Series 1 - Bergthaler Mennonite church registers

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CA MHC ORG-1

Title

Bergthaler Mennonite church registers

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  • 1882-1954 (Creation)

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45 cm of textual records

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This series consists of two groups of church registers. The first two registers are preliminary records having been used from 1882-1895. The families in these two registers are recorded in four segments. A total of 220 families are recorded; however some families appear in more than one list. The content includes name of husband, wife and children with birth, marriage, baptism and death dates. The second group of registers are the permanent Bergthaler Church of Manitoba church registers begun around 1896 and consisting of nine volumes.

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Notes written in Gothic German handwriting.

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Inventory file list (Volumes 715, 718-726)

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