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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118844
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- File
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- Date Range
- 1966-1977
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal
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- File
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- 2008-01
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- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14
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- Date Range
- 1966-1977
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- 6 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal articles concerning the Elgin Association of Baptist Churches, 1966-1977.
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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches - Annual Meeting, 1966
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118845
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- Elgin County Archives
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- 1966
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- 2008-01
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 1
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- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal
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- Accession Number
- 2008-01
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- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 1
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- Date Range
- 1966
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- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published October 27, 1966 with caption: "Elgin Baptists Meet - Aylmer Baptists Church, celebrating its 150th anniversary this week, was host yesterday to delegates attending the annual meeting of the Elgin Association of Baptist Churches. Mrs. Arthur Cummings of St. Thomas, clerk of the association, is shown signing in members for morning session. They are (from left) J.R. Elley, Aylmer, moderator; Rev. Fred Jillard, pastor; Glenn Palmateer, Dutton, president of the Baptist Brotherhood; Ellison Randall, Aylmer, past president of the Brotherhood; Rev. William Harkins, Port Burwell, vice-moderator; Miss Thirza Lewitt, president of Women's Mission Circles in Elgin County, and Rev. H. Stovell, Broderick Memorial Baptist Church, St. Thomas."
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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches - Annual Meeting, 1971
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118856
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal
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- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published April 26, 1971 with captions:
- "Attend Elgin Baptist Assembly - Elgin County Baptists had the opportunity to meet with leading Baptist ministers from across Canada at the 112th Annual Assembly of Elgin Baptist Churches during the weekend. Some of the delegates gathered during a break in the program in the office of Rev. L.V. Hultgren, pastor of Centre Street Baptist Church, which hosted the assembly, for a picture. Shown, left to right, are Rev. Hultgren (seated), Rev. Charles Burtch, moderator; Mrs. A. Cummings, clerk-treasurer of the Elgin Assembly; Rev. Archie Goldie, secretary of the Department of Canadian Missions of the Baptist Convention; and Rev. Maurice Boillat, general secretary of the Union of French Baptists churches in Canada." (2a)
- "Area Women at Assembly - A number of district women were among the organizers of the 112th Annual Assembly of Elgin Baptist Churches held in the city on the weekend. The activities centred around Centre Street Baptist Church for the two-day assembly. Pictured in an informal discussion are, clockwise from left, Mrs. K.K. Miller, director of the Women's Missionary Society; Mrs. Allan Walters, president of the society; Mrs. Harold Ashton, secretary; and Miss Ruth Patrick, treasurer." (2b)
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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches - Annual Meeting, 1977
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118863
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1977
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal
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- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
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- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 5
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published April 19, 1977 with caption:"Speakers Address Elgin Baptists - The Elgin Association of Baptist Churches held the 118th annual meeting over the weekend at Centre Street Baptist Church in St. Thomas. Gathered here with local church representatives are the special group speakers who addressed the association. From left to right are Miss Laura Collar, a Canadian missionary who is currently working with Arab Christians in Israel; Rev. Gordon Woodcock of Aylmer, retiring moderator of the Elgin association; Rev. Frank Rice, the president of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec; Rev. Keith Cooney, a secretary in the Department of Canadian Missions of the Convention; and Terry Heeney of Dutton, newly elected moderator of the Elgin Association."
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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches - Fall Rally
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118861
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published October 24, 1973 with caption:"Baptist Churches Rally - The Sparta Baptist Church hosted a 'Fall Rally' Wednesday afternoon and evening. Members of 14 Elgin County Baptist congregations attended the conference, religious services, supper and address by Rev. W.J. Phillips of McMaster University, who spoke on the life and works of Rev. Alexander MacDonald, an early pioneer missionary who preached in Sparta 100 years ago. Standing from left to right are: Rev. Fred Ward of the Department of the Ministry; Harold Ashton, moderator; Rev. John Dickinson, pastor of the Sparta Baptist Church, dressed in a costume to represent MacDonald; and Mr. Phillips."
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Elgin Association of Baptist Churches - President's Night
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives118860
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1973
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
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- St. Thomas Times-Journal
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- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B2 F14 3
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published March 1, 1973 with caption:""President's Night" - The president of the Convention of Baptist Churches in Ontario and Quebec talks with Rev. Hugh W. Stewart, a retired St. Thomas minister, during a reception following the "president's night" service of the Elgin Association of Baptist Churches held in the First Yarmouth (Plains) Baptist Church, Wednesday night. David S. Simmonds (right) is from Uxbridge, Ontario and was elected head of the Convention in June, 1972."
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St. Thomas Times-Journal newspaper articles relating to the Elgin Association of Baptist Churches
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives122942
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1971-1979
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- Box 203, File 21
- R10 S5 Sh2 B5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 203, File 21
- R10 S5 Sh2 B5
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- Date Range
- 1971-1979
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- 1 cm of textual records
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"Bayham Baptist Churches: Estherville Baptist Church, First Bayham Baptist Church"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1893
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
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- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1967
- Storage Location
- REF 19
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- REF 19
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1967
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- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Gives a general history of the Estherville Baptist Church (also known as the Old Port Burwell Baptist Church or First Bayham Baptist Church), and a listing of the people buried in the First Bayham Baptist Church Cemetery.
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- Port Burwell (Ont.)
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- Churches
Baptist Churches: Elgin County
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives124444
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
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- GMD
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- 1967
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- Box 209, File 23
- R10 S5 Sh3 B3
�INDEX
BAPTIST CHURCH
ELGIN COUNTY
Elgin association of Baptist ehurehesa A History. ·october 1967
Section 1 (blue page}
First Southwold Baptist Church - 1121 - 1902
Iona Station Baptist Church - 1903 - 1965
Section 2 (green page)
Eden Baptist Church. Hundredth Anniversary
Section J (yellow page}
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ELGIN COut TY Ll RA:
CONTENTS
.
L Outline of the development of the Elgln Association of Baptist
Churches.
2. List of the churches in the
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 209, File 23
- R10 S5 Sh3 B3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- (includes Elgin association of Baptist churches: A History. October 1967, Section 1; First Southwold Baptist Church, 1821-1902; Iona Station Baptist Church, 1903-1965, Section 2; Eden Baptist Church, Hundredth Anniversary, Section 3)
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Malahide- Baptist Churches
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1609
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- Item
- GMD
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- REF 16
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 16
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- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- General histories of Malahide Baptist Churches. Also includes an index and transcriptions for the Berean Church Cemetery and Lakeview Church Cemetery
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- Malahide (Ont. : Township)
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- Churches
Baptist Churches: Elgin County
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives29265
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Location
- REF 12
�INDEX
BAPTIST CHURCH
ELGIN COUNTY
Elgin association of Baptist ehurehesa A History. ·october 1967
Section 1 (blue page}
First Southwold Baptist Church - 1121 - 1902
Iona Station Baptist Church - 1903 - 1965
Section 2 (green page)
Eden Baptist Church. Hundredth Anniversary
Section J (yellow page}
ELGIN GOU
�ELGJ1I ;-\ ~ s0 cJ;-\Tj 0 I I
O F
CJ-JURCJ-JE~
'j967
ELGIN COut TY Ll RA:
CONTENTS
.
L Outline of the development of the Elgln Association of Baptist
Churches.
2. List of the churches in the
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- (includes Elgin association of Baptist churches: A History. October 1967, Section 1; First Southwold Baptist Church, 1821-1902; Iona Station Baptist Church, 1903-1965, Section 2; Eden Baptist Church, Hundredth Anniversary, Section 3)
Documents
'Elgin County Baptist Churches history'
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10026
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B4 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ida Haggan fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- C10 Sh4 B4 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence and notes about Elgin County Baptist Churches and prominent Reverends, with a focus on Bayham Township and Norfolk County.
- Includes a map showing the location of Baptist churches in Malahide Township and Bayham Township.
"Anglican Churches, Elgin County"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1369
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Library Catalogue Number
- r283.971334 ANG
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- GMD
- textual records
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (2 copies)
- Scope and Content
- Includes historical essays on the following churches: -Christ Church, Port Stanley -St. Peter's Church, Tyrconnell -Trinity Church, Port Burwell
- Name Access
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Christ Church (Port Stanley)
- St. Peter's Anglican Church, Tyrconnell
- St. Peter's Church- Tyrconnell
- Trinity Church
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
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- Churches
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"Catholic Churches of West Elgin"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives12544
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Storage Location
- Box 99, File 52
- R5 S4 Sh4 B1
interest was created that nearly 3, 000
Non- Catholics turned out as well as area Catholics. One Baptist Minister
was so moved that he wanted to walk in the procession — on being told that
this might invalidate the rally he was content to stay among the spectators.
In 1944, St. Mary' s Church was decorated in such a fine manner that in
the opinion of competent critics it holds first place among the smaller
churches of the diocese. At the rectory a new bathroom and hot water
heating system were installed
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Creator
- Compiled by Wilfred C. Johnston
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 99, File 52
- R5 S4 Sh4 B1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Name Access
- Aldborough (Ont. : Township)
- Dunwich (Ont. : Township)
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Wallacetown (Ont.)
- Rodney (Ont.)
- West Lorne (Ont.)
Documents
Churches of Elgin Presbytery, 2018
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives169832
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2018
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- This book has been compiled so that a permamnent record of the life and works of the fifteen remainingchurches of Elgin Presytery and a record of Pearce Williams Christian Centre may be preserved for future generations. Also included in this book is a map of former united Church congregations, making note of their location and opening and closing dates.
Presbyterian Churches, Elgin County
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1371
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
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- GMD
- textual records
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- REF 12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Library Catalogue Number
- r285.9713
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 12
- GMD
- textual records
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Includes historical essays on the following churches: -Presbyterian Church, New Glasgow -St. John's Presbyterian Church, Port Stanley -Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Thomas
- Name Access
- Presbyterian Church of Canada
Documents
Canadian Baptist Historical Collection-Elgin Association
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives4360
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Date Range
- 1976
- Storage Location
- Box 274, File 8
- (M3 S1 Sh2 B6 F8)
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- Box 274, File 8
- (M3 S1 Sh2 B6 F8)
- Date Range
- 1976
- Scope and Content
- Elgin Association: Church Records on deposit in Canadian Baptist Historical Collection 1968-1976
- 10 pages in table form on legal sized paper
- Bound in a blue legal sized duo-tang
Church Ledger-Malahide and Aylmer Baptist Churches 1870-1923
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives5046
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Location
- Box 94, File 1
- R5 S4 Sh2 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 94, File 1
- R5 S4 Sh2 B3
- Scope and Content
- Church Ledger for Malahide and Aylmer Baptist Churches 1870-1923
- Office Bearers Roll-list of people include: Pastor, Clerk Deacons, Finance Committee, Stewards, Auditors, and Ushers
- Also included is the Membership Roll, Members Dropped list, Members Received and Dismissed by Letter and Members Received by Baptism
- Malahide and Aylmer Baptist Churches is written on top of one of the pages
- (greater than 200 photocopied pages)
Marriages: Port Burwell, Lakeview and Calton Baptist Churches
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives60022
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Calton Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1976
- Accession Number
- 2006-42
- Storage Location
- R9 S5 Sh6 B6 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Calton Women's Institute fonds
- Creator
- Compiled by Helen Wolfe
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2006-42
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- R9 S5 Sh6 B6 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1976
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Marriages: Port Burwell, Lakeview and Calton Baptist Churches.
- -All marriages: December 24, 1913- November 12, 1949.
- -Part of the marriages: November 12, 1949- June 1975.
- Name Access
- Calton (Ont.)
West Elgin Arena and West Lorne Baptist Church
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives137933
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- West Lorne Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2010-2011
- Accession Number
- 2013-02
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh6 B4 F1 64
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2013-02
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh6 B4 F1 64
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2010-2011
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Three colour photographs of West Lorne locations, included in the West Lorne Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume 11, page 64:
- West Elgin Arena, located at 171 Graham Street [64a];
- West Lorne Baptist Church, located at 197 Graham Street [64b].
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
- Churches
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to the source information for this image, from the Tweedsmuir book.