Happy New Year everyone! This calendar and photograph is from Boiestown Methodist Church in New Brunswick. 1911 was a big year. The Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup; Ronald Reagan was born; Hiram Bingham was led by a local to the ruins of Machu Picchu; and Dominion...

This is what the Christmas service would have looked like at Brunswick Street Methodist Church (now Brunswick Street United Church in Halifax) 128 years ago. Do you recognize all the songs? Merry Christmas everyone!

Don't worry, this is not a classified ad! Not too long ago, the Archives received some records from New Richmond Pastoral Charge in Québec. One of the gems in the collection was the following letter written in 1848. A man by the name of James Dick was offering his...

After another hiatus, the Recipe of the Month is back! Now that the weather is starting to cool down, I thought it would be appropriate to feature some comfort food recipes. Actually, what I really wanted to do was showcase the Meat Balls & Gravy With a Difference...

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...

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 from the book...

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,...

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 tongue-in-cheek take on things....

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 Prince Edward...