- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LCR .N6T7D5R4
- Category:
- Church
- Creator:
- Trinity Anglican Church (Digby, Nova Scotia).
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Background:
Digby was one of the major settlement areas for Loyalists. The parish of Digby was created on Michaelmas Day- September 29, 1785. The first rector was a Connecticut Loyalist, the Reverend Roger Viets. Bishop Charles Inglis laid the cornerstone for the first Trinity on July 30, 1788.
By the early 1870s, the church was becoming too small to meet the needs of a growing parish. During 1877 and 1878, the parish made plans for a new structure. On July 3, 1878, the cornerstone was laid for the second Trinity Church. The architect was Stephen Earle and the builder was M.L. Oliver of Digby. Bishop Hibbert Binney consecrated the new church on October 13, 1880. (Canada's Historic Places)
- Contents:
The reel contains baptisms, 1786-1828; marriages, 1786-1811, 1814-1834; burials, 1786-1811, 1814-1845; and a genealogy of the Reverend Roger Viets' family.
- Originals:
- The original registers are held by Library and Archives Canada.
- Archival Ref. No.:
- LAC MG 9 B 11, reel C-2217.
- Finding Aids:
A Table of Contents is available in print.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Trinity Anglican Church Registers 1786-1845 Document List.pdf
- Notes:
- The records are in typescript form. Not all records pertaining to the same subject, e.g. baptisms, are found together.