Note that this list was originally compiled in 1998. Any records acquired since that time will not be reflected on this list.
As of September 2007, this list has been largely superseded by the Nova Scotia Parish Records Microfilm Collection Database. Note, however, that that database includes only those records that have been microfilmed.
This document is part of the Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources Page.
Brookfield
Baptist
NSARM Mfm# 11265-6
Notes:
The Church was established in 1857.
Knox United Church
NSARM Mfm# 11267
Notes:
This includes records for Middle Stewiacke
The Church was established in 1800; formerly Presbyterian.
Clifton
United Church of Canada
NSARM Mfm# 11291-3
Notes:
Records include Princeport and Old Barns
Coldstream Pastoral Charge
United Church of Canada
NSARM Mfm#162-165
Notes:
This Pastoral Charge includes the communities of Kemptown,
Valley, Riverside, and Greenfield.
[see also under Churches: Upper Stewiacke... NSARM Mfm# 11965-8]
Earltown
Free Church Presbyterian
NSARM Mfm#11346
Economy
NSARM Mfm#11351 records include:
Economy United
Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian
Five Islands
Bass River. Riverside Congregation.
Portapique, Castlegreth, Bass River
Five Islands
Peniel United
NSARM Mfm# 11365-6
Notes:
There are no vital records in this collection.
Formerly Presbyterian
Great Village
Presbyterian
MG 4 v. 35
NSARM Mfm# 11387, records include:
St. James United
Upper Londonderry United Church of Canada
Acadia Mines United
Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian
Methodist Church at Acadia Mines
Notes:
The writing is very faded and illegible in some places.
Londonderry
St. Paul's Anglican
See MG 4 v. 150 (Londonderry Township Book)
NSARM Mfm# 12648-9
Notes
This includes Truro and Londonderry Mission
Roman Catholic
NSARM Mfm# 11634
New Annan-Wentworth Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)
NSARM Mfm#944 (items 66, 69)
West New Annan United Church
Notes:
Formerly Presbyterian
Index in MG 4, v. 364, #1
Onslow/Belmost Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)
NSARM Mfm#155
Onslow Presbyterian [item #6]
Belmont, North River, and Onslow (Methodist) Circut [item #7]
Notes:
A Presbyterian church was established at Onslow ca. 1790.
These records also include Londonderry Methodist and North River
Presbyterian
Stewiacke
Pastoral Charge (United Church of Canada)
NSARM Mfm# 590-591 includes:
Presbyterian Pastorate of Stewiacke
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
NSARM Mfm# 11894-8
St. Andrew's United Church
NSARM Mfm# TBD
Lower Stewiacke. Holy Trinity Anglican
NSARM Mfm#11637-8
Upper Stewiacke. United Church
NSARM Mfm#11965-8
Miscellaneous (Presbyterian) Registers
Notes:
Includes records for Springside, 1941-1969
Truro
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
NSARM Mfm# 11949 and 11950
Notes:
Records created before 1891 include entries for the Cumberland County communities of Pugwash, River Philip, Springhill, and Wallace.
The church was established in 1871.
Index to B/M/D records (1873-1893) in MG 4 v. 343, #14
St. John's Anglican Church
NSARM Mfm# 11957-11961
Notes:
The church was established in 1821.
An historic photograph of this church is online, courtesy of NSARM.
First/Prince Street Baptist Church
NSARM Mfm# 11936
Notes:
The church was established in 1858.
A list of the founding members is available online.
Berwick Street United Church
NSARM Mfm# 11934
Notes:
See St. Andrew's United for records created 1900-1919
First United Church NSARM Mfm# 11937-48
records include:
St. Paul's Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
Notes:
This church was established in 1770.
A list of the founding members is available online.
First United
Notes:
Some recent records have access restrictions.
A contemporary photograph of this church is online, courtesy of the University of Calgary.
St. Andrew's United
NSARM Mfm# 11956
An historic photograph of this church is online, courtesy of NSARM.
These records include the following congregations:
St. James' Presbyterian
Notes:
A contemporary photograph of this church is online, courtesy of the University of Calgary.
St. James Presbyterian Church was established ca. 1928 by those members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian and First Presbyterian who declined to join the United Church of Canada in 1925. It is unclear how these records came to be in the custody of a United Church.
Pleasant Street Methodist
Methodist Record Book
Notes:
A Methodist church was established at Truro in 1844.
Presbyterian
MG 4 v. 149
"Notebook of Rev. Daniel McCurdy" includes:
Notes:
Originals; not microfilmed
Tatamagouche
Sedgwick Memorial Presbyterian Church
NSARM Mfm# 11925
Sharon United
NSARM Mfm# 11927
Notes:
This includes records for River John, Pictou County
Formerly Presbyterian
There is an index to these records (1854-1991) in MG 4, v. 364, #3
Last Modified: February 27, 2016