. 10:00am - 4:45pm
Note: entrance is off of 95 Charles Street West
Records
of the national courts of the United Church and its
uniting denominations (Methodist, Congregational, many
Presbyterian, and Evangelical United Brethren); regional
courts and local Ontario churches (excludes Carleton,
Dundas, Glengarry, Grenville, Prescott, Russell, and
Stormont at City of Ottawa Archives); records of Victoria
University; related material. For details, see their
A Record of Service: A Guide to Holdings of the
Central Archives of the United Church of Canada.
Occasional Paper No. 1 (Toronto: United Church of Canada/
Victoria University Archives Press, 1992).
http://vicu.utoronto.ca/archives/archives.htm
