Archives – About Us

The Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives is mandated to collect, preserve, and provide access to the records of the Maritime, Gaspé, and Bermuda regions of the The United Church of Canada. We also have pre-1925 records of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational congregations in the Maritimes and Gaspé which joined The United Church of Canada in 1925.

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Contact Us

The Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council Archives
Archivist: Sarah Wallace
21 Wright Street Sackville, NB E4L 4P8
Email: swallace@united-church.ca
Telephone: 506-306-0383
Fax: 506-536-2900

Hours: Tuesdays to Thursdays, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
In-person research visits are by appointment only.

Resources

For Communities of Faith

For Regional Councils

For Genealogists and Other Researchers

Browse Our Holdings

Our holdings include records from:

The congregations of Bermuda-Nova Scotia Regional Council and Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council
The Regional Councils Office and the former Maritime Conference
Pine Hall Divinity Hall (now part of Atlantic School of Theology)
Church camps
Individuals who have ministered within the churches or held leadership positions within the two regions.

Check out the links below to see listings of our records. New records listings are periodically added to the website so stay tuned!

Church Records Listings

Congregational Union of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia records

News & Updates

Archives Recipe of the Month

by Sarah Wallace | Jul 16, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Wondering what on earth you can cook for supper tonight? Tired of the same old same old when it comes to your dining options? Looking for a good summer salad recipe? Well, today is your lucky day because this just happens to be the inaugural post of the Archives...

What was the Young People’s Union up to at Wesley Memorial (Moncton)?

by Sarah Wallace | Jun 27, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Maritime Conference Ordinands, 1950

by Sarah Wallace | Apr 30, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

CGIT Choral Group at Pinehurst, 1943

by Sarah Wallace | Mar 12, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Central Methodist (Moncton) Sunday School Class

by Sarah Wallace | Feb 26, 2013 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Christmas at Central United (Moncton), 1939

by Sarah Wallace | Dec 18, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Rev. Robert Galbraith Vans

by Sarah Wallace | Dec 4, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Robert Galbraith Vans was born in Wightonshire, Scotland, in 1844. At one time he considered doing mission service in Spain but began work in Scotland instead after studying under the Rev. Dr. Somerville of Glasgow. Rev. Vans moved to Canada in 1884 and ministered...

Bethany Players

by Sarah Wallace | Nov 20, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

The Bethany Players, a drama group at Bethany United in Halifax, posing for a photograph, c. 1939. Front row (left to right); Lillian Farwell, Jack Mont, Nan Geizer, and Nita Geizer. Back row (left to right): Olin Gardner, Fred Feeney, Lillian MacKinnon,...

William J. MacKenzie

by Sarah Wallace | Nov 13, 2012 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

William John McKenzie was born on July 15, 1861 at South Side West Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He was the third child of Robert McKenzie and Flora MacRae. According to an anonymous biographer, William “grew to be of great stature, a man of 6’3’’ tall and of unusual...