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Photocopied in 1996 (Creation)
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- Trinity United Church (Shelburne, N.S.)
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8 cm of textual records
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A Methodist church in Shelburne, Nova Scotia was dedicated 16 February 1806. At that time, the Methodist circuit in Shelburne, which included Barrington and Cape Negro, was served by James Mann (d. 1820). A new church was erected and opened in 1906. In 1925 the church joined the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada, forming the Trinity United Church with St. John's Presbyterian Kirk. The Kirk building because the United Church and the Methodist church was used as the church hall.
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Fonds consists of three registers used to record Methodist, later United, baptisms, marriages and burials. Also included is one notebook used to record the members of the Shelburne Methodist Circuit, which was comprised of churches serviced by the Shelburne minister. The book is organized by congregation and includes the following: Birchtown, Cape Negro, Jordan Bay, Jordan Ferry, Jordan River, Lockeport, Lockes Island, North East Harbour, Ohio, Raffed Island, Roseway, Sandy Point, Shelburne and West Shore.
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Permission to copy was granted by the Shelburne United Church.
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Originals are held by the Shelburne United Church.
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96.064
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An alphabetical index to the registers is available.
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- Shelburne (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Cape Sable Island (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Cape Negro (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Jordan (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Lockeport (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Northeast Harbour (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Ohio (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Roseway (Shelburne County, N.S.)
- Sandy Point (Shelburne County, N.S.)