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Parish
registers in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto
Elwood H. Jones
The
Archives of the Diocese of Toronto are located at 135 Adelaide Street East,
Toronto ON M5C 1L8, and the archivist is Mary-Anne Nicholls. The large
collection of parish registers (births, marriages and deaths) are accessible
to researchers by arrangement. Contact the Archives at (416) 363-6021.
Many
parishes continue to hold their own records, and even those parishes who have
made deposits in the Diocesan Archives will have registers subsequent to the
dates noted below. The Diocesan Archives had continued to acquire parish
records since 1990, and this list does not reflect that activity. For example,
the parish records of All Saints' Peterborough are now in the Diocesan
Archives. There are over 300 parishes in the Diocese of Toronto, and perhaps
some 500 places of worship over time. The following list mentions 90 parishes
outside Metro, and 71 within Metro. To mark its sesquicentenary in 1989, the
Diocese of Toronto produced an excellent history of the Diocese which, among
other features, contains an appendix listing all the parishes in the diocese
and indicating the likely dates the parish operated. Some complex parishes,
such as the parish of Cavan had as many as five churches at one time. It is
worth noting that many parishes have produced fine histories that often
contain useful references about parishioners. Among the especially ambitious
or helpful are those for St John's Peterborough, the Cathedral of St James, St
Thomas Huron Street, St Mark's Port Hope, and St Clement's Eglinton.
The
following list has been compiled from the excellent Guide to the Holdings of
the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario (Toronto 1990), which was the second in
a series of guides intended to draw attention to the holdings of the various
diocesan archives in the Anglican Church of Canada. That project was
spearheaded by the most important Anglican archives, the General Synod
Archives, at 600 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2J6. By arrangement with the
diocesan archives, the General Synod Archives does not do genealogical
inquiries; these are done by the diocesan archives and researchers should make
arrangements directly with the diocese in which they are interested, or to the
parish most likely to have the pertinent records. If you wish to purchase a
copy of this guide, or any of the others, contact the General Synod Archives
at (416) 924-9192, or by mail to the address noted above.
The
parish registers are only one aspect of what could be found in the diocesan
archives. They contain financial records, minutes of various groups,
architectural records, photographs, newspapers and other publications and
countless other types of records. Even some parishes can have large archival
holdings, reflected in the list below by the microfilm records of parishes
such as St John's Peterborough, St Peter's Erindale and the Cathedral of St
James, and by the absence of some very large churches, such as St John York
Mills and St Paul Bloor Street.
This
list is arranged by the titles used in the Diocesan Archives, with a minor
exception. In the Metropolitan Toronto entries, it is normal to append the
label in the geographical column, as done in the previous paragraph. The
parishes are listed alphabetically by geography outside Metro, and
alphabetically by church name within Metro. The inclusive dates are only for
the parish registers; the inclusive dates for the whole fonds is usually much
longer, but typically the earliest documents in a parish are its registers.
For many years, these registers were effectively legal documents. The use of
square brackets in the dates is meant to alert the researcher that the dates
may vary slightly. This is because the description of the records sometimes
lumps service registers (information about the actual services held in the
church) with the parish registers (which are normally births, marriages and
deaths, but sometimes include confirmations).
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Allenwood
St Thomas 1905-42
Alliston St Andrew 1874-76
Alnwick St James 1910-47
Batteau Christ Church 1867-1981
Beeton St Paul 1889-1959
Blackstock St John 1838-1965
Bolton Christ Church 1844-1981
Bondhead Trinity marriages, 1855-57
Boskung St Stephen 1917-52
Bowmanville St John 1838-1926
Bradford Holy Trinity 1849-1955
Brighton St Paul 1911-51
Brock Township 1843-75
Brooklin St Thomas 1865-1949
Buckhorn St Matthew [1901-73?]
Caledon East St James, Albion 1843-57; 1876-1962
Cameron St George 1873-1926
Campbellford Christ Church 1849-1953
Cannington All Saints marriages, 1858-1908
Castlemore St John, Toronto Gore 1862-1965
Cavan 1819-1950
Clairville Christ Church 1887-1925
Coboconk Christ Church 1942-62
Cobourg St Peter 1854-1951
Colborne Trinity Church 1874-1956
Coldwater St Matthias 1911-76
Collingwood All Saints 1855-1982
Columbus St Paul 1873-1922
Cookstown St John 1859-1959
Dixie St John 1907-76
Elmvale Wycliffe Church 1873-1975
Emily St James / St John [1840-1987]
Erindale St Peter 1827-1975 microfilm
Fenelon Falls St James [1902-73]
Gore's Landing St George [1908-48]
Grafton St George [1844-1963]
Grahamsville St James baptisms 1862-85
Haliburton St George 1869-1986
Hastings St George 1862-1947
Haultain Holy Trinity 1908-73
Holland Landing Christ Church / St Albans 1905-50
Ivy Christ Church 1863-1947
Kinmount St James 1882-1976
Lakefield St John 1855-1941
Lindsay St Paul 1856-83
Lorne Park St Paul 1932-71
Manvers St Mary 1857-1967
Maple St Stephens 1833-1981
Maple Lake St Peter 1911-66
Markham Grace 1053-76
Medonte St George [1883-1962]
Midland St Mark 1885-1963
Mono St John marriages 1866-69
Mono East St Paul 1861-1951
Mono Mills St John marriages 1896-1921
Mulmur [1892-1947]
Newcastle St George 1846-1955
Newmarket St Paul 1838-1920
North Essa 1853-1947
Oshawa Holy Trinity [1948-64]
Palgrave St Alban 1881-1958
Penetanguishene St James 1835-78
Perrytown St Paul marriages 1905-66
Peterborough St John 1833-1917 microfilm / TVA
Peterborough St Luke 1853-1976
Pickering St George 1850-1953
Port Hope St John [1819-1985]
Port Perry Ascension 1871-1948
Price's Corners St Luke marriages 1899-1931
Rosedale St John 1944-71
Shanty Bay St Thomas 1839-1936
Stayner Good Shepherd 1887-1977
Stony Lake St Peter 1896-1951
Stouffville Christ Church [1888-1921]
Streetsville Trinity [1921-39]
Sunderland St Mary marriages 1897-1925
Tecumseth St John 1833-94
Thornhill Holy Trinity 1831-1975
Tottenham Christ Church 1889-1959
Tullamore St Mary 1890-1951
Unionville St Philip 1819-1954
Vespra Christ Church 1873-1913, 1956-70
Waverley St John 1905-69
West Essa St Peter 1874-1961
West Mono 1874-1954
Whitby All Saints 1868-1979
Whitby St John 1842-1975
Woodbridge Christ Church 1850-82; 1941-74
Wyebridge Good Shepherd 1908-45
Young's Point St Aidan [1925-58]
Metropolitan
Toronto
Long
Branch St Agnes 1920-81
St Aidan 1906-87
St Alban the Martyr 1887-1973
All Saints 1872-1956
Lansing All Souls [1951-76]
Todmorden St Andrew marriages 1920-36
Toronto Island St Andrew-by-the-lake 1884-1957
St Anne 1838-1988
Don Mills Ascension 1954-75
Ascension [1875-1934]
St Augustine of Canterbury 1903-77
Chester St Barnabas [1904-84]
Halton St Barnabas [1940-56]
St Bartholomew 1874-1946
St Bede 1929-83
Calvary [1917-70]
Deer Park Christ Church 1871-1981
Mimico Christ Church 1827-60; marriages 1929-32
Scarborough Christ Church 1843-1956
Eglinton St Clement [1920-40]
Riverdale St Clement 1889-1970
Comforter 1925-71
St Crispin [1921-61]
St Cyrian 1891-1957
Donlands St David [1906-12; 1941-70]
St Dunstan 1923-82
St Edmund-the-Martyr 1907-76
West Hill St Edward the Confessor 1962-84
Toronto Island Emmanuel, Hanlon's Point [1906-38]
Parkdale Epiphany 1888-1983
St George-the-Martyr 1847-1965
Islington St George-on-the-hill 1890-1969
Scarborough St George [1953-83]
Willowdale St George 1920-71
Good Samaritan baptisms [1961-69]
Grace-Church-on-the-hill lists 1941-60
Holy Trinity 1846-1982
Scarborough Church of the Incarnation [1922-74]
St James Cathedral 1800-1983 microfilm
Norway St John the Baptist 1851-74
Garrison St John the Evangelist [1908-80]
Weston St John [1968-81]
Roncesvalles St Jude the Apostle 1890-1977
Wexford St Jude 1849-1975
East York St Luke 1870-1972
Spadina Avenue St Margaret [1890-1907]
West Hill St Margaret-in-the-Pines 1948-85
Parkdale St Mark the Evangelist 1877-1947
St Martin's-in-the-field 1891-1980
St Mary the Virgin 1888-1965
Bellwoods St Matthias 1873-1960
Church of the Messiah 1889-1976
St Michael And All Angels 1908-51
St Monica 1907-62
Church of the Nativity 1923-76
Birchcliff St Nicholas 1912-68
Newtonbrook St Patrick 1954-67 microfilm
L'Amoreux St Paul 1843-1945
Carleton Street St Peter 1923-76
Scarborough St Peter 1956-82
St Philip-the-Apostle 1942-71
Etobicoke St Philip 1831-70
Spadina Avenue St Philip 1875-1946
Church of the Redeemer 1871-1976
Reformed Episcopal Church marriages 1896-1942
St Simon The Apostle 1887-1973
Highland Creek St Simon [1925-84]
St Stephen-in-the-fields 1858-1984
Downsview St Stephen 1954-79
Agincourt St Timothy 1912-86
Trinity East [1908-69] |
[This item appeared in the Heritage Gazette of
the Trent Valley (November 2001)]
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