Registers of Vital Statistics collection, 1753-1893, Newfoundland
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Civil registration started in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1891-1892. In the 1930's and 1940's, the Newfoundland Department of Public Health and Welfare, in an effort to preserve the vital records kept by the churches before civil registration began, requested that churches transcribe their pre-1891 baptisms and marriages. The Registers of Vital Statistics collection contains the records of those churches which responded to the request. A few churches also included burials. Beginning dates vary with each record and many dates are out of chronological order. Some churches ended their transcriptions with the 1891 records while others transcribed to 1892 or 1893 with a few entries beyond.
Microfilm of original records in possession of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland, St. John's. .
Newfoundland Vital Statistics are available online, click here
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| Note | Location | Collection/Shelf | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDEX of place names, 1753-1893 (lists place name, parish, religious denomination, dates of baptisms and marriages (sometimes burials), vol. numbers and Newfoundland Archives film no.) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 1 | 4554288 | |
| INDEXES of personal names for vols. 22-24 and vols. 115-117 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Items 3 - 8 | 4554288 | |
| LISTING by vol. number (lists vol. no., parish, denomination and dates) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 2 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 22 (NOTE: there are no volumes 1-21): St. John's West, George Street (Methodist), births, marriages and deaths, 1882-1891; and St. John's East, Cochrane Street (Methodist), births and marriages, 1890-1891 (pages for these churches are intermixed) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 9 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 23: St. John's (Congregational), baptisms, 1780-1816, births, 1858-1891, deaths, 1879-1891, and marriages, 1802-1817, 1834-Jan. 1892 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 10 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 24: St. John's, Queen's Road (Presbyterian), births, 1837-1891 (includes a page of deaths, 1890-1891, before p. 79), marriages, 1842-1891, and deaths, 1879-1890; Harbour Grace (Presbyterian), births (some pages are filmed among the St. John's births), 1880-1924 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 11 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 25: St. John's, St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic), births, 1880-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133619 Item 1 | 4554289 | |
| Vol. 26, 26A-D: St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Church of England), births (some baptismal dates only), 1870-1892, Dec. 1848-1870, 1796-1848 (dates out of order), 1752-1791, and marriages, 1835-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133619 Items 2 - 6 | 4554289 | |
| Vol. 26E: St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Church of England), marriages, 1754-1834 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133620 Item 1 | 4554290 | |
| Vol. 27: St. John's, St. Mary the Virgin (Church of England), births and marriages, 1859-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133620 Item 2 | 4554290 |
| Note | Location | Collection/Shelf | Film | Image Group Number (DGS) | Format |
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| INDEX of place names, 1753-1893 (lists place name, parish, religious denomination, dates of baptisms and marriages (sometimes burials), vol. numbers and Newfoundland Archives film no.) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 1 | 4554288 | |
| INDEXES of personal names for vols. 22-24 and vols. 115-117 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Items 3 - 8 | 4554288 | |
| LISTING by vol. number (lists vol. no., parish, denomination and dates) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 2 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 22 (NOTE: there are no volumes 1-21): St. John's West, George Street (Methodist), births, marriages and deaths, 1882-1891; and St. John's East, Cochrane Street (Methodist), births and marriages, 1890-1891 (pages for these churches are intermixed) | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 9 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 23: St. John's (Congregational), baptisms, 1780-1816, births, 1858-1891, deaths, 1879-1891, and marriages, 1802-1817, 1834-Jan. 1892 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 10 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 24: St. John's, Queen's Road (Presbyterian), births, 1837-1891 (includes a page of deaths, 1890-1891, before p. 79), marriages, 1842-1891, and deaths, 1879-1890; Harbour Grace (Presbyterian), births (some pages are filmed among the St. John's births), 1880-1924 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133618 Item 11 | 4554288 | |
| Vol. 25: St. John's, St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic), births, 1880-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133619 Item 1 | 4554289 | |
| Vol. 26, 26A-D: St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Church of England), births (some baptismal dates only), 1870-1892, Dec. 1848-1870, 1796-1848 (dates out of order), 1752-1791, and marriages, 1835-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133619 Items 2 - 6 | 4554289 | |
| Vol. 26E: St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Church of England), marriages, 1754-1834 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133620 Item 1 | 4554290 | |
| Vol. 27: St. John's, St. Mary the Virgin (Church of England), births and marriages, 1859-1891 | Granite Mountain Record Vault | United States & Canada Film | 2133620 Item 2 | 4554290 |
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