Archival Descriptions

Registres des baptemes mariages et sepultures de la paroisse de St Jean Baptiste du Port Royal... / A [Abel] Maudoux presbyter inscripsit librum et dedit. — 22 April 1702-22 August 1728. — 5 cm of textual records (1 volume).

The Parish of St Jean-Baptiste at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal) was established around 1613 and lasted until the Dérangement of 1755. — Item forms part of the British Government at Annapolis Royal series in the Commissioner of Public Records collection. — Item is the official register of births, marriages and burials of the Roman Catholic parish of Annapolis Royal. Includes baptisms of First Nations people.

Formal title continues: se commencer l'an de notre seigneur mil sept cens deux au mois de septembre. — Written in French. — Subsequent register, 1727-1755, held by Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth. — Further information may be found in Ambroise Comeau, The Oldest Parish in Canada (Annapolis Royal NS, 1962).

Retrieval code: mfm 22623

Registre de baptemes mariages et sepultures pour la parroisse de St Jean Baptiste a Annapolis Royale... . — 14 April 1727-28 January 1755. — 5 cm of textual records (1 volume).

The Parish of St Jean-Baptiste at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal) was established around 1613 and lasted until the Dérangement of 1755. — Formerly among the records of the Provincial Secretary, the register was presented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Halifax in December 1855. Sometime after the establishment of the Diocese of Yarmouth in 1953 the register was transferred from the Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese to the Bishop of Yarmouth. — Item is the official register of births, marriages and burials of the Roman Catholic parish of Annapolis Royal. Includes baptisms of First Nations people.

Formal title continues: dans la nouvelle ecosse ou Acadie a commencer du milieu du mois Avril mil sept cent ving et sept. — Includes at beginning letter of transmittal, 15 December 1855, from Lewis Morris Wilkins (provincial secretary) to the Reverend Michael Hannan (archdiocesan priest). — Some paper conservation done on first leaf. — Written in French. — Original held by Chancery Office, Diocese of Yarmouth (Yarmouth NS). — Microfilm copy available at NSARM. — Previous register, 1702-1728, is in the Commissioner of Public Records collection at NSARM.

Retrieval code: mfm 22623