Registers : 1809-1947.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LCR .N6T7D6R4
Category:
Church
Creator:
Trinity Anglican Church (Digby, Nova Scotia).
Material Description:
1 microfilm textual records (5 volumes) ; 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)

The Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove and St. Paul's Chapel, Marshalltown, were both built in 1844. All Saints Church, Rossway (Gulliver's Cove), had been constructed by 1846. Digby was part of Annapolis County until 1837 when Digby County was formed.

Contents:

Volume 1: baptisms, 1809-1813.

Volume 2: confirmations, 1920-1944; Digby Neck Mission, baptisms, 1915-1919; and baptisms, Digby, 1918-1939.

Volume 3: marriages, 1814-1838.

Volume 4: marriages, 1835-1947.

Volume 5: burials, 1814-1893.

The Registers include: St. Paul's Chapel, Marshalltown; All Saints Church, Rossway; and Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove.

Originals:
The Registers were loaned for microfilming to the Nova Scotia Archives through the courtesy of Reverend C.E. Morris, Anglican Rector, Digby, Nova Scotia starting in 1968. Records cannot be reproduced without written permission of the parish rector.
Archival Ref. No.:
Nova Scotia Archives MG 4 and MG 4, No. 23.
Finding Aids:

The Table of Contents has been microfilmed at the beginning of the reel. A corrected Table of Contents is available in print.

Trinity Anglican Church (Digby, Nova Scotia) Document List.pdf
Notes:
There are many discrepancies between the Registers and the Table of Contents on the microfilm reel. Researchers are advised to use the Table of Contents in print.