Canada, Prince Edward Island Church Records, 1777-1985

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes church records for the years 1777-1985. This collection contains baptisms, marriages, burials and other records from several churches from the following denominations:

The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church kept more detailed records than some other religions. Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other groups, especially those that did not baptize infants, often did not keep church registers unless required by law. You can find a person’s religious affiliation in Canadian censuses beginning in 1851. Early French Catholic records are usually quite detailed, but Protestant marriage records and civil records often give little information about the parents of the couple until mid-19th century. In Upper Canada the names of the bride’s and the groom’s parents began to be recorded in the county marriage registers in 1858.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

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  1852 Baptism page 1

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  1852 Baptism page 2

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  1924 Confirmation Record

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  1888 Marriage record

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  1967 Death Record