Registers : 1768-1836.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LCR .N4P5C3R4.
Category:
Church
Creator:
Saint-Pierre-au-Liens (Caraquet, New Brunswick : Roman Catholic).
Material Description:
1 microfilm textual records 16 mm
Background:

The Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Provincial Historic Site was built in the Neoclassical style in 1857 with stones sawn by Amice Duval, a carpenter/contractor originally from St. Peter on the Island of Jersey. The church is at the centre of an institutional complex taking in religious buildings including the presbytery, the old cemetery, the ruins of the old Congregation of Notre-Dame Convent and the location of the former Collège du Sacré-Cœur. (Canada's Historic Places and Ville de Caraquet)

The first part of the register includes entries made in Nova Scotia or Acadia by the missionary Charles François Bailly in 1768-1773. The registers 1786-1796 were made by the missionaries of South Baies des Chaleurs, Restigouche, Miramichi and Caraquet.

Contents:

The reel contains registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. Each register includes all records for a specific period of time. The registers are in French.

Originals:
Microfilmed by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick from originals and typewritten copies at the Chancery Office, Diocese of Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Archival Ref. No.:
PANB MC 290.
Finding Aids:
There is a Table of Contents at the beginning of the reel.A Table of Contents is available in print and as a PDF under electronic finding aids.
PDF Finding Aid:
Contents_St-Pierre-Caraquet_Registers.pdf
Notes:
The Table of Contents at the beginning of the reel is inaccurate. Registers for the years 1837-1883 were not included on the microfilm. Researchers are advised to use the print copy of the Table of Contents.