Nov 10, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
In honour of Remembrance Day, here are some thank-you letters sent to the Ladies Aid in Sackville, New Brunswick from servicemen during World War II. Transcriptions follow each letter. Sorry about the long delay in thanking you-both for the cigarettes and the...
Nov 3, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I’m deviating from my routine of including scans of photographs or documents because the newspaper the following article came from was too big to scan! Bear with me though because the description of the surprise party is delightful! Also, it’s not everyone...
Oct 27, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Hard to believe that we’re approaching Halloween weekend already! Of course the Halloween costumes and candy have been out in the stores since July but still…. If you’re frantically searching for Halloween activities with kids, the following pages...
Oct 6, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Here is an invitation from Queen Square Methodist Church (later to become part of Centenary-Queen Square United Church, Saint John, NB) to a Thanksgiving service on October 6, 1879. The card was addressed for a George A. Henderson, police clerk. Interestingly enough,...
Sep 22, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I don’t think I’ve ever kept my love of archival wedding tidbits secret but here’s something a little different. I should reiterate that this is from a publication put out by the inhabitants of the Pine Hill residence so it’s a bit of a...
Sep 15, 2015 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Never despair parents, your kids are not the first to mark up official documents or records. Here’s living proof that this sort of thing happened a hundred years ago. The book in question is a subscription treasurer’s book from York Methodist Circuit in...
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