Baptist Churches of Lower Canada & Québec

Montreal City West Baptist Church St. Laurent, Quebec

Lakeside Heights Baptist Church Pointe-Claire, Quebec

Baptist Churches of Lower Canada & Québec

Compiled and researched by: Jacques Gagné [email protected]

1794-1967 Canadian Baptist Archives McMaster Divinity College 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 – [email protected] 905-525-9140 – option #23511

At the conclusion of this compilation, refer to addresses for the following repositories;

* Canadian Baptist Archives (CBA) * Bibliothèque Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) * University of Vermont Baptist Archives (UVM) * Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) * Ancestry.ca (Ancestry.ca) * Quebec Records (Drouin Institut) * Quebec Association of Baptist Churches (QABC) * Union d'églises baptistes francophones au Canada (UEBF) * Eastern Townships Resource Centre - Lennoxville (ETRC) * Library Archives Canada (LAC) * United States Baptist Associations (Early Baptist Missionaries to Lower Canada)

This research guide does not contain Baptist churches opened after 1970 in Québec.

Acknowledgement for their contribution and guidance: Melissa Richer, former Archivist, Canadian Baptist Archives, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, René Péron, Jean-Louis Lalonde, Richard Lougheed, historians and authors, Joan Benoit, Pennie Redmile, Cecilia Karwowski, Marney MacDonald, Doug Armstrong at the Quebec Family History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Baptist Churches of Québec ...... 13

The Baptists in Lower Canada in 1861...... 13

Cities, Towns, Villages ...... 13

Abbott’s Corners ...... 13

Abercorn ...... 14

Asbestos – ...... 14

Ascot Corner ...... 14

Austin ...... 14

Avoca ...... 14

Ayer's Cliff ...... 14

Ayersville ...... 15

Bagot...... 15

Baldwin’s Mills ...... 15

Barford Township ...... 15

Bedford ...... 15

Beebe Plain ...... 16

Berthier ...... 16

Birchton ...... 16

Bolton ...... 16

Bourlamaque...... 16

Bristol Corners...... 16

Brome Village ...... 17

Brome West ...... 17

Brookbury ...... 17

Brownsburg ...... 17 3

Buckingham Township...... 17

Bulwer ...... 17

Bury Village-Lingwick-Gould ...... 17

Caldwell’s Manor - Christie Manor - Foucault ...... 17

Calumet...... 18

Charleston ...... 18

Chatham ...... 18

Chibougamau ...... 18

Christie Manor ...... 18

Clarendon ...... 18

Clifton Township ...... 19

Coaticook ...... 19

Compton Village ...... 19

Croyden ...... 19

Cushing ...... 19

Dalesville ...... 20

Danville ...... 20

Dixville ...... 20

Dunkin Village - West Potton ...... 20

Durham - L’Avenir ...... 21

East Clifton ...... 21

East Farnham ...... 21

East Potton ...... 21

East Templeton ...... 21

Eaton Township ...... 21

Ely - Ely South ...... 22

Farnham ...... 22

Fitch Bay ...... 22

Foster ...... 22

Foucault ...... 22

Frelighsburg ...... 23

Georgeville ...... 23

Glen Sutton ...... 23

Gore ...... 23

Gould ...... 23

Granby ...... 23

Grande Ligne de l’Acadie ...... 23

Greenfield Park ...... 24

Grenville ...... 24

Grovehill...... 24

Halifax Township ...... 24

Hatley...... 24

Hull ...... 25

Inverness Township ...... 25

Iron Hill ...... 25

Kildare ...... 25

Kilkenny ...... 25

Kingsbury ...... 25

Kingscroft ...... 25

Kingsey Village ...... 26

Kingsey Falls ...... 26

L’Acadie...... 26

Lachute ...... 26

Lac Long ...... 26

Laflèche ...... 26

Lakefield ...... 27

La Prairie ...... 27

La Sarre ...... 27

Laval ...... 27

L'Avenir (Durham Township) ...... 27

Lawrenceville ...... 27

Leeds Village ...... 27

Lennoxville ...... 27

Leslie ...... 27

Lingwick ...... 27

L'islet ...... 27

Litchfield ...... 27

Lochaber ...... 27

Longueil ...... 28

Mackayville ...... 28

Magog ...... 28

Malartic ...... 28

Maniwaki ...... 28

Mansonville - Potton ...... 28

Mariecourt ...... 28

Marieville ...... 28

Mascouche ...... 29

Maskinongé - Rivière-du-Loup en Haut...... 29

Matane ...... 29

Melbourne Village ...... 29

Milton ...... 29

Moe’s River ...... 29

Montebello ...... 29

Mont Laurier ...... 29

Montréal ...... 29

Montréal ...... 30

Montréal ...... 31

Montréal ...... 32

Montréal ...... 33

Montréal ...... 34

Mont St-Hilaire ...... 35

Morin Heights ...... 35

Mulgrave / Derry / Inlet...... 35

New Ireland ...... 35

Newport Township ...... 35

Noranda ...... 35

North Clarendon ...... 35

North Hatley...... 35

North Plain ...... 36

North Potton ...... 36

Noyan Township - Henryville ...... 36

Onslow ...... 36

Otter Lake ...... 36

Outremont ...... 36

Papineauville ...... 36

Petite Nation ...... 36

Philipsburg / St. Armand West ...... 36

Pointe Claire ...... 36

Potton - Mansonville ...... 37

Québec City ...... 37

Radstock ...... 37

Ramsay...... 37

Richmond ...... 37

Riverbend (River Bend) (Alma) ...... 38

Rivière-du-Loup En Haut ...... 38

Rock Island ...... 38

Roussillon ...... 38

Rouyn Noranda ...... 38

Roxton ...... 38

Roxton Pond...... 38

Sawyerville ...... 38

Sept Iles ...... 39

Shawville ...... 39

Shefford Township ...... 39

Sherbrooke ...... 39

Sherbrooke County ...... 39

Shipton Township ...... 39

Sorel ...... 39

South Bolton ...... 39

South Ely ...... 40

South Potton ...... 40

South Stukely ...... 40

Stanbridge ...... 40

Stanbridge East ...... 40

Stanbridge Ridge ...... 40

Stanstead ...... 40

Stanstead County ...... 40

Stanstead Plain - North East / South East ...... 41

Stanstead South ...... 41

Stark’s Corners ...... 41

Stonefield ...... 41

Strathmore (Pointe Claire) ...... 41

St. Andrew East ...... 41

Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue ...... 41

St. Armand ...... 41

St. Armand East ...... 41

St. Armand West / Philipsburg ...... 41

St. Blaise ...... 41

St-Constant ...... 42

St. George ...... 42

St. George of Clarenceville ...... 42

St. Hubert ...... 42

St. Hyacinthe ...... 42

St. Jean / Iberville / Haut Richelieu ...... 42

Baptist Congregation ...... 42

St. Laurent ...... 42

St-Pie ...... 42

Ste. Marie de Monnoir ...... 43

Ste. Prudentienne ...... 43

Stonefield ...... 43

Sutton ...... 43

Sutton Flats ...... 43

Templeton East ...... 43

Terrebonne ...... 43

Thorne ...... 43

Thurso ...... 43

Trois Rivières ...... 43

Upper Melbourne...... 43

Valcourt ...... 43

Val D’Or ...... 44

Valleyfield ...... 44

Warwick ...... 44

Way’s Mills ...... 44

West Brome ...... 44

Westbury ...... 44

Westmount ...... 44

West Potton - Dunkin Village ...... 44

Wyman...... 44

Other Church Fonds...... 44

Canadian Baptist Churches ...... 44

American Baptist Historical Society ...... 45

Vermont Baptist Historical Society Records Collection ...... 45

Temple Baptist Church Outremont ...... 45

Westmount Baptist Church ...... 45

Library Archives Canada ...... 45

Quebec Association of Baptist Churches ...... 45

Union d'Églises Baptistes Françaises au Canada...... 45

Ancestry.ca Data Base ...... 45

FamilySearch.org ...... 45

Archives nationales du Québec ...... 45

Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) ...... 45

The history of the Baptist Churches in Québec ...... 45

United States Baptist Missionary Societies ...... 45

British Missionary Societies ...... 46

Canadian Missionary Societies...... 46

Contributors ...... 46

THE BAPTIST CHURCHES OF QUÉBEC The first Baptist church in Lower Canada (Québec) opened in Stanstead in 1794, followed by Abbott's Corners in 1796 or 1798 - Frelighsburg opened in 1799, all were ministered by Baptist missionaries from Vermont and Northern New York - In 1831 the Baptists were present in Montréal - The Grande Ligne French Baptist Mission was opened in 1835 - The Canada Baptist Missionary Society was organized in 1837, with headquarters in Montréal - In 1845, the Baptists were present in Québec City - In 1888 the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Québec was formed.

THE BAPTISTS IN LOWER CANADA IN 1861 In 1861 the total number of Protestants in Lower Canada (Québec) stood at 15.1% of the total population - The Anglicans were the largest at 38.8% of the total Protestant population, the Presbyterians at 26%, the Methodists at 18.3%, the Baptists at 4.6% (source: Michael Gauvreau, The Canadian Protestant Experience 1760-1990, edited by George A. Rawlyk, Welch Publishing Company Inc, Burlington, Ontario, Canada - ISBN: 1-55011-142-6)

CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES

Abbott’s Corners – Abbott's Corners' Baptist Church – Missisquoi - A village first settled about 1795 or most likely earlier by American settlers and located about 2 km east of Frelighsburg. All that exist today as a memorial to the past is an old Baptist church building and two Protestant cemeteries. In 1796 or 1798 Baptist missionaries arrived - In 1883 the Baptist church was organized - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Sunday school records (1883-1893 & 1909) - BAnQ films 13

(1880-1899 & 1897-1899 & 1897-1911 with missing years; 1908, 1909) - Quebec Records (1897- 1911 with missing years) - Ancestry.ca (1897-1911 with missing years) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)- Missisquoi Historical Society - films under St. Armand East, Abbott's Corner Baptist Church (1850-1874 & 1874-1879) & under Abbott's Corner - Frelighsburg Baptist Church (1880-1899) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/ index.html - Jedediah Hibbard - Baptist elder - see; http://www.biographi.ca/en//bio//hibbard/_jedediah_5E.html & http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/a7.html

Abercorn – Abercorn's Union Church – Brome - A village on the Vermont border first settled in 1810 and located within Sutton township near East Pinnacle. The town was originally named Shephard's Mills - Union Church was organized in 1870 by Baptist, New Connexion Methodist, Congregationalist missionaries - Eastern Townships Resource Centre - Lennoxville - ETRC United Church Archives - Lennoxville #UC-076 Union Church Abercorn - BAnQ books of burials; Abercorn Old Cemetery (1809-1939), Abercorn Johnson Cemetery (1839-1977) - Abercorn Old Cemetery http://missisquoigenealogy.blogspot.ca/2010-01/abercorn-cemetery-abercorn- brome-county.html -

Asbestos – Free Will Baptist - Richmond - A large town at the northern end of the county on the border with Drummond county - In 1837 Baptist missionaries arrived - In 1861 a Baptist church opened - no known surviving parish registers - see Danville or Kingsey for most likely sources of acts of births, marriages, deaths - Protestant families of Richmond County - Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths 1820-1925 - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote.php?cote=N-0753

Ascot Corner - Baptist Missionaries – Sherbrooke - A town first established about 1803 and located within Ascot township, east of the cities of Sherbrooke and Lennoxville on the border with Compton county - In 1810 a Baptist mission opened - About 1850 a Baptist church was opened - Church registers under Sherbrooke Baptist Church - BAnQ films (1850 & 1872 & 1888-1941) - Quebec Records (1850 & 1872 & 1888-1941) - Ancestry.ca (1850 & 1872 & 1888-1941) - St. Francis District Protestant Families 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Austin - Baptist Missionary Society - Brome - A village established in 1794 and located within Potton township (Mansonville) on the shores of Lake Memphremagog - The Baptist missionaries arrived in 1830 - BAnQ films under Potton Baoptist (1845-1859 & 1846-1854 & 1911-1925) - Quebec Records (1846-1854 & 1911-1925) - Ancestry.ca (1846-1854 & 1911-1925) - see;: Potton Heritage Association - http://pottonheritage.org/?page_id=532 -

Avoca – Baptist Church Avoca-Rivington-Calumet – Argenteuil County - A small village located near the Ottawa river in the same region as Calumet, Pointe au Chêne, east of Papineau county - In 1889, Baptist missionaries arrived – BAnQ Montréal films (1912, 1916 & 1936, 1937, 1938 & 1939) - BAnQ Gatineau films (1939) - Quebec Records (1912-1939 with many missing years) - Ancestry.ca 1912-1939 with many missing years - BAnQ book of marriages (1911-1913 & 1916 & 1927-1939 & 1956-1973 & 1977-1991) - QFHS book of marriages #GS-157.3 L3 marriages (1911-1992) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1911) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers - https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1929561 - Laurentian Region Protestant Families - Judicial Districts of Terrebonne-St-Jérôme - 1900-1992 #R-12 - marriages - 846 pages - 2 volumes - see; http://sglaurentides.org/publications - Avoca Baptist Church - http://www.quebecbaptist.org/main/en/home.html & http://www.ottawabaptist.org/history

Ayer's Cliff - Way's Mills Union Church - Stanstead - A village first settled in the early 1800's and located north of Stanstead, east of Coaticook and south of Hatley - Was originally named Landmaid's Flat - In 1881, the Baptists shared the Way`s Mills Union Meeting House with members of the Congregationalist and Adventist Churches - BAnQ films under Adventist Church (1884-1925) - Quebec Records (1884-1925 Adventist Church) - Ancestry.ca (1884-1925 Adventist Church) - 14

Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Ayersville - Baptist Mission - Église Baptiste Évangélique - Argenteuil - A small village located west of Lachute - From 1886 and 1961, the Baptists were present with a church in Ayersville - see Lachute for parish registers - Laurentian Region Protestant Families - marriages #R-12 - 1900- 1992 - 846 pages - 2 volumes - see; http://sglaurentides.org/publications

Bagot - Bagot Missionaries - Bagot - The county is not part of the Eastern Townships, it's "L shape" touches the borders of Drummond to the east, Yamaska to the north, Shefford to the south, St-Hyacinthe to the west - Baptist missionaries arrived in 1845 - no known surviving church documents under Bagot, see Saint Pie (St. Pie) as the most likely source of surviving parish registers for Baptist families of this region within the time period of 1845-1912

Baldwin’s Mills – Free Will Baptist Missionaries – Stanstead - A village first settled in 1810 or about and located on the Vermont border, east of Stanstead Village and Rock Island - In 1838 Free Will Baptist Missionaries arrived - No known surviving church documents under Baldwin's Mills - see Stanstead Village and Stanstead County - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963, see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Barford Township - Barford Free Will Calvinist Baptist Church - Barford Second Baptist Church - Third Baptist Church – Stanstead – A village first settled in the 1790's and located on the border of Stanstead county with Compton county, north of Hereford township, east of Barnston township, south of Compton township, west of Clifton township - In 1794 missionaries from the Baptist Missionary Society arrived, in 1837 the Free Will Baptist Missionaries arrived, the same year the Calvinist Baptists were present, also in 1837 the second Baptist church opened, in 1865 the third Baptist church opened - Canadian Baptist Archives - CBA (1842-1844 & 1893-1937) - BAnQ films (1842-1878 & 1865-1868) - Quebec Records (1842-1878) - Ancestry.ca: (1842-1878) - BAnQ books of marriages, birth, deaths (1842-1869) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1842) - St. Francis District Protestant Families -1815-1879 - #9 baptisms & #10 marriages & #11 deaths- see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Barnston (Kingscroft) - Calvinist Baptist Church - Free Will Baptist Church - Regular Baptist Church - Union Church – Stanstead - A village first settled in the 1790's, and located on the Stanstead - Compton border near the towns of Coaticook and Kingscroft - In 1794, missionaries with the American Baptist Missionary Society arrived, in 1809 the American Free Will Baptist Missionaries arrived, in 1838 the Free Will Baptist church opened, in 1843 the Calvinist Baptists were present, in 1857 the Regular Baptists opened their church, in 1881 Union Church opened - Surviving parish registers from 1832 with the Free Will church and 1843 and 1884 with the Baptist church - Canadian Baptist Archives - CBA (1838 & 1843-1879 & 1843-1854) - BAnQ films (1838-1921 & 1873-1913 & 1880-1899 & 1857-1860 & 1873-1879 & 1843-1854 & 1860-1864 & 1857-1859 & 1873- 1879 & 1838 & 1846-1853 & 1855) - Quebec Records (1838-1921 with missing years) - Ancestry.ca (1838-1921 with missing years) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1838- 1870 Free Will Baptist & 1843-1854 & 1860-1864 Calvinist Baptist) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1843-1864 Barnston Baptist Calvinist & 1857-1908 Barnston Baptist & 1838-1870 Barnston Free Will Baptist) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1838-1870 with missing years) - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/ archives.php - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths, see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Bedford - Standbridge East Baptist Missionary Society - Missisquoi - Town first settled about 1800 and incorporated as a village in 1812 and located a few km north of St. Armand and a few km

west of Dunham - In 1843, the Baptists opened a church - BAnQ films under Stanbridge & Stanbridge Ridge Baptist Church (1842-1853) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1842-1849)- see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Beebe Plain - Temperance Society - Baptist Church – Stanstead - A village on the Vermont border east of Lake Memphremagog, west of Stanstead, south of Tomifobia and Ogden. The region was first settled in 1790 or about - In 1839 Baptist Missionaries opened the Temperance Church, in 1878 the Regular Baptist church opened - Canadian Baptist Archives - CBA - Membership lists (1875) - Minutes (1875-1929) - BAnQ films (1878-1934 Baptist & 1878-1927 Adventist) - Quebec Records (1878-1934) - Ancestry.ca (1878-1934) - BAnQ books of marriages, baptisms, deaths (1878-1879) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1901-1906) - St. Francis District Protestant Fanilies - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths, see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm -Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963, see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Berthier – Église Baptiste du Maskinongé in Berthier & Brandon (St-Gabriel-de-Brandon) - Maskinongé–Berthier - Also referred to as Berthierville and located on the St. Lawrence River in the region of Louiseville - In 1892, Baptist missionaries were present in the region - see; Maskinongé - Rivière-du-Loup-en-haut - BAnQ Gatineau book of marriages (1823-1831) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Birchton – Birchton Union Church Society – Compton - A village within Eaton township and located south of Sandhill, east of Johnville, west of Cookshire, north of Eaton - In 1879 Baptist missionaries were present within the Union Meeting House with the participation of the Baptist, Congregationalist and Methodist church societies. The Meeting House was also used by the Anglicans for a short period of time - Eastern Townships Resource Centre - ETRC Lennoxville Archives #UC-017 - content not reported - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Bolton – Baptist Missionaries - Temperance Movement - Baptist Congregation – Brome - A village within Bolton township, located east of Bolton Glen, south of Foster Mountain and Grass Pond - It was first settled in 1808 - In 1830 Baptist missionaries arrived - In 1832 the Temperance Movement opened a church - In 1861 a Baptist congregation opened - BAnQ films under Bolton Baptist Church (1845-1863 & 1861-1869 & 1864-1869 & 1941-1943) & under West Bolton Adventist Church (1904-1930) - Quebec Records (1845-1863 & 1864-1869 Bolton Baptist Church & 1904- 1930 Adventist West Bolton) - Ancestry.ca (1845-1863 & 1864-1869 Bolton Baptist Church & 1904- 1930 Adventist West Bolton) - BAnQ book of marriages (1861-1869) - Missisquoi Historical Society films under Bolton Baptist (1861-1879) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/ index.html - see also South Bolton

Bourlamaque (Val D'Or) - Baptist Mission - Abitibi - A village in central Abitibi - In 1939, Baptist missionaries were present within the county - BAnQ film (1939-1941) - Quebec Records (1939- 1941) - Ancestry.ca (1939-1941)

Bristol – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - A village of 1834 also referred to as Bristol Corners - About 1877, a Baptist church was opened, most likely a mission field of Stark's Corner (see also the latter) - Library Archives Canada (extracts relating to Clarendon 1877-1939) - BAnQ Gatineau (1897-1939) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Bristol Corners - Baptist Missonaries - Pontiac - Organized about 1877 - see Bristol, see also Stark's Corner

Brome Village – Free Will Baptist Missionaries – Brome - A village within Brome township. The region was first settled between 1790 and 1795 - In 1840 Baptist missionaries opened a mission - In 1879 a church of the Free Will Baptist Missionary Society opened - BAnQ films (1879-1899 Free Will Baptist) & (1881-1929 Adventist Church) - Quebec Records (1879-1884 Free Will Baptist & 1881-1929 Adventist Church) - Ancestry.ca (1879-1884 Free Will Baptist & 1881-1929 Adventist Church) - BAnQ book of marriages (1879-1884) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1879) - Missisquoi Historical Society - films under Brome Free Will Baptist (1879-1884) see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Brome West - Free Will Baptist Congregation - Brome - A village first settled in 1798, the latter located within Brome township - In 1880 a Baptist mission opened, closed in 1884 - BAnQ film (1880- 1884) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1880-1884) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Brookbury - Baptist Church of Bury - Compton - A hamlet of the 1840s located south of Dudswell, west of North Hill, east of Crossbury, north of Hardwood Flat within Bury township - Baptists were present in the region with a Baptist church in nearby Bury Village (see Bury Village - Lingwick - Gould) - BAnQ film (1896-1901) - Quebec Records (1896-1901) - Ancestry.ca (1896- 1901) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - Protestant baptisms 1815-1994 #56 - 510 pages - Protestant marriages 1816-1994 #57 - 261 pages - Protestant deaths 1800-1994 #58 - 355 pages - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Brownsburg – Maple Avenue Baptist Church – Argenteuil - A village established in 1818 and located northwest of Lachute. The town was also referred to in the early years as Brownsbury - In 1877, the first Baptist church opened, the second in 1944 - BAnQ Montréal film (1936-1942) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1936-1942) - Quebec Records (1936-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1936-1942) - BAnQ book of marriages (1928-1991 Maple Avenue Baptis & 1952-1991 Second Baptist Church) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS-157.3 L3 (1900-1992) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Buckingham Township – Baptist Circuit Ministry – Papineau - A village first settled in 1802 and located then within Wright township (Hull) - In 1822 and 1898, the Baptists opened a mission and a church - BAnQ Montréal film (1898-1938) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1898-1938) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Bulwer – Baptist Circuit Ministry & Free Will Baptist Missionaries - Compton – A village within Eaton township and located east of Johnville, south of Sandhill, west of Birchton and north of Eaton - Free Will Baptist missionaries arrived in 1833, in 1845 a permanent mission was operational and in 1867 a church opened - BAnQ film (1867 1894) - St. Francis District Protestant Families marriages, baptisms, deaths # 9, #10, #11 (1815-1879) - see; http:sgce.whc.ca/livres.htm

Bury Village-Lingwick-Gould – Temperance Society - Baptist Missionaries – Compton - Region established in 1803 by Scottish immigrants and located in the vicinity of Westbury and Lingwick. The region is also referred to as Robinson - In 1833 Baptist missionaries arrived, in 1845 a Baptist church opened - BAnQ film (1914-1940) - Quebec Records (1914-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1914-1940) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http//sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Caldwell’s Manor - Christie Manor - Foucault – Baptist Missionaries – Missisquoi- Iberville - A region first settled about 1776, also first referred to as Foucault or Seigniory of Foucault or Seigneurie de Foucault. A region on the US border on the east side of the Richelieu river - In 1789, Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ films (1850-1863 & 1864-1915 Baptist Church St. Armand East) & (1842-1850 Stanbridge Baptist) - Quebec Records (1850-1863 & 1864-1915 Baptist Church St.

Armand East) & (1842-1850 Stanbridge Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1850-1863 & 1864-1915 Baptist Church St. Armand East) & (1842-1850 Stanbridge Baptist) – Missisquoi Historical Society films under St. Armand East, Stanbridge (1842-1849 & 1850-1864 & 1874-1879) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Calumet - Baptist Church of Calumet–Avoca–Rivington – Argenteuil - A small village located alongside the Ottawa river near Papineau county. In 1911 a Baptist mission opened – BAnQ Gatineau (1939) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS-157.3 L3 (1911-1991) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Cassville - Union Church - Stanstead - A hamlet within the township of Stanstead and settled in 1799 by American settlers. The hamlet is located next to Fitch Bay - In 1881, the Union Evangelical Meeting House opened, it appears that a Baptist Minister shared the premises with the Methodists and other itinerant preachers - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815- 1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths, see; http://sgce.whc.ca/livres.htm

Charleston - Free Will Baptist Church - Stanstead - The Parish of Charleston, formerly known as East Hatley was constituted and set off from the southern part of Barnston - It was first settled in the 1790's - In 1794 Free Will Baptist Missionaries arrived - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths, see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Chatham – Baptist Church - Argenteuil - A village first settlled in 1802 and located next to Brownsburg, both located a few km northwest of Lachute - Chatham is also referred today as St- Philippe d'Argenteuil - The Baptist mission was first organized in 1837 and a second church opened in 1860 - BAnQ Montréal films (1837-1869 & 1848-1939 & 1842-1843 & 1848-1939 & 1861-1922 & 1860-1889 & 1864-1858) - BAnQ Gatineau under Grenville Baptist (1888-1899 & 1939 & 1941-1942) & under Avoca Baptist (1939) - Quebec Records (1837-1939) - Ancestry.ca (1837-1939) - BAnQ book of marriages 1921-1951) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1837-1843 & 1837- 1869) - Laurentian Region Protestant Families - marriages 1900-1992 - 846 pages 2 volumes, see; http://sglaurentides.org/publications - see; also; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Chibougamau - Baptist Mission - Lac St-Jean - Abitibi - A region located in the northern region of Québec in a vast territory also referred to as Mistassini or Waconichi or Assinica - Chibougamau First Nations Baptist Church - see; www.fellowship.ca

Christie Manor - Iberville – see Caldwell’s Manor

Clarenceville – Baptist Missionaries – Missisquoi - A village of 1776 or perhaps prior and previously referred to as Christie's Manor within the ancient Parishe of St. Thomas, the latter located east of Noyan, south of Henryville and slightly north of Vermont - In 1887, the Baptists were present with their own church - Cansadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Marriage registers (1892-1945) - BAnQ films (1887-1936 & 1887-1940 & 1937-1940) - Quebec Records (1887-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1887-1940) - BAnQ book of deaths (1804-1967) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1903-1912 St- Georges de Clarenceville Baptist Church) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1887-1899 Clarenceville & Frelighburg Baptist & 1885-1886 St. Armand East Baptist) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Clarendon - Clarendon Township Baptist Circuit Ministry in Bristol-Clarendon-Leslie- Litchfield-North Clarendon-Onslow-Shawville-Stark’s Corner-Thorne-Wyman – Pontiac -

Clarendon, a township first settled in 1792 and centered in Shawville in the southern portion of the county. The region was formed prior to the establishment of the county - In 1877 or about, Baptist missions were organized in the villages outlined above - BAnQ Montréal films (1895-1916) - BAnQ Gatineau films (1877-1910 & 1894-1895 & 1898-1899 & 1901-1907 & 1909-1916 & 1897-1939) - United Church Archives - Montréal #P603 S2 SS89 (1878-1939 fonds pertaining to the Baptist Missions of Clarendon) - Library Archives Canada (1857-1920 & 1877-1939) - Quebec Records (1895-1916) - Ancestry.ca (1895-1916) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon- Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com//?spage=22

Clifton Township - Free Will Baptist & Calvinist Baptist Churches - Compton - Region first settled in 1799 and also referred to as East Clifton and located east of Barnston, south of Compton, north of Hereford, west of Newport - Established as a township in 1803 - In 1835 the Baptists had their own churches - see also East Clifton - see also Barnston, see also; St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879, #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Coaticook – Free Will Baptist - Temperance Society & Regular Baptist Churches & Union Church – Stanstead - A town located east of Barnston, west of Clifton township, south of Hillhurst and North Coaticook, west of Barnston township - In 1842 the Free Will Baptist Missionaries arrived, in 1860 the Regular Baptist church opened, in 1881 the Union Church opened - The Temperance Movement might have been present between 1830 and 1840 - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Church registers (1893-1937 & 1938-1992) Membership roll (1874-1973) Marriage registers (1893-1937) - BAnQ films (1860-1908 & 1908-1942 & 1880-1899 & 1874-1879 Baptist Coaticook) & (1899-1914 Adventist Coaticook) - Quebec Records (1860-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1860- 1942) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1874-1879) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1874-1879) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce,whc.ca/rep11.htm - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Compton Village - Temperance Society & Free Will Baptist Missionaries - Compton - A village located within Compton township, north of Moe's River, east of Compton station, south of Waterville, west of Martinville - As early as 1752, townships were surveyed by British at Coos in New Hampshire, distant from Hereford by about 20 miles, on the Connecticut river - Prior to 1792 United Empire Loyalists took up residence in the Townships, first in Missisquoi Bay and Lake Memphremagog - Reliable sources also places the arrival of other American settlers after 1792 in the region which would become Buckingham County (1792) and later Sherbrooke County (1829) - Compton County was established in 1853 from part of Sherbrooke County. In 1832 and 1867 respectively, the Baptists opened churches in Compton Village - BAnQ films (1867-1879 & 1867- 1895) - Quebec Records (1867-1895) - Ancestry.ca (1867-1895) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1867-1879) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.hm

Croyden - Grace Baptist - Chambly - Located between Chambly and Longueil, a district also referred to as Laflèche - In 1963, the Baptists opened a church - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages, births, deaths under Grace Baptist Church, Laflèche (1963-1964) - see; Greenfield Park Baptist Church www.gpbaptistchurch.com

Cushing – Baptist Circuit Ministry Cushing-Chatham-Dalesville – Argenteuil - A small town located alongside the Ottawa river between Grenville and St. Andrew - In 1835, Baptist missionaries were present - BAnQ Montréal films (1837-1843 & 1848-1939 & 1857-1869 & 1877-1942) - BAnQ Gatineau films under Baptish Church Dalesville (1837-843 & 1877-1882 & 1877-1898) & Baptist Church Brownsburg (1939-1942) – Quebec Records (1877-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1877-1942) - see also Dalesville - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Dalesville – Baptist Circuit Ministry - Dalesville-Chatham-Cushing – Argenteuil - A hamlet of the early 1800s and located a few km north of Brownsburg-Chatham, not far from Lachute - In 1835 Baptist missionaries were present - BAnQ Montréal films (1877-1879 & 1877-1882 & 1877-1898 & 1877-1942 & 1878-1914 & 1881-1890 & 1885 & 1885 & 1936-1938 & 1939-1942)- BAnQ Gatineau (1837-1843 & 1877-1898) - Quebec Records (1877-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1877-1942) - BAnQ books of marriages (1900-1910 & 1912-1916 & 1920-1991) baptisms (1837-1843) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS-157.3 L3 (1900-1992) – FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1837- 1882 & 1877-1898) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1910) - see also Stonefield Baptist Church in Argenteuil county - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Danville – Baptist Missionaries & Free Will Baptist Circuit Ministry & Église baptiste française – Richmond - A town first established about 1802, located east of Shipton, near the northern border with Drummond county at the town of Asbestos - In 1855 Baptist missionaries were present, in 1861 the first Baptist church opened and in 1958, the second church was organized - BAnQ films under Danville Baptist (1861-1873 & 1865-1873) & Danville Adventist (1879-1942) - Quebec Records (1865-1873 & 1879-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1865-1873 & 1879-1942) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths under Danville Baptist (1865-1879) & Danville Adventist births, marriages, deaths (1820-1925) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1861-1873) - Protestant Families of Richmond County - 1820-1925 - Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote/.php?cote=N-0753 - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Dixville – Regular Baptist Church – Stanstead - A small village between Coaticook and the Vermont border at Stanhope - In 1877 a Baptist church opened - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton parish registers (1894-1984) & membership book (1969-1983) - BAnQ films (1877-1942 & 1880-1899 Dixville Baptist Church) & (1907-1911 Dixville Adventist Church) - Quebec Records (1877-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1877-1942) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1877-1879) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1865-1907) - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php - St. Francis Disrict Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http:sgce.whc.ca/livees.htm

Dunham – Baptist Missionaries – Missisquoi - First settled by Americans in 1794 and incorporated as a village in 1867 - About 1794 or most likely a few years later Baptist missionaries from Vermont, New Hampshire, Northern New York were infrequent visitors to the region - In 1813 a Baptist mission was organized – BAnQ films (1845-1879 & 1858-1860 Dunham Baptist) & (1871- 1923 Dunham Adventist) - Quebec Records (1858-1860 Dunham Baptist) & (1871-1923 Dunham Adventist) - Ancestry.ca (1858-1860 Dunham Baptist) & (1871-1923 Dunham Adventist) - BAnQ book of marriages (1858-1860) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS 153.4 (1844-1899) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1858-1860 Dunham Baptist) & (1866-1869 Dunham Adventist), see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Dunham - Temperance Society - Missisquoi - Organized in 1830 - In 1844 and 1858, a Baptist Congregation was organized - BAnQ films (1858-1870 Dunham Baptist & 1871-1923 Dunham- Farnham-Stanbridge Adventist) - Quebec Records (1858-1870 Dunham Baptist & 1871-1923 Dunham-Farnham-Stanbridge Adventist) - Ancestry.ca (1858-1870 Dunham Baptist & 1871-1923 Dunham-Farnham-Stanbridge Adventist) - BAnQ book of marriages (1858-1860) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1858-1860) - see; http://missisquoigenealogy.blogspot.ca/2012/09/dunham- baptist-baptisms-marriages.html

Dunkin Village - West Potton – Union Church - Free Will Baptist – Brome - Located east of Glen Sutton, south of Sutton Mountains, west of Mansonville - In 1879 Union Church was organized, the latter was a regrouping of Anglican, Adventist, Methodist, Free Will Baptist 20

missionaries, closed in 1972 - The town in early church records is also referred to as West Potton – BAnQ films (1845-1859 & 1846-1854 & 1911-1915 Potton Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1845-1859 & 1846-1854 & 1911-1915 Potton Baptist) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1845-1847 & 1851- 1852 & 1854-1856-1859 Potton Baptist) - see; www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Durham - L’Avenir - Baptist Circuit Ministry – Drummond - Also referred to in early church records as Durham South, a small village first settled in 1805, located within Cleveland township and west of the city of Richmond, between Acton Vale and Melbourne - In 1857, Baptist missionaries organized a church - It does appear that the Baptist Missionaries within Drummond County originated from the town of Kingsey - BAnQ Montréal film (1859-1873) - BanQ Trois-Rivières films (1859- 1900) - Quebec Records (1859-1873) - Ancestry.ca (1859-1873) BAnQ book of marriages, births, deaths (1838-1870 Baptist Church - Kingsey, Drummond County) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers, see; https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1929561 - Richmond-Drummond Counties Protestant Families - 1838-1870 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep29.htm

East Clifton – Free Will Calvinist Baptist Circuit Ministry – Compton - A village of the early 1800s, located within Clifton township on the border with Auckland township, the latter townships located east of Hereford township - In 1835 Free Will Baptist missionaries organized a church – Rev. John Ide from the Vermont Baptist Society and Rev. J.A. Sweatland from the Methodist Circuit Ministry of Sherbrooke, presiding at the first church service - see Barnston for parish registers - see also; St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

East Farnham – Union Church - Freewill Baptist – Missisquoi - Allen's Corners was the original name of this town, first settled in 1798 and located 5 km north of Cowansville - In 1800, the Society of Friends (Orthodox Quakers) would organize a meeting house - Only in 1843 did the Baptist opened a church, a second church was organized in 1862 - BAnQ films (1862-1893 & 1862-1879 & 1877-1899 & 1880-1899) - Quebec Records (1862-1893) - Ancestry.ca (1862-1893) - BAnQ book of marriages (1862-1876) - Missisquoi Historical Society film (1862-1879 Farnham Baptist & 1880- 1893 Farnham East Baptist) - see: http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

East Potton - Union Church - Free Will Baptist - Brome - First settled about 1797 as part of Potton. The town of Potton was first known as Mansonville, the latter located west of Vale Perkins and east of Glen Sutton - The town of Mansonville was a regional centre for missionary societies - In 1879, the first Baptist church opened in the village of East Potton - BAnQ films (1845-1847 & 1846- 1854 & 1851-1852 & 1854 & 1858-1859 & 1911-1925 Potton Baptist) & (1909-1936 & 1937-1942 Mansonville Baptist) - Quebec Records (1846-1854 & 1911-1925 Potton Baptist) & (1909-1936 & 1937-1942 Mansonville Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1846-1854 & 1911-1925 Potton Baptist) & (1909- 1936 & 1937-1942 Mansonville Baptist) - BAnQ book of marriages (1845-1859 Mansonville Baptist) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1845-1847 & 1851-1852 & 1854 & 1856-1859 Potton Baptist) see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

East Templeton - Hull - see Templeton East

Eaton Township – Free Will Calvinist Baptist of Sawyerville (1794) - Baptist Massachusetts Missionaries (1822) - Temperance Society (1832) - Baptist & Free Will Baptist Congregation (1838) - Calvinist Baptist Congregation (1842) - Compton - First settled in 1793 and located south of Westbury, west of Newport, north of Clifton and east of Ascot. From 1794 to 1842 various Baptist missions were organized as per the above - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Membership lists (1822-1886) - BAnQ films(1838-1894 & 1865 & 1842-1872 & 1838-1871) - - Quebec Records (1838-1894) - Ancestry.ca (1838-1894) - BAnQ books of births (1815-1994 & 1842-1872 & 1838- 1871) marriages (1816-1994 & 1842-1872 & 1838-1871) deaths ( 1800-1994 & 1842-1872 & 1838-

1871) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1842-1872 Eaton Calvinist Baptist & 1838-1871 Eaton Baptist Free Will Baptist) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1838-1871) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Ely - Ely South – Baptist Churches – Shefford - A village first settled in 1802 and located within Ely township, the latter in the region of Boscotel, Béthanie, Bethel - Also referred to as South Ely or Valcourt - In 1854 a Baptist mission was organized, in 1878 a Baptist church opened - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Church minute book (1891-1903) - BAnQ films (1878-1899 & (1878-1879 & 1880-1899) - BAnQ books of marriages (1878-1879) births (1868-1879) - QFHS books of births REF #GS-153.3 B7 (1880-1899), marriages REF #GS-153.4 B7 (1880-1899) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1858-1860) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900- 1912) - Shefford County Protestant Families - 1797-1962 - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/reponse.php?titre= Protestants®ion- shefford&ville=&famille=&numero= &editeur=&auteur

Farnham - Free Will Baptist Missionaries - Missisquoi - A small city located south of Granby, west of Cowansville and north of Bedford - In 1853 or 1862 a Baptist church was organized - BAnQ films (1862-1879 Baptist) & (1871-1923 Adventist) - Quebec Records (1862-1879 Baptist & 1871- 1923 Adventist) - Ancestry.ca (1862-1879 Baptist & 1871-1923 Adventist) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1862-1879 Baptist & 1855-1879 Adventist) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Farnham East - Baptist Church - Brome - Also referred to as East Farnham Township, an area located in the north west corner of Brome county, west of Brome and Bolton townships - In 1862, a Baptist church was organized - BAnQ films (1862-1863 & 1864-1893) - Quebec Records (1862- 1893) - Ancestry.ca (1862-1893) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1880-1893) see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Fitch Bay - Baptist Churches Fitch Bay-Barnston-Hatley-Georgeville - Stanstead - A village located along the eastern banks of Lake Memphremagog at a place by a bay with the name of Fitch Bay - The town is located east of Georgeville - BAnQ films (1838-1921 Barnston Free Will Baptist & 1842-1942 Hatley Baptist & 1850-1872 Georgeville Baptist & 1869-1943 Fitch Bay Adventist) - Quebec Records (1838-1921 Barnston Free Will Baptist & 1842-1942 Hatley Baptist & 1850-1872 Georgeville Baptist & 1869-1943 Fitch Bay Adventist) - Ancestry.ca (1838-1921 Barnston Free Will Baptist & 1842-1942 Hatley Baptist & 1850-1872 Georgeville Baptist & 1869-1943 Fitch Bay Adventist) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 maerriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845- 1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Foster – Free Will Baptist - Brome - A village within Brome township and located near Fulford and Bondville - In 1878, Free Will Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ films (1879-1899 & 1879-1884 Brome) - Quebec Records (1879-1884 Brome) - Ancestry.ca (1879-1884 Brome) - Missisquoi Historical Society film (1879 Brome) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Foucault – Baptist Mission - Missisquoi - First established as the Seigniory of Foucault in the 1730s and located east of the Richelieu river near the US border - In 1789, a Baptist mission was organized - BanQ films (1842-1853 Stanbridge Baptist & 1850-1879 St. Armand East Baptist) - Quebec Records (1842-1850 Stanbridge Baptist & 1850-1915 St. Armand East Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1842-1850 Stanbridge Baptist & 1850-1915 St. Armand East Baptist) - Missisquoi Historical Society (1850-1864 & 1874-1879 St. Armand East Baptist & 1842-1849 Stanbridge Baptist) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Frelighsburg - Frelighsburg United Baptist-Methodist Church – Missisquoi - Abbott's Corner region, east of St. Armand, west of Glen Sutton and north of the Vermont border - From 1799 missionaries from the Baptist Missionary Society of Vermont and the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society in 1806 were sending missionaries to various villages and hamlets of the Eastern Townships including Frelighsburg - In 1830 the Temperance Society opened a mission in Frelighsburg, in 1874 the Baptist Church of Freligsburg opened it's doors - BAnQ films (1850-1879 Frelighsburg Baptist & 1897-1911 Abbott's Corner Baptist) - Quebec Records (1897-1911 Abbott's Corner) - Ancestry.ca (1897-1911 Abbott's Corner) - BAnQ book of marriages (1850-1879) - Missisquoi Genealogy (1850-1879 & 1880-1899 Abbott's Corner), see; http://missisquoigenealogy.blogspot.ca/2012/11/frelighsburg-baptist-1850-1879

Georgeville – Georgeville Temperance Society & Baptist Calvinist Church – Stanstead - A region first settled in 1797 by American immigrants and located south of Magog, east of Lake Memphremagog and north of Fitch Bay - The town was first named Copp's Ferry - In 1830 the Temperance Society were present, in 1850 the Regular Baptist church opened - BAnQ film (1850- 1872) - - Quebec Records (1850-1872) - Ancestry.ca (1850-1872) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1860-1872) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1844-1872) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - aee; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php -

Glen Sutton – Baptist Missionaries - Baptist Congregation - Brome – A town first settled in 1799 and located on the Missisquoi river and on Old King's Road, within Sutton township, a few km north of the Vermont border - In 1859 a small Baptist church was organized - A second church opened in 1935 - BAnQ films (1859-1863 & 1864-1936 & 1937-1942) - Quebec Records (1859-1863 & 1864-1936 & 1937-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1859-1863 & 1864-1936 & 1937-1942) - see; www.sutton.ca/en/arts-and-culture/history-and-heritage - see also; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Gore – Baptist Circuit Ministry – Argenteuil - The town of Gore also referred to as Lakefield is located near St-Columban - The township of Gore is mentioned on mumerous early church records of the county - Baptist Missionaries were present in the region in 1835 - BAnQ film (1879-1995 Protestant Churches) - Quebec Records (1879-1995 Protestant Churches) - Ancestry.ca (1879- 1995 Protestant Churches) - Laurentian Region Protestant Families (Judicial Districts of Terrebonne-St-Jérôme) - 1900-1992 - #R-12 - 846 pages - 2 volumes - see; http://sglaurentides.org/publications - see also; http://www.patrimoine- culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id158887&tytpe=bien

Gould – Baptist Missionaries - Compton - A town established by Scottish immigrants - It was first named Gouldbourn - Located within Lingwick township, the latter located east of Bury, west of Winslow, south of Weedon and north of Hampden - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815- 1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm -

Granby – Temperance Society - Baptist Church – Shefford - Town, first settled in the 1790s and located in the southern portion of Shefford county and west of the townships of Stukely and Shefford - First organized as a mission of the Temperance Society in 1835, in 1872 the Baptist church opened - BAnQ films (1872-1878) - Quebec Records (1872-1878) - Ancestry.ca (1872-1878) - BAnQ books of marriages (1872-1879), births (1872-1878) under Canton de Granby - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1872-1878) - Shefford County Protestant Families - 1797-1962 - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/ reponse.php?titre=Protestants®ion=shefford& ville=&famille= &numero=&editeur=&auteur

Grande Ligne de l’Acadie - Roussy Memorial Baptist Church - Église Baptiste

Évangélique de la Grande Ligne – St. Jean - Now referred to as Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu and it is more of a hamlet with the inhabitants spread along a 7 miles stretch of a road or a Grande-Ligne, the main village might have some 20 houses. Roussy is located about one mile north of the village of Saint-Blaise in the middle of farm country with about a dozen houses immediately around it, houses which were more or less attached to Feller when it was a going concern - In 1839, French Baptist Missionaries established a French Baptist Mission, most likely the first French language Baptist mission in Québec - Roussy Memorial still exist as Église Baptiste Roussy Memorial, it is now declared a Site du Patrimoine - Archives Église Baptiste du Canada - Hamilton - List of members of the assembly (1839-1861) & (1851) & (1881-1903) - Civil registers (1851-1891) - Registers of marriages, births, deaths (church registers) (1839-1851) - BAnQ film (1839-1847 & 1839-1942 St- Blaise) - Quebec Records (1839-1942 St-Blaise) - Ancestry.ca (1839-1942 St-Blaise) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1839-1875 & 1839-1899) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912) - see; https://books.google.ca/books?isbn=9004211764 - see also; www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01- f.php?&id_nbr=5243&interval=2&&PHPSESSID=to1ckdccuaaqp 8b4bsecmtog 41- see also; SHPFQ - Société d'histoire du protestantisme franco-québécois - www.shpfq.org/node/70

Greenfield Park - Garden City Baptist Congregation - Longueil - see also Croyden - Located south of Montréal - Church organized in 1941, would close in 1965 - A second Baptist church opened in Greenfield Park at a later date - BAnQ book of marriages, births, deaths under Grace Baptist Church in Laflèche (Croyden) (1963-1964) - see; http://www.gpbaptistchurch.com

Grenville – Grenville Baptist Church – Argenteuil - Referred today as Grenville-sur-la-Rouge - Church organized in 1888 - BAnQ Montréal films (1888-1899 & 1937-1938 under Protestants) - BAnQ Gatineau (1888-1899 & 1939 & 1941-1942) - Quebec Records (1888-1942 & 1937-1938) - Ancestry.ca (1888-1942 & 1937-1938) - BAnQ book marriages (1900-1958 with missing years in 1912, 1917, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1957) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS-157.3 L3 (1900-1958 & 1962-1981) - FamilySearch Online Parish Registers (1888-1899) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1911) - Laurentian Region Protestant Families (Judicial Districts of Terrebonne-St-Jérôme) - Marriages 1900-1992 - #R12 - 846 pages - 2 volumes - see; http://sglaurentide.org/publications

Grovehill – Free Will Baptist Circuit Ministry – Compton - A hamlet of 1797, located near Newport within Eaton township - In 1854, Baptist Missionaries arrived - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisns, #10 marriages, #11 deaths, see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Halifax Township - Baptist Missionaries – Mégantic - First settled in 1802 and located west of Inverness, east of Arthabaska county and south of Somerset - BAnQ film (1864 & 1871-1872 Inverness Baptist) - Quebec Records (1871-1872 Inverness Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (Inverness Baptist) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths under Inverness Baptist (1865-1872 & 1871-1872) - Protestant Families Megantic County - 1826-1991 #5 - see; http://www.genealogie.org/club/sghrtm.htm

Harrington East - Baptist Missionaries - Argenteuil - A small village in the northwest portion of the county and located between Lost River and Lakeview, both located south of Arundel - A Baptist mission was organized in 1888 - Laurentian Region Protestant Families - Judicial Districts of Terrebonne - St-Jérôme - 1900-1992 - 846 pages marriages #R12 - see: http://sglaurentides.org/publications

Hatley – Temperance Society - Free Will Calvinist Baptist Missionaries - Baptist Missionary Society - Free Will Baptist Church - Calvinist Baptist Church - Union Church - Stanstead – A town located along the borders with Compton and Sherbrooke counties, more specifically south of Waterville, east of Massawippi, north of Kingscroft, west of Compton Station - It was first settled in 24

1792 - In 1794 the Temperance Society was present, the same year the Free Will Calvinist Baptists were also present, the same year the Baptist Missionary Society had sent-in missionaries, in 1842 the Free Will Baptist Congregation opened it's doors, in 1844, the Calvinist Baptist Church opened, in 1881 the Union Church opened - Holdings from 1799 & 1834 – Civil registers from Hatley & South Bolton (Brome) might be interspersed in the early years - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Membership lists (1799-1880) - BAnQ films (1842-1885 Baptist & 1863-1942 Baptist & 1899-1921 Adventist & 1880-1887 Free Will Baptist & 1842 Free Will Baptist & 1844 & 1846-1848 Free Will Baptist & 1844-1872 Baptist Calvinist & 1869-1871 Hatley Canton (Township) - Quebec Records (1842-1885 & 1863-1942 Baptist Churches & 1899-1921 Adventist Churches) - Ancestry.ca (1842- 1885 & 1863-1942 Baptish Churches & 1899-1921 Adventist) - BAnQ books of marriages (1844- 1872 Calvinist Baptist & 1842-1879 Free Will Baptist) births (1844-1872 Calvinist & 1842-1879 Free Will) deaths (1844-1872 Calvinist & 1842-1879 Free Will) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1842-1879) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1842-1879) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms, #10 marriages, #11 deaths - see; htttp://sgce.whc.ca/rep11 - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php

Hull - Hull Baptist Church - Templeton East Baptist Church Organized in 1896 - BAnQ Montréal film (1897-1956) - BanQ Gatineau films (1896-1956) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1904-1911)

Inverness Township – Baptist Missionaries – Mégantic - Located south of Nelson, west of Inverness, north of Ireland and Halifax and east of Somerset - A small church was organized in 1864 as a mission field of the Baptist Church of Québec City - The mission of Inverness closed in 1872 - BAnQ films (1864 & 1871-1872) - Quebec Records (1871-1872) - Ancestry.ca (1871-1872) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deaths (1865-1872 & 1871-1872) - QFHS book of marriages, births, deaths REF #GS-154.3 V3 (1871-1872) - Protestant Families of Megantic County - 1826-1991 - #5 - see;; http://www.genealogie.org/club/sghtm/sghrtm.htm - Baptist Church in Inverness - Parish registers 1865-1872 Claude Kaufholtz-Couture https://fr.ca.facebook.com/claude.kaufholtzcouture

Iron Hill - Baptist Missionaries - Brome - A hamlet within the region of Knowlton, Foster, Brome Lake - In 1840 Baptist missionaries arrived - Iron Hill & Center Cemetery - http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/brome/iron-center & http://www.leslabelle.com//Cimetieres/AfficherCim.asp?MP=E3&CID=1902

Kildare - Protestant Mission - Joliette - A village first settled in 1803, located between Joliette and Radstock - In 1823, a Protestant mission opened, most likely a Baptist mission - Baptists were present in Joliette county and most likely in Kildare, the following might contain a few Baptist marriages - BAnQ books of marriages (1831-1904), deaths (1845-1959) - see; http://quebecheritageweb.com/attraction/lanaudiere-heritage-trail

Kilkenny - Protestant Mission - Montcalm - see Kildare - see Joliette - see Ramsey

Kingsbury – Free Will Baptist Missionaries – Richmond - A small town within Melbourne township and located next to New Rockland and Windsor Mills - In 1838, Baptist missionaries were present - BAnQ book of marriages (1820-1925 various churches) - Richmond County Protestant Families - 1820-1925 - Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths - see; http;//www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote.php?cote=N-0753 - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - #9 baptisms #10 marriages #11 deaths - http://sgce.whc.ca/livres.htm

Kingscroft - Free Will Baptist Mission - Stanstead - A village located in the border region of Stanstead county with Compton county, more specifically north of Barnston, west of Coaticook - In

1809 Free Will Baptist missionaries from Coaticook arrived - BAnQ films (1860-1908 & 1908-1942 & 1880-1899 & 1874-1879 Coaticook Baptist & 1893-1905 Barnston Adventist) - Quebec Records (1860-1942 Coaticook Baptist & 1893-1905 Kingscroft Adventist) - Ancestry.ca (1860-1942 Coaticook Baptist & 1893-1905 Kingscroft Adventist) - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca/shs/archives.php - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 #9 baptisms - #10 marriages #11 deaths -see ; http://sgce.whc.ca/livres.htm

Kingsey Village – Kingsey Baptist Church – Drummond - A village of 1801 located within Kingsey township near Denison Mills, the latter in Shipton township - In 1820 a Baptist mission opened and in 1859 a church - It does appear that the Baptist ministers who resided in Kingsey Village were the ones who married, dedicated children across Drummond, Richmond, Wolfe, Bagot, Arthabaska, Nicolet counties from about 1857 to 1900 - BAnQ Montréal films (1857-1863 & 1876- 1878 & 1887-1900) - BAnQ Trois-Rivières films (1859-1900) - BAnQ books of marriages (1820- 1925 & 1838-1870) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1838-1871) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1876-1878) - Richmond-Drummond Counties Protestant Families - 1838-1870 #29 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep29.htm - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1876-1878) - see; bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/index.html?a=r&r-04T&d

Kingsey Falls – Baptist Missionaries – Drummond - A village located within Kingsey township near the town of Castlebar and Nicolet Falls - A Baptist mission opened in 1820 and in 1857 a church - BAnQ Montréal films (1857-1863 & 1876-1878) - BanQ Trois-Rivières film (1859-1900) - BAnQ book of marriages (1820-1925) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1859-1878 & 1887- 1889) - Richmond-Drummond Counties Protestant Families - 1838-1870 #29 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep29.htm

L’Acadie - Église Baptiste Française de Grande Ligne - Roussy Memorial Chapel - Roussy Mémorial de Grande Ligne – St. Jean - First settled in 1800 and located just west of St-Jean-sur- Richelieu - It was also referred to as Blairfindie - In 1839 Baptist French Missionaries arrived - Roussy Memorial still exist as Église Baptiste Roussy Memorial, it is now declared a Site du Patrimoine - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Membership (1839-1861 & 1851 & 1881-1903) - Civil register (Parish register) (1851-1891) - Marriage, birth, death register (1839-1850) - Baptisms (1851) - BAnQ films (1839-1899 & 1839-1942) - Quebec Records (1839-1942 Église baptiste Roussy Memorial St-Blaise) - Ancestry.ca (1839-1942 Église baptiste Roussy Memorial St-Blaise) - BAnQ books of marriages, births, deats (1839-1989) #3027 (1839-1942) / QFHS book REF #153.4 (1839- 1942)see also Grande Ligne for additional details - sse; www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01- f.php?&id_nbr=5243&interval=2&&PHPSESSID=to1ckdccuaaqp 8b4bsecmtog 41

Lachute – Baptist Circuit Ministry (1865) - First Baptist Church (1884) / Église Évangélique Baptiste (1970) – Argenteuil - The only city in Argenteuil county and first settled in the 1790's - In 1865 Baptist missionaries arrived - Holdings from 1865 & 1884 & 1886 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3351 (1884-1916) #3364 (1936-1937) #3365 (1938-1942) #M-339.10 (1886-1899) #103.88 (1865- 1899) & (1884-1939) - BANQ book #1753 marr. Baptist Church (1900-1992 (missing years 1904, 1906, 1912, 1918 to 1923, 1933 to 1935, 1939 to 1942)) - BANQ book #1753 marr. Baptiste Évangélique marr. (1970-1971) / Holdings at QFHS: films #M-339.10 (1886-1899) #M-128.55 (1865- 1866) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1884-1916 & 1936-1942) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1886-1899) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1911)

Lac Long - Église Baptiste Française - Témiscouata - A hamlet located between Rivière-du- Loup and the State of Maine - Established in 1924 - Holdings at BANQ: films #1807 (1924-1938) #3345 1934-1942 / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1924-1942 with missing years)

Laflèche - Grace Baptist Church - Chambly - A district of the city of Longueil - Opened in 1963, closed in 1965 / Holdings at BANQ: book #929 (1963-1964)

Lakefield - Baptist Mission - Argenteuil - Also known as Gore, the town of Lakefield is located near St-Colomban, between Leopold and Hillhead - A mission was opened in 1936 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3361 & #3365 (1936-1942 under the heading of Protestant) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1936-1942)

La Prairie - Église Baptiste du Semeur - Laprairie - Established prior to 1980 - Holdings unknown - contact church at: 2000 chemin St-Jean, Laprairie, QC J5R 3X8 450-659-6276 [email protected]

La Sarre – Église Baptiste Française –Abitibi - Established in 1954 – No known surviving holdings

Laval - Baptist Church of St. Martin District - Laval - Established 1959, would close in 1966

L'Avenir (Durham Township) - Baptist Missionaries - Drummond - Organized in 1857 - No known surviving documents under Durham Township or L'Avenir - see Kinsey, see Warwick - Richmond - Drummond Counties Protestant Families - 1838-1870 under Kingsey & Warwick Baptist Churches - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep29.htm

Lawrenceville - Église Évangélique Baptiste de Valcourt in Lawrenceville - Shefford - see Valcourt for details - see also Ely - see also South Ely - Shefford County Protestant Families - 1797-1962 - #46- see; http://www.sgce.qc.ca

Leeds Village – Craig Road 1st Baptist Chapel – Mégantic - Located along Craig's Road within Leeds township - In 1848, Baptist missionaries arrived - Holdings from 1854 - Holdings at BANQ: book #1458 cemeteries of Megantic county (1839-1889 various denominations including the Baptists)

Lennoxville - Temperance Society - Sherbrooke - Now part of the city of Sherbrooke - Organized in 1832 - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1816-1879 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Leslie – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - A town of the 1820's within Clapham, Huddersfield, Leslie township, all located in Northern Clarendon - In 1877 a Baptist church opened - Archices Canada (extracts relating to Clarendon) (1877-1939) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

Lingwick – Baptist Church - Compton - Town established in 1807 by Dutch settlers and located near Weedon, Winslow, Hampden and Bury - In 1845 the Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ book of marriages (1838-1876 also includes marriages from other churches of Lingwick) - - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm - see also Bury

L'islet - Église Baptiste Française - L'Islet - Located next to Montmagny on the south shore of the St. Lawrence below Québec city, a county and a town which was part of Cornwallis county in 1791 - Presbyterian missionaries were present through-out the region as early as 1822 - Organized in 1907, no known surviving parish registers -

Litchfield – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - A town of the 1820's located on the Ottawa river between Fort Coulonge, Vinton and Campbell's Bay - In 1877, Baptist missionaries were present - NAC Holdings: (extracts relating to Clarendon) #M-2374 (1877-1939) - see Clarendon - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Parish Registers)

Lochaber - Baptist Church Lochaber-Thurso - Papineau - Organized in 1863 - BAnQ Gatineau

film (1863-1908 - BAnQ Montréal film (1863-1908) - QFHS film (1863-1908) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Longueil - Église Baptiste Évangélique du Sud - Chambly - The largest city south of Montréal - The Baptist church was established in 1962, closed in 1965

Louiseville - Église Baptiste Calviniste Évangélique Française - Maskinongé - A region along the northshore of the St. Lawrence, west of Trois-Rivières, also referred to in earlier days as Rivière- du-Loup - In 1893 Baptists were present in Maskinongé county, especially in nearby Joliette and Montcalm counties, the following my shed light. BAnQ book of marriages (1822-1946 under the heading of Protestants, most likely various denominations)- see also Maskinongé - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1901-1906 Maskinongé Église Baptiste Calviniste Française)

Mackayville - Grace Baptist - Chambly - Located west of the city of Chambly, on the south shore of Montréal - In 1959, Grace Baptist opened, no longer active, no known surviving documents.

Magog - Magog’s Union Meeting House – Baptist & other denominations – Stanstead - A city located at the northern tip of Lake Memphremagog, the town was first settled about 1793 by American settlers from New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine - In 1830, Union Meeting House opened (Baptists, Adventists, Anglicans, Methodists, Catholics) – Holdings at BANQ under the heading of Protestants - BANQ book #1165 marr (1863-1879) - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep11.htm

Malartic - Baptist Mission - Abitibi - A town located between Val D'Or and Rouyn-Noranda - A Baptist mission opened in 1948, now closed - no known surviving church documents.

Maniwaki - Baptist Church - Gatineau - A town located in the northern section of the county, north of Bouchette, south of Montcerf and Litton - In 1950 a Baptist church opened, no longer active, no known surviving church document.

Mansonville - Potton - Mansonville Baptist Mission & Baptist Congregation - Brome – A town first referred to as Manson and incorporated as a village in 1811 and located within Potton township - First established as a mission in 1817, in 1845 a Baptist congregation was opened, in 1909, a second Baptist church was erected - BAnQ films (1909-1936 & 1937-1942 Mansonville Baptist) & (1845-1847 & 1851-1852 & 1854 & 1858-1859 Potton Baptist) - Quebec Records (1909- 1942 Mansonville Baptist & 1846-1854 & 1911-1915 Potton Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1909-1942 Mansonville Baptist & 1846-1854 & 1911-1915 Potton Baptist) - BAnQ book of marriages (1845-1859 Potton Baptist) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1909-1912) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1845-1847 & 1851-1852 & 1854 & 1856-1859 Potton Baptist) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Mariecourt – Église évangélique baptiste française - Maricourt - Shefford - A mission field of the Mission de la Grande Ligne - BAnQ film #3271 (1918-1936 under the heading of Église baptiste évangélique de Valcourt) - Drouin-Pépin (1918-1936) - QFHS (1918-1936)- Ancestry.ca (1918- 1936) - see also 1878 under the heading of Valcourt - see also 1915

Marieville – Église Évangélique Baptiste – Rouville - Located east of Chambly and west of Rougemont - In 1853 a Baptist church opened - Holdings from 1853 at BANQ and Ancestry.ca under Église Baptiste Évangélique de Sainte-Marie de Monnoir – Holdings at BANQ: films #410 (1853- 1883) #411 (1885-1940) #M-338.2 (1853-1899) / BANQ book #2612 (1853-1940) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1853-1940 with missing years)

Marieville – Église évangélique baptiste de Sainte Marie de Monnoir - Rouville - Rev. Louis 28

Roussy, Rev. Dr. Cyrille-Hector Octave Côté, Rev. Louis Auger, Rev. T. Riendeau, Rev. M.B. Parent, Rev. L.A. Therrien, Rev. A. Lebeau, Rev. A. Brouillet, Rev. Godfroi Narcisse Massé, Rev. J.A. Giguère, Rev. E. Boisvert, Rev. P. Chodat, Rev. S. Gillespie, Rev. E. Barbey, Rev. J.S. Gilmour, Rev. Charles M. Foster, Rev. Robert Richardson, pastors and evangelists - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Civil egisters ^Parish registers) 1850-1961 - Membership Roll 1887-1892 BAnQ films (1853-1899 & 1863-75) - les Éditions Chantal Déragon - Indexes of births, marriages, deaths of the Église évangélique baptiste de Marieville (1853-1940) - [email protected] - Registres de l'état civil (1853-1858 & 1860-1873 & 1875-1889 & 1891-1899)

Mascouche - Église Baptiste Évangélique - L'Assomption - A region east of the island of Montréal between Terrebonne and La Plaine - In 1893 a Baptist church opened - no known surviving church documents

Maskinongé - Rivière-du-Loup en Haut – Église Évangélique Baptiste Calviniste Française – Maskinongé - Orhanized in 1893 - BAnQ films (1893-1900 & 1893-1906) - Quebec Records (1893-1906) - Ancestry.ca (1893-1906) - BAnQ book of marriages (1823-1831) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1901-1906) - (see also Joliette, see also Louiseville

Matane - Église Baptiste Française Évangélique - Matane - A city on the St. Lawrence, east of Rimouski - Established in 1985 - Holdings at BANQ: book marr. (1985-1992)

Melbourne Village – Mebourne Free Will Baptist Church – Richmond - First settled in 1802, Melbourne is the twin city of Richmond - Established in 1837 as a Baptist church - Holdings from 1838 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3197 (1838-1855) #M-125.6 (1837-1855) / BANQ books #1165 marr (1837-1848) #1867 births (1837-1848) #1868 deaths (1837-1848) / Holdings at QFHS: film #M-125.6 (1837-1859 Freewill) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1838-1855) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1837-1855) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1837-1855) - Protestant Families of Richmond County - 1820-1925 - Indexes of baptisms, marriages, deaths - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote.php?cote=N-0753

Milton - French Protestants - Shefford - A village within the township of Milton, located near Roxton Pound in the north cental portion of the county - A regrouping of indexes dealing with the deaths of Protestant families in the Milton region of Shefford County, most likely including those of the Baptist Church - Holdings at BANQ: book #1947 deaths (1851-1987)

Moe’s River – Moe's River Baptist & Free Will Baptist Church – Compton - Located near the Stanstead border, east of Kingscroft, south of Compton Village, west of Martinville, north of Clifton township - In 1880, a Baptist church was erected - Holdings from 1880 & 1885 - CBA Holdings: Membership roll 1896-1969 / marriage, birth, death registers 1897-1908 / Photocopies of marriage, birth, death notices 1897-1988 / Holdings at BANQ: films #M-346.14 (1880-1899) #3197 (1885-1920) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1885-1920 with missing years) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1867- 1879 Free Will Baptist & 1900-1904 Baptist Church)

Montebello - Petite Nation Baptist Church - Papineau - The second largest town in Papineau county - In 1844 a Baptist church opened, closed in 1939 - BAnQ Montréal film (1851-1896) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1844-1939)

Mont Laurier - Église Baptiste - Labelle - A town located in the northern region of Labelle county on the road to Val D'Or - In 1980 a Baptist church opened - Holdings at BANQ: book of marriages #1636 (1980-1988)

Montréal - Montréal Churches listed by dates of opening, from the oldest to the newest - Some of the recent churches were not included in this compilation, the latter, not relevant to genealogy 29

searches of families of the past.Montréal - First Baptist Mission in Montréal - Established in the house of Rev. Ebenezer Muir in Old Montréal prior to 1831

Montréal - First Baptist Church – Established in 1831 at the head of Radegonde street (Beaver Hall Hill) near the Hay Market - Revs. Ebenezer Muir, John Gilmour, presiding - The congregation would open a second church at the corner of St. Catherine street west at City Councillors at a later date - Prior to 1913, the congregation had moved to the corner of Union and Sherbrooke streets - Based on a highly reliable source, the church was also located at one point on the north-east corner of Dorchester (now René-Lévesque) with Guy street - An hotel now occupies the site - About 1965 the congregation would resurface at 6215 Côte St. Luc road in Hampstead - Holdings from 1831 & 1870 - CBA Holdings: Membership lists (1925-1966) - Burials (1857-1910) - Marriage licenses & banns (1914-1975) - Burials list (1857-1910) - Register #3 Vital Statistics Ledgers (1871-1897) - Register #4 VSL (1897-1914) - Register of members (1831-1925 ending at merger with Olivet Baptist in 1925) / Holdings at BANQ: films #1134d (1933-1941) #M-128.18 (1869-1875) #M-336.25 (1833- 1894) #M-336.26 (1894-1899) / Holdings at QFHS: films #M-128.17 (1833-1868) #M-128.18 (1869- 1875) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1933-1941) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1833- 1882) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Montréal - Baptist Church Assembly – St. Helen Street Chapel - Established in 1833 and located in Old Montreal on Ste-Hélène street, Revs. J. Gilmour, Dr. F. Bosworth, J.N. Williams, presiding - Holdings from 1833 - CBA Holdings: Register #1 (1833-1856) Register #2 (1856-1870)

Montréal - Baptist Missionary Society of Montréal / Baptist Congregation of St. Paul Street - Established in 1844 and first located on St. Paul street at Inspector in Old Montréal near Griffintown, would later be renamed Baptist Congregation of St. Paul Street - No known surviving church documents

Montréal - Église évangélique baptiste française de la rue Sainte-Hélène - Old Montreal – Rev. Théodore Lafleur, Rev. J.N. Williams, pastors and evangelists - This parish began on Sainte- Hélène Street or on Saint-Jean Street in Old Montreal - In 1884, the congregation had changed name to Église de l'Oratoire and had moved to 14 Jeanne Mance Street, north of Sherbrooke Street - BAnQ films #M-336.27 (1845-1877 under the heading of Église évangélique) #1132d (1862-1904 Église baptiste française & Église baptiste Oratoire) #M-336.26 (1862-1899 Église évangélique) #1133d (1904-1941 Église baptiste française & Église baptiste de l'Oratoire) - BAnQ books of indexes of marriages #1740 (1845-1877) #929 (1845-1877) - Drouin-Pépin (1862-1941) - QFHS (1862-1941) - Ancestry.ca (1862-1941) - QFHS films #M-336.27 (1845-1877) #M-128.18 (1845- 1875) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1845-1877)- Association des églises baptistes évangéliques au Québec - www.aebeq.qc.ca/ RepertoireDesEglises.html - Théodore Lafleur - Musée McCord - www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/fr/

Montréal - Calvary Baptist Chapel of Point St. Charles - Established in 1858 on Centre street in the Point. The Point St. Charles church appears to have closed in 1959 - In 1942, a congregation by the same name opened a church on St-Roch street at L'Acadie boul. near Town of Mount Royal - BANQ film #1131d (1930-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1930-1942)

Montréal - Église baptiste évangélique de l’Oratoire – Montréal – Rev Théodore Lafleur, pastor and evangelist in 1862, Rev. Thomas Claxton in 1868, Rev. A.L. Therrien in 1887 - The church was organized in 1862 under the name of Église baptiste française de Montréal and located at 14 Jeanne Mance (Mance) Street, the latter located north of Sherbrooke Street in South-Central Montreal - In 1869, the parish under the leadership of Société évangélique de la Grande Ligne, would change to congregation's name to Congrégation baptiste de Montréal - In 1884, the congregation of L'Oratoire was still located at 14 Jeanne-Mance Street - In 1966, the congregation would leave the Jeanne Mance Street location for a temporary site within the Chapelle de la Y.M.C.A., the latter,

housed within a commercial building on Dorchester Street West (René-Lévesque) - A few years later, the congregation would leave the Chapelle du Y.M.C.A. and would settle into an abandoned Presbyterian Church in Outremont - At a later time period, the members of the congregation would purchase the church building of Saint Stephen's United Church of Cartier Street near Saint-Joseph Boulevard. Finally the Église de l'Oratoire would become a French language Baptist Church frequented by Haitian families - BAnQ films #M-336.26 (1862-1899) 11132d (1862-1904) #1133d (1904-1941) - Drouin-Pépin (1862-1941) - QFHS (1862-1941) - Ancestry.ca (1862-1941) - Registres de l'état civil (1862-1966) - - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1862-1882) - Photo de l'Église baptiste de l'Oratoire http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/08/ 05/montage-du-jour- leglise-baptiste-de-loratoire/

Montréal - Second Baptist Church in Old Montréal - Located in 1866 on Greater St. James street in Old Montréal and established in 1866 - see 1844 for details

Montréal - Baptist Missions of Griffintown & Point St. Charles - Established prior to 1867 at the corner Liverpool and Wellington streets in Griffintown - About 1867 or shortly prior, the congregation had moved to Centre street (see Calvary Baptist Chapel (1858) in Point St. Charles - A second move occured in 1895 to Grand Trunk street near Victoria Bridge - The congregation would close it's doors in 1966 - BANQ films #M-128.18 (1869-1873) #1132d (1869-1942) / Holdings at QFHS: film #M128/18 (1869-1873) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1869-1942)

Montréal - East End Baptist Church of the Tabernacle – Holdings from 1867 & 1897 - Holdings kept at Temple Baptist Church Outremont - TBC Holdings: SS (1867-1872) & (1897-1929) / Holdings at BANQ films #1132d & #10157 & #M-336.61 (1898-1928) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1898-1928) - see also the next selection (Église Française de l'est de Montréal ), there might have been a connection somehow at least in regard to surviving church documents.

Montréal - Église Française de l'Est de Montréal - Established in 1867 - Was most likely located on Ste-Catherine street east - A portion of the congregation would join Grace Baptist in 1890 - The congregation still existed in the 1940's and most likely still exist today (2010), but under a different name - see East End Baptist Church of the Tabernacle as a possible match (1867) - Holdings at BANQ: films #128.18 (1870-1875) #1131d (1930-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1870- 1875 & 1930-1942) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Montréal - Olivet Baptist / Point St. Charles Baptist / First Baptist Church – First established as Point St. Charles Baptist Church in 1869 at the corner of Osborne and Mountain streets. Betwwen 1875 and 1879, the congregation would be renamed Olivet Baptist Church - About 1895 it was relocated to the corner of Dorchester and Guy and reverted to the name of First Baptist Church - The congregation would move to NDG and subsequently be renamed Madison Avenue Baptist Church - see Montreal under Madison Avenue Baptist (1923) - CBA Holdings: Vital Statistics Ledgers – Box 2 (1875-1884) & (1884-1900) & (1901-1924) & (1924-1925 at union with First Baptist Montréal ) - Membership record book (1890-1899) - Menbership (1875-1924) / Holdings at BANQ: films #1133d (1875-1941) #M-128.18 (1869-1899) #M-128.60 (1875-1941) / Holdings at QFHS: film #M-128.18 (1869-1899) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1875-1941 with missing years)

Montréal - Ste. Catherine Street Baptist - Established in 1869 at the corner of Ste. Catherine street west at City Councillors (next to the Methodist Cathedral (St. James Methodist-United)) - see First Baptist Church (1830) - Holdings from 1869 - CBA Holdings: Roll book (1869-1876) - Register #1 Vital Statistics (1877-1878) - Register #2 Vital Statistics (1877-1878) - Other church registers are part of the Montreal First Baptist holdings. / Holdings at BANQ: films #M-336.26 (1870-1877) #M- 128.18 (1870-1875) #1131d (1870-1878) #1132d (1930-1942) / Holdings at QFHS: film #M-128.18 (1870-1875) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1870-1878 & 1930-1942)

Montréal - Olivet Baptist of Winstanly Hall of St. Henry District, established in 1869 and located on Délisle street at Atwater avenue, near present-day Lionel-Groulx Metro Station - see 1869 under Olivet Baptist – Holdings from 1875 - Holdings at BANQ: films #M-128.18 (1875) #M-128.60 (1875- 1882) #M-336.26 (1869-1889)

Montréal - Point St. Charles Baptist cHURCH – Established in 1869 and located at 2183 Wellington street at Ash street- Holdings kept from 1894 kept with the Westmount Grace Baptist holdings – Birth, marriage, burial registers (1894-1901) (1902-1911) (1912-1927) (1928-1946) (1949- 1973) - Marriage certificates (years not indicated under miscellaneous legal documents) / Holdings at BANQ: films #1132d (1869-1942) #M-128.18 (1869 & 1871-1873) #M-336.26 (1895-1899) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1869-1942 with 20 years missing (1874-1894) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1913)

Montréal - Baptist Church of Russell Hall - Established in 1874 on Ste. Catherine street at St. Justin in the district of St. Lawrence boul. in south-central Montréal - No known surviving parish records.

Montréal - Grace Baptist Church of Griffintown - Established about 1878, exact location unknown - In 1891, the congregation had opened a new church in Westmount at Olivier and Western

Montréal - Côte St-Louis Baptist Church - Established between 1881 and 1886 on Côte St- Louis, the latter no longer exist under that name and the street was located in the St-Denis street and Marie-Anne street district, slightly north of Sherbrooke street - Prior to 1891, it appears that the church building was sold to All Saints Anglican Church. No known surviving parish documents

Montréal - St-Louis de Mile End Baptist Mission - Most likely another name for the previous church - Established between 1881 and 1886, or perhaps a mission of the preceding church - It also appears that this mission was shortlived - No known surviving parish documents

Montréal - Olivet Baptist Mission of Grand Trunk Street in Griffintown - Established in 1889 or 1895 on Grand Trunk street near Centre street at the corner of Osborne street and Mountain street in the Point St. Charles district - It appears that the congregation would close it's doors in 1966 - See Montréal Olivet Baptist & First Baptist of Westmount for details of parish holdings (12 entries below) or Olivet Baptist (7 entries above)

Montréal - Grace Baptist Church of Park Extension – Established in 1891 and located at 200- 215 Jean Talon street west in the Park Extension district of north-central Montréal - Holdings of (1929-1930) kept at Temple Baptist Church Outremont - TBC / Holdings at BANQ: Film #M-336.61 (1891-1899) - Also contact church: 514-271-0299

Montréal - Baptist Church of the Tabernacle of Montréal and Westmount - Established in 1898 as the Baptist Tabernacle in the City of Montréal at 1006 St. Catherine street west, in 1902 the congregation moved to a new building at Western avenue and Olivier. In 1924, they would move to Sherbrooke street at Roslynn in Westmount - see Westmount for details - Holdings at BANQ: films #M-336.61 (1898-1899) #1132d (1898-1928) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1898-1928)- BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Montréal - Outremont Baptist Temple – Established in 1898 at the corner of Bernard and Durocher - Holdings from 1898 - CBA Holdings: Marriage, birth, death (1898-1929) - Members (1920- 1956) / Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1922-1941) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1922-1941) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1909-1912)

Montréal - North Baptist Mission on Duluth Street - Established about 1902 on Duluth street near St. Laurent boulevard, above Sherbrooke street - see also Temple Baptist Mission in the North End in 1909 - Holdings of parish registers most likely kept at First Baptist in Westmount

Montréal - Berri Street Baptist Mission - Established in 1904 and located at 798 Berri street in south east Montréal , in 1907 the Mission had closed - No known surviving parish records

Montréal - Olivet Baptist Chapel of St. Henri (Henry) / Verdun - Established in 1909 at 692 Albert street, near Vinet in the St-Henri district of southwest Montréal - In 1942, the church had moved to nearby Verdun on Bannantyne avenue corner of Woodland - Holdings of parish registers unknown

Montréal - Temple Baptist Church of Outremont - Established in 1909 and also referred to as North Baptist Mission of Duluth Street - The former was established in 1909 in the north end district of the city, the latter was established prior to 1902, most likely on Duluth street, north of Sherbrooke street near St. Lawrence boulevard - Both missions were under the leadership of the First Baptist Church of Westmount - Temple Bastist is now located at: 5815 Durocher avenue in Outremont / BANQ film #1131d (1910-1941) / Contact church: 514-279-9626 or [email protected] or www.templebaptistmontreal.com

Montréal - St. Paul's Street Baptist Church - Old Montreal - One of Québec's oldest Baptist Church, first established in Old Montréal in 1844 on St-Paul street - In 1910 the congregation moved to 2346 Ontario street east at the corner of Nicolet and in 1942, would moved to a larger church building on Charlemagne street, both locations in the south eastern district of the city - Saint Paul Baptist Church existed under several nomenclatures, we believe that at one time it was bilingual - The church no longer exist - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1910-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1910-1942) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1910-1912)

Montréal - Baptist Church of Verdun - Opened in 1911 at 506 Gordon avenue in Verdun, in 1942 the congregation had moved to 620 Gordon avenue - Now located at 4750 Wellington street in Verdun 514-769-6051 - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1911-1941) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1911- 1941)

Montréal - Ville Émard Baptist - Southwest region of Montréal - Opened in 1949, closed in 1965

Montréal - Olivet Baptist & First Baptist of Montréal and Westmount – Holdings from 1914 - CBA Holdings: Register #5 Vital Statistics Ledgers (1914-1932) - #6 VSL (1933-1943) - #7 VSL (1943-1950) - #8 VSL (1950-1957) / #9 VSL (1957-1969) - #10 VSL (1969-1977) - #11 VSL (1977- 1992) - Box 2 Civil registers 1st listing (1914-1938) - BMD’s 2nd listing (1915-1930) - Births by month (1872-1944) - Marriages (1956) / BANQ film #1133d (1875-1941) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1875- 1941) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Montréal - St. Henry Baptist Church - Opened in 1914 at 2550 Notre Dame street west in the St- Henri district in southwest Montréal - Prior to 1925, the congregation had moved to 5012 Notre- Dame street west, also in the St-Henri district - Subsequently, about 1945 or shortly before the congregation moved uphill to Westmount - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1914-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1914-1942) - See Montréal -Westmount - Westmount Baptist Church at Western avenue at Olivier - see also Westmount - Westmount Grace Church

Montréal - Ruthenian Baptist Mission of Rosemount - Established in 1918, closed the same year in the district of Rosemont in the south-eastern region of Montréal - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1918) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1918)

Montréal - Madison Avenue Baptist Church - Established in 1923 or 1929 at 4301 Madison avenue in NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce), now located at 6297 Monkland avenue in NDG - BANQ film #1131d (1929-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1929-1942) / Also, contact church: 514-488-6958

Montréal - Emmanuel Regular Baptist Church of Verdun - Established in 1929 at 350 Woodland avenue in Verdun - The church would close in 1965 - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1929-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1929-1942)

Montréal - East End Baptist Church - Established in 1930, closed in 1933 - Might have been associated with Rosemount Baptist Church

Montréal - Rosemount Baptist Mission & Church – Holdings from 1930 - Was located at 2246 Rosemont boulevard - The congregation closed in 1952 or about - Holdings kept at Temple Baptist Church Outremont - TBC Holdings (1930-1952) / Holdings kept at BANQ: film #1131d (1938-1941) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1938-1941)

Montréal - Beneficiant Baptist Church - Opened in 1930, closed in 1940, location unknown - Holdings at: BANQ film #1131d (1930-1935) - BANQ book (1930-1935) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1930-1935)

Montréal - Pentecostal Regular Baptist Church - Location unknown, opened in 1936, closed in 1936 - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1934-1936) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1934-1936)

Montréal - Calvary Baptist Church of Park Extension and Town of Mount Royal - Established in 1936 at 682 St-Roch near l'Acadie boulevard - BANQ film #1131d (1930-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1930-1942)

Montréal - Snowdon Baptist Church - Established in 1941 and located at 5275 Earnscliffe avenue - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1941-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1941-1942) - contact church at 514-486-9860 or at 5275 Earnscliffe Montréal QC H3X 2P7

Montréal - East End Baptist French Church / Église Baptiste Française - Opened in 1941, closed in 1965 - Location unknown - see Mission Française de l'est de Montréal (1867) as a possible connection, might have been a mission (preaching point) of the latter - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1930-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1930-1942)

Montréal - Église Évangélique Canadienne Française (Baptiste) de Verdun - Opened in 1955, would close in 1964

Montréal - Val Royal Baptist Church - Established in 1957 in the Cartierville district of northwest Montréal and located at: 11800 O'Brien boul. - Contact church: 514-331-0161 [email protected]

Montréal - First Baptist Church of Hampstead - Montreal's West Central - First established in 1831 or 1833 in Old Montréal - About 1965 the congregation would resurface at 6215 Côte St. Luc Road, Hampstad - contact church: 514-489-2110 - [email protected]

Montréal - Chinese Baptist Mission – Holdings from 1973 - Holdings kept at Temple Baptist Church Outremont - TBC Holdings: (1973-1975)

Montréal - Montreal Mount Royal Protestant Cemetery - see; 34

www.mountroyalcem.com/index.php/fr/nos-cimetieres/cimetiere-mont-royal.html - 514-279- 7358 - [email protected] - BAnQ books of indexes of burials #1265 (1844-1988) #1479 (1854-1887) #2004 (1888-1996)

Mont St-Hilaire - Mountain View Baptist Church - Chambly - A region also referred to as Mountain View - In the 1920's Baptist Missionaries were present in the region - The above church was established in 1966 - no known surviving church documents

Morin Heights – Baptist Church – Argenteuil - Located east of Howard, west of Abercrombie, south of Beresford, north of Wentworth - First colonized by the Morin family in the 1810's - But only in the 1860's did the first Protestant mission opened - The Baptist church opened in 1894 - Holdings at BANQ: film #339.10 (1894)

Mulgrave / Derry / Inlet - Baptist Circuit Ministry - Papineau - Three villages now regrouped as one entity, a township of the 1850's located south of Lathbury, east of Derry, north of Lochaber, west of Petite Nation - The Baptist missionaries ministered to the region in 1898 - church registers, unknown

New Ireland – Baptist Missiomaries – Mégantic - A village within Ireland township on the Craig road north of Maple Grove - In 1848 Baptist Missionaries arrived, some 18 years after the arrival of Wesleyan Methodist preachers from the US and Presbyterian Missionaries from Québec - Protestant Families of Megantic County - 1826-1991 - #5 - see; http://www.genealogie.org/club/sghrtm/sghrtm.htm

Newport Township – Free Will Calvinist Baptist Church of Eaton Township & Baptist (Massachusetts) Missionaries - Compton - First settled in 1801, a township located east of Clifton, south of Westbury, east of Eaton, north of Auckland and Ditton, west of Hampden - In 1815 and 1822 respectively, the Baptists opened churches - Holdings at BANQ: books #2699 births (1815-1994) #2700 marr. (1816-1994) #2701 burials (1800-1994) - Protestant Families of Compton County - 1800-1994 - #56 baptisms 1815-1994 510 pages - #57 marriages 1816-1994 261 pages - #58 deaths 1800-1994 355 pages - see; http://www.sgce.qc.ca/

Noranda - Baptist Church - Abitibi - The twin city of Rouyn, the largest city in Abitibi county, Val D'Or being the second - Baptist missionaries were present in both regions - The Baptist church opened in 1932, closed in 1939 - The town is now referred to as Rouyn-Noranda - Holdings at BANQ: film #3027 (1932-1939) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1932-1939 with 1938 missing)

North Clarendon – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - A region within the old township of Clarendon, the latter being the precursor of Pontiac County - North Clarendon among a number of Protestant Churches is centered in the town of Campbell's Bay - In regard to the Baptist Missions, they were centered in Shawville - It appears that some of the early Baptist church documents of Pontiac County pertaining to births, marriages, deaths were left by the departing Baptist Missionaries with the United Church Minister in Shawville (see Shawville for details) - The Baptist church was opened about 1877 and appears to have closed about 1939 - Holdings at NAC: (extracts relating to Clarendon) #M-2374 (1877-1939) - see Clarendon for additional holdings - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

North Hatley - North Hatley Baptist Church - Stanstead - A village first settled in 1820 and most likely prior and located east of Hatley - One hundred years later in 1929, the Baptists opened a church - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1903-1908) - St. Francis District Protestant Families 1815-1879 - 774 pages - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep10.htm - Stanstead County Protestant 35

Families - 1845-1963 - http://www.colbycurtis.ca

North Plain - Union Meeting House - Free Will Baptist Church - Stanstead - A region located north of Stanstead Plain - In 1816 Baptist missionaries were present, closed in 1827 - St. Francis District Protestant Families - 1815-1879 - 774 pages - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep10.htm - Stanstead County Protestant Families - 1845-1963 - see; http://www.colbycurtis.ca

North Potton - Brome – See Potton

Noyan Township - Henryville - Baptist Missionary Society - Iberville - A region located across the Richelieu river from Lacolle - First established as the Seigniory of Noyan in the early 1740's under the French Regime - In 1789 the Baptists were present - see Caldwell's Manor - Church documents of Noyan, Henryville, Caldwell's Manor, Christieville for the Baptist Missions did not survive - see St. Armand and St. Armand East as the only probable source of surviving church registers - Missisquoi Historical Society - films (1850-1864 & 1874-1859 & 1885-1886 St. Armand East Baptist & 1887 Clarenceville & St. Armand East & 1880- 1899 Frelighsburg) - see; http://www.nuseemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Onslow – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - First settled about 1800 and located near Shawville - The town of Onslow is closely associated with the village of Pontiac in the Gatineau Hills or Les Collines de l'Outaouais - In 1877 a Baptist church opened - NAC Holdings: (extracts relating to Clarendon) #M-2374 (1877-1939) - see Clarendon for details of additional holdings - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

Otter Lake - Baptist Church of Clarendon Township & Église Baptiste Française - Pontiac - A village within the township of Leslie, Clapham, Huddersfield - In 1918, Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ Montréal film (1918-1941) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1918-1941) - Quebec Records (1918- 1941) - Ancestry.ca (1918-1941) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

Outremont - Temple Baptist Church - see Montréal listing

Papineauville – Papineau Baptist Church & Église Baptiste Française – Papineau - A town within the county of the same name located along the Ottawa river, west of Montebello - In 1851 Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ Montréal film (1838-1939 & 1896-1939) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1851-1939) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1011)

Petite Nation – Petite Nation Baptist Church - Papineau - First a Seigniory, later on a township of the 1880s and located north of the Ottawa river, west of Grenville and Harrington, east of Lochaber, south of Suffolk and Ponsonby (Boileau) - The Seigniory of Petite Nation was one of the region which formed Papineau County - In 1844, Baptist missionaries arrived - BAnQ Montréal film (1896-1939) - BAnQ Gatineau film (1844-1939)

Philipsburg / St. Armand West - Temperance Society - Missisquoi - Located next to St. Armand, slightly north of the Vermont border - In 1831, Baptist missionaries were present - no known surviving church documents under Philipsburg or St. Armand West - see St. Armand for surviving holdings

Pointe Claire - Lakeside Heights Baptist Church - West Island of Montréal - Established in 1955 at 393 Chemin St-Louis in Pointe Claire - Now located at 275 Breabrook avenue, Pointe Claire -

contact church - 514-695-6248 or [email protected] or www.lakesideheights.org

Potton - Mansonville – Baptist Church – Brome - A region first settled in 1797 and located west of Lake Memphremagog and east of Glen Sutton - Organized in 1817 as a mission, in 1845 or 1846 a church opened, in 1909, a second church was erected - Canadian Baptist Archives - Hamilton - Membership roll (1835-1906) & Register of births, marriages, deaths (1845-1855) - BAnQ films (1845-1852 & 1846-1854 & 1911-1915) - Anglican Archives - Montréal (1845-1854 Baptist Church parish registers pertaining to Baptist families of Potton-Mansonville) - Quebec Records (1846-1854 & 1911-1915) - Ancestry.ca (1846-1854 & 1911-1915) - BAnQ book of marriages (1845-1859) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS 153.4 (1844-1899) -FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1845-1859) - Missisquoi Historical Society films (1845-1847 & 1851-1852 & 1854 & 1856-1859) - see; http://www.museemissisquoi.ca/index.html

Québec City - Quebec City Baptist Church of McMahon Street - Église Baptiste Française de Québec - Société Baptiste de Québec - Église Évangélique Baptiste de Limoilou - First organized in 1844, location most likely near the Catholic and Anglican Cathedrals, a precursor of the Baptist Church of McMahon Street - The second church opened in 1854 and first referred to as the Baptist Church on McMahon street. In 1925, the congregation moved to Boulevard de la Grande- Allée - BAnQ films (1844-1871 & 1858-1940 & 1909-1940) - Quebec Records (1844-1871 & 1858- 1940 English language church) & 1909-1940 French language church with the years 1901-1917 missing) - Ancestry.ca (1844-1871 & 1858-1940 (English language church) & (1909-1940 (French language church with the years of 1901 to 1917 missing) - BAnQ books(1858-1995 Quebec City Baptist Church) & (1909-1996 Québec Église Évangélique Baptiste de Limoilou)– FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1858-1900) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1909-1912 Église baptiste canadienne française de Québec & 1901-1912 Quebec Baptist Church) - The church services were mostly conducted in English at the beginning, then at a later date in both languages, and finally in French in the second half of the 20th century - A second French language Baptist Church was also present in the Limoilou district (Lower Town) from 1909 to 1997, it appears that all documents pertainning to births, marriages, deaths survived, see the above description of content - contact church: 70 Grande Allée ouest, Québec or 418-523-0663 or [email protected] or www.quebecbaptistchurch.homestead.com - Claude Kaufholtz-Couture - Quebec City Baptist Churches Parish Registers - 1858-1995 Quebec City Baptist Church & 1909-1997 Église baptiste évangélique de Limoilou (Québec) - see; https://fr.ca.facebook.com/claude.kaufholtzcouture

Québec City - Mount Hermon Cemetery - Protestant cemetery - City of Quebec - www. mounthermoncemetery.com/fr - 418-527-3513 - [email protected] - QFHS #C4035 $95. - BAnQ film #M-211.1 (1848-1950)

Radstock - Protestant Mission - Joliette - see Ramsay - see Joliette - see Rawdon

Ramsay - Protestant Mission - Joliette - Located north of the city of Joliette - In 1901, a Protestant Mission opened it's doors in the village of Ramsay (Saint-Félix-de-Valois today). This mission is simply described as "Protestant", both the Anglicans and Presbyterians were present in this region of the Lower Laurentians and as such their churches and missions are clearly indicated in records - The Methodists to my knowledge were not present in the region. Furthermore, a Catholic Priest who researched the Judicial Archives of Joliette had indicated about 50 years back that the Baptists were present within the County of Joliette / Holdings at BANQ: film #169 (1901-1939) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1901-1939)

Richmond - Free Will Baptist Missionaries – Richmond - A village of the early 1800's, now united with Melbourne - Located just north of Sherbrooke between Cleveland and Melbourne - In 1837 or 1838 the Baptists were present - No known surviving documents, at least under Richmond, see Melbourne Village for content of holdings - Protestant Families in Richmond County - 1820- 1925 - Indexes of baptisms, marriages, deaths - see; 37

http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote.php?cote=N-0753

Riverbend (River Bend) (Alma) - Baptist Mission / Église Évangélique Baptiste - Lac St- Jean - The city of Alma today, the largest city on the Lac-St-Jean - In 1932 a small Baptist church opened - As the only possible source of holdings, see microfilm #3097 (1931-1941 under United Church) at BAnQ

Rivière-du-Loup En Haut - see Maskinongé

Rivington – Baptist Church Rivington-Calumet-Avoca – Argenteuil – A hamlet located on the southwest portion of the county - In 1911 Baptist Missionaries arrived – BAnQ Montréal films (1936- 1939) - BAnQ Gatineau (1939) - QFHS book of marriages REF #GS-157.3 (1911-1991) - Quebec Records (1936-1939) - Ancestry.ca (1936-1939)

Rock Island - Stanstead – See Stanstead South

Roussillon - Baptist Church - Argenteuil - see Chatham, see Brownsburg for content of holdings (1921 to 1951 with missing years)

Rouyn Noranda - Baptist Church - Abitibi - Established in 1932 - see Noranda for details

Roxton – Baptist Church – Shefford - First settled in 1803 and located in the northern section of the county between Ely and Milton - In 1875 Baptists were present - Holdings at BANQ: book #2616 (1875-1891)

Roxton Pond (Salem) - Église baptiste évangélique de Roxton Pond - County of Shefford - The first missionary was Rev. Louis Beaudin between 1836 and 1840. Rev. Louis Roussy and Rev. Dr. C.H.O Còté would serve in the region from time to time from the older Mission of Grande Ligne in addition to Madame Feller, at some special occasions would visit the small mission of Roxton Pond - In 1851, a small church was erected in Salem, an ancient name for Roxton Pond - In 1854, Rev. Amand Parent arrived for the first time, he would return in 1866 for a period of four years and served French Protestant families in the villages of Roxton Pond, Milton and Bérée, all located within the same region - BAnQ films #3271 (1876-1936) #3272 (1937-1942) #M-347.1 (1880-1899 indexes) #M-347.9 (1880-1899) #M-105.34 & #M-105.42 (1876-1942) & (1880-1899) -) - Drouin-Pépin (1876- 1942) - QFHS (1876-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1876-1942) - BAnQ book of indexes of births, marriages, deaths #2887 (1876-1942), 107 pages - QFHS REF #GS-153.3 B7 book of births (1880-1899) #GS- 153.4 book of marriages (1880-1899 - QFHS #HG-153.2 R6 Roxton Pond by Diane J. Graveline & #GS-153.3 B7 births (1880-1899) & REF #GS-153.4 marr. (1880-1899)FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1876-1879) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912) - see also: Amand Parent - www.biographi.ca/0009004-119.01- fphp??id_nbr=6984&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=to1ckdccuaaqp8 b4bsecmtog41

Sawyerville - Free Will Calvinist Baptist Missionaries of Eaton Township (from 1815 to 1822) / Regular Baptist Congregation (1869) / Regular Baptist & Free Will Baptist Congregation (1894) – Compton - A region first settled in 1793 and located south of Eaton. west of Island Brook, north of East Clifton and east of Clifton - Various Baptist missions opened in Sawyerville from 1815 to 1894 as described above - Holdings under Sawyerville most likely contain church records from missions across Compton, Wolfe, Frontenac counties and perhaps Richmond county - Sawyerville in the early days appears to have been the centre of Missionary activities of various Baptist denominations, the Adventists, the Methodists, the Presbyterians, only the Anglicans were based in Lennoxville - Holdings from 1822, 1869, 1884 & 1894 - CBA Holdings: Membership 1822-1886 / Holdings at BANQ: films #3197 (1869-1942) #M-346.14 (1884-1899) / BANQ books #2699 births 38

(1815-1994) #2700 marr. (1816-1994) #2701 deaths (1800-1994) #1165 marr. (1869-1879) #1867 births (1869-1879) #1868 deaths (1869-1879) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1869-1942 with 1873 to 1883, 1893, 1894, 1914, 1915 missing) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1908)

Sept Iles – Église Baptiste Française – Saguenay - Also referred to as Seven Islands, the largest city on the north shore of the St. Lawrence - Established in 1960 - Holdings at BANQ: book #1342 (1960-1986)

Shawville - Clarendon Baptist Church - Pontiac - Organized in 1877 - BAnQ Gatineau films (1877-1910 & 1894-1895 & 1898-1899 & 1901-1907 & 1909-1916 Clarendon Baptist) & (1897-1939 Bristol & Stark's Corners Baptist) - BAnQ Montréal (1895-1916) - Archives Canada (1857-1900 & 1877-1939) - United Church of Canada Archives - Montréal #P603 S2 SS89 (1878-1939 Fonds pertaining to the Baptist Missions of Clarendon in Pontiac) - Quebec Records (1895-1916) - Ancestry.ca (1895-1916) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon-Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist) - see; http://www.genealogieoutaouais.com/?spage=22

Shefford Township - Église Baptiste Française – Shefford - Also known as Frost Village and located between Roxton to the north, Stukely to the east, Brome to the south and Magog to the west - Established in 1939 - Holdings at BANQ: film #3272 (1939-1942) - BANQ book #2616 / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1939-1942)

Sherbrooke – First Baptist Church – Sherbrooke - Established in 1850 as a mission and 1875 as a church -- Holdings from 1850 & 1888 - CBA Holdings: Church Membership Roll 1902-1950 / 1969-1992 / Holdings at BANQ: films #3197 (1850-1941) #M-346.11 (1888-1899) - BANQ books: #1165 marr. (1850-1879) #1867 births (1850-1879) #1868 deaths (1850-1879) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1850-1941) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1908)

Sherbrooke - Église missionnaire baptiste française - Sherbrooke - Church began in 1850 for an English language congregation - In 1875 a small group of French language Protestant families of the region were successful in the establishment of a congregation which appear to have lasted for many decades - Archives de l'Église baptiste du Canada - Hamilton - List of church members (1902-1950) - Centre de recherche de l'Estrie (ETRC) #UC-072 (content not reported) [email protected] - BAnQ film #M-346.11 (1888-1899)

Sherbrooke County - Various Baptist churches – CBA Holdings: Membership lists: 1895- 1913 (file under the holding of “Sprucedale ON”)

Shipton Township – Free Will Baptist Missionaries / Temperance Society / Second Free Will Baptist Church – Richmond - Located northeast of Cleveland, west of Wotton, north of Windsor - Established in 1810, 1833, 1861 - Holdings from 1861 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3198 (1861-1872) #M-125.6 (1861-1873) - BANQ books #2646 (from 1820) #1165 Free Will marr. (1861- 1872) #1867 Free Will births (1861-1872) #1868 Free Will deaths (1861-1872) / Holdings at QFHS: films #M-125.1 (1857-1878 under Adventist) #M-125.6 (1861-1873 under Free Will) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1861-1872) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1861-1873) - Richmond County Protestant Families - 1820-1925 - Indexes of baptisms, marriages, deaths - see; http://www.institutdrouin.com/neufs/cote.php?cote=N-0753

Sorel - Sorel Baptist Church – Richelieu - Located at the junction of the St. Lawrence and the Richelieu river - Established in 1893, closed in 1895 - Holdings at BANQ: film: #M-337.1 (1893-1895) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1893-1895) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1896- 1899)

South Bolton – Baptist Missionaries / Temperance Society / Freewill Calvinist Baptist 39

Church - Brome - A village within Bolton township near Knowlton's Landing - In 1794 Baptist missionaries arrived, in 1834 a church opened – Holdings from 1799 & 1834 – Civil registers from Hatley (Stanstead) & South Bolton might be interspersed for the early years - CBA Holdings: Membership lists (1799-1880) / see Bolton for a more detailed listing of holdings.

South Ely - Églises baptistes des cantons de Granby dite Église de South Ely - Shefford - Rev. Zéphirin Patenaude, missionary - Church opened in 1872 and would close in 1879 - BAnQ film #M-124.7 (1878-1879) - BAnQ book of indesxes of marriages, births, deaths #3028 (1872-1878) 51 pages - Les Éditions Chantal Déragon - [email protected]

South Ely - Baptist Church - Shefford - Also referred to as Ely South or Valcourt - Organized in 1854 as a mission and in 1878 as a church - BanQ film (1881-1893) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1858-1860) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912) - see Ely South for holdings - see also Valcourt - se also Lawrenceville

South Potton – Baptist Missionaries – Brome - Location unknown, might refer to Mansonville - Established in 1817 as a mission - see Potton for details, see Mansonville

South Stukely – Creek Free Will Baptist of Foster – Shefford - A village of 1808, located between Waterloo and Eastman - In 1878 the Free Will Baptist Church of Foster in Shefford opened – In 1885, the church became South Stukely Methodist - Holdings at BANQ: book #2616 (1880-1925) / QFHS REF #GS-153.4 B7 births & marriages (1880-1899) / ETRC Lennoxville Archives #UC-036 (no civil registers)

Stanbridge – Stanbridge Temperance Society – Missisquoi - Located southwest of Cowansville and north of Bedford and Dunham - Organized in 1794 as a mission and 1839 as a church - In 1831 the Temperance Society would open a church - BAnQ films #3270 (1842-1850) #M- 124.7 (1842-1853) #3252 (1871-1923 under Adventist) - Quebec Records (1842-1850) - Ancestry.ca (1842-1850) - BAnQ books of marriages (1842-1853) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1842-1853) - Missisquoi Genealogy (1831) - see; http://missisquoigenealogy2.blogspot.ca/2015/02/stanbridge-temperance-society-january.html

Stanbridge East - Baptist Missionary Society - Missisquoi - Located in the Bedford region and first settled in 1794 - Established as a mission in 1843 - see Stanbridge for holdings

Stanbridge Ridge - Baptist Missionary Society - Missisquoi - Bedford region - Established in 1843 as a mission - see Stanbridge for holdings

Stanstead - Temperence Society / Free Will Baptist / Second Baptist Church - Stanstead - A city on the Vermont border, south of Sherbrooke - In 1794, the Temperance Society and Baptist Missionaries arrived, in 1834, the Second Baptist Church opened - Holdings from 1834 - CBA Holdings: Membership lists (1840-1852) / Holdings at BANQ: films #3197 (1834-1853) #3198 (1854- 1865) #3200 (1856-1916 under Adventist) #M-346.4 (1860-1880 Free Will) #M-125.7 (1834-1870 & 1872-1880 Free Will) #M-125.1 (1871-1879 under Adventist) - BANQ books under Free Will Baptists #1165 marr. (1834-1859) #1867 births (1834-1859) # 1868 deaths (1834-1859) / Holdings at QFHS: films #M-125.1 (1871-1879 under Adventist) #M-125.7 (1834-1870 & 1872-1880 under Free Will) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1834-1865 with three years missin, 1856-1916 with about 20 years missing) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1834-1859) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1834- 1880)

Stanstead County - Baptist Churches / Free Will Baptist - CBA Holdings: Membership lists (1895-1913) (filed under the holding of “Sprucedale ON” -

Stanstead Plain - North East / South East - Temperance Society / Baptist Church - Stanstead - A village in the southern region of the county on the Vermont border - Established in 1833 as a mission - see Stanstead for holdings

Stanstead South – Free Will Baptist of Rock Island / Union Meeting House / Second Temperance Free Will Baptist Church - Stanstead – Established in 1816 as the Union Meeting House, a Free Will Baptist congregation, in 1834 the Second Free Will Baptist Church opened – Also known as Rock Island - From 1817 to 1827, the Baptists worshipped with the Congregationalists, the Methodists, the Episcopalians in the Union Meeting House in North Plain – No known surviving civil registers - see Stanstead for holdings

Stark’s Corners – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - A town of the 1840s within Clarendon township - Established about 1877 as a mission - NAC Holdings: (extracts relating to Clarendon) #M- 2374 (1877-1939) - BAnQ Montreal film (1878-1931) - BAnQ Gatineau (1878-1931 Bristol Stark's Corners) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

Stonefield - Baptist Church - Argenteuil - A village in the region of Chatham - The Baptist church opened in 1910, closed in 1938 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3351 (1896-1907 plus 1910) #3352 (1906) #3360 (1913-1921) #3365 (1938 plus 1920, 1921, 1913) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (see descrition of holdings on previous lines)

Strathmore (Pointe Claire) - Strathmore Baptist Church - West Island of Montreal - Opened in 1956, closed in 1966

St. Andrew East – Church of the Independant Early Settlers (1833) / Baptist Missionaries (1849) – Argenteuil - A village on the Ottawa river - Holdings from 1849 - Holdings at BANQ: film #M-339.10 (1849-1884) / Holdings at QFHS: films #M-339.10 (1849-1884) #M-128.55 (1849-1882) - In 1833 a church was established in St. Andrew’s with the name of “The Independent Church of the Early Settlers” (no surviving church documents) – It was most likely the precursor of the Baptist church (1849) and the Congregational church (1846)

Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue - Garden City Baptist Church - West Island of Montreal - Established in the early 1920's in a new district named Garden City, four churches (Baptist, Anglican, Methodist, Union), a library were built - It appears that the Baptist Church was still active in 1942 - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (content not indicated, most likely from the 1920's to the mid 1940's or perhaps later)

St. Armand - Baptist Missionaries – Missisquoi - The birthplace of Baptist Missionary activities in Lower Canada (QC) - Established in 1796 as a mission and 1843 as a church - Holdings from 1799 & 1844 - CBA Holdings: Baptist Minute book (1799-to year unknown) / Holdings at QFHS: REF #GS 153.4 (1844-1899) / UVM Holdings – Carton 4 Folder 10 - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1850-1879)

St. Armand East – Baptist Church – Missisquoi - Established in 1842 - Holdings from 1850 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3270 (1850-1863) #3271 (1864-1915) #M-124.7 (1850-1864 & 1874-1879) #M-347.1 (1877-1886) #M-347.4 (1885-1886) / BANQ book #1523 (1850-1879) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1850-1915 with 1865 to 1873, 1897 to 1906, 1911 missing)

St. Armand West / Philipsburg - Temperance Society - Missisquoi - Established in 1831- See St. Armand for holdings

St. Blaise - Église Baptiste Évangélique de Grande Ligne / Roussy Memorial - St-Jean- - 41

Established in 1839 - Holdings at BANQ: film #3234 (1839-1942) - BANQ book #3027 (1839-1942) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1839-1942 with 1858 and 1888 missing) - see Grande Ligne for details

St-Constant - Église baptiste de Saint-Constant - Laprairie - One of Quebec's oldest French language Protestant church still ministering to familes in 2014 - Rev. J.D. Rossier, Rev. S. Pasche, Rev. A. de L. Therrien, Rev. Arthur St. James, Rev. O. Therrien, Rev. W.S. Bullock, Rev. Jacques Césan, Rev. N. Grégoire, Rev. Moïse Robert, Rev. A.J. Lebeau, Rev. J.A. Tremblay, Rev. Paul Chodat, Rev. Benjamin Ball, Rev. Louis Dutaud, Rev. E.A. Boisvert, pastors, evangelists - The congregation was organized in 1859 and church is located today at 2 Montée-Griffin, Saint-Constant - 450-632-6641 - www.eglisesaintconstant.ca /histo.html - [email protected] - BAnQ film #1132d (1904-1941) - Quebec Records (1904-1941) - Ancestry.ca (1904-1941) - QFHS (1904- 1941) - BAnQ Online Oarish Registers (1904-1912)

St. George - Église Baptiste Évangélique - Beauce - Established in 1949 - no known surviving church documents

St. George of Clarenceville - St-Jean - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1903-1912)

St. Hubert - Grace Baptist - Longueil - Established in 1963 - no known church documents

St. Hyacinthe - Église Évangélique - St-Hyacinthe - Holdings at BANQ: films #M-338.2 (1870- 1871) #412 (1870-1871) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1870-1871) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1870-1871)

St. Jean / Iberville / Haut Richelieu - Baptiste Évangélique - St. Jean – Established in 1900 as a church, in 1963 a second church was erected - Holdings at BANQ: film #1131d (1925 to prior to 1942) BANQ book of marriages #1430 (1963-1989) Haut Richelieu (1987-1989) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1925 to an undisclosed date prior to 1942)

Baptist Congregation - Longueil - Established in 1925, closed in 1966 - A second church might have opened in 1941, no longer exist - holdings unknown

St. Laurent - Bethel Baptist Church - West Island of Montréal Opened in 1952 - contact church: 3060 Côte Vertu boul. St-Laurent 514-332-5711

St. Laurent - City West Baptist Church - West Island of Montreal - contact church: 1600 de l'Église, St-Laurent 514-748-6990

St-Pie - Église évangélique dite congrégationelle de Saint-Pie dite Église évangélique baptiste de Saint-Pie – Bagot – Madame Henriette Odin Feller, founder of the Mission canadienne-française de Grande-Rivière, Rev. Louis Beaudin, Dr. Cyrille-Hector Octave Côté, Rev. Antoine Duclos, Rev. Joseph Vessot, Rev. Léon Normandeau, pastors and evangelists - The church was organized on August 28th 1844 in Saint-Pie. The congregation ceased to exist in 1881 - From 1886 to 1913, the church was again serving the community - BAnQ films #410 (1844-1912 under the heading of Église évangélique St-Pie) #M-338.2 (1845-1896 Église évangélique St-Pie) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages, births, burials #2594 (1845-1912) 64 pages - Drouin-Pépin (1844-1912 Église évangélique St-Pie) - QFHS (1844-1912 Église évangélique St-Pie) - Ancestry.ca (1844-1912 Église évangélique St-Pie) - Henriette Odin Feller - www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01- f.php?&id_nbr=4634 - Repertoires de l'état civil (1845-1864 & 1869-1873 & 1890 & 1894-1896) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1845-1896) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1845- 1912)

Ste. Marie de Monnoir - Église Baptiste Évangélique - Rouville - Established in 1853 - Holdings at BANQ: film #M-338.2 (1853-1899) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1845- 1873 & 1853-1875 & 1853-1899) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1853-1912)

Ste. Prudentienne - Shefford – see Roxton Pond

Stonefield – Baptist Missionaries – Argenteuil - Holdings from 1896 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3351 #3352 #3360 #3365 (1896, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1913-1921, 1938 & 1896-1921) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (all of the above) – The church would join the Baptist Church of Chatham at an undisclosed date.

Sutton – Union Church - Olivet Baptist Society / Second Advent Church of Sutton Flats – Brome - Established in 1799 as a Baptist Mission, in 1842 a second church opened (Union-Olivet Congregation) with preaching points in Brome and Missisquoi counties, in 1859 OLivet Baptist Congregation opened it's own independent church, in 1921 a fourth Baptist church opened - Holdings from 1844, 1859, 1865, 1886 & 1903 - CBA Holdings: Membership lists (1865-1920) (1886- 1912) / Holdings at BANQ: films #3270 (1859-1863) #3271 (1864-1936) #3272 (1937-1942) #M-124.7 (1859-1873) #2387 (1859-1863 & 1937-1942) / BANQ books #1871 (1859-1873 & 1880-1888 & 1890-1896 #1523 marr. (1859-1873) / Holdings at QFHS: REF #GS 153.4 (1844-1899) / UVM Holdings – Carton 4 Folder 22 / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1859-1942 with 1875 to 1920 plus 1928, 1934, 1935 missing) - see Glen Sutton for missing years

Sutton Flats - Brome County - see Sutton

Templeton East – Baptist Church of East Templeton – Gatineau - Now part of the city of Gatineau - Organized in 1897- BAnQ Montréal film (1897-1956) - BAnQ Gatineau (1897-1956 Gatineau) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1898-1910)

Terrebonne - Église Baptiste Évangélique - Terrebonne - Holdings at BANQ: book #1753 marr. (1975-1979 under Église Baptiste) #2620 (1900-1992 under Protestant)

Thorne – Baptist Missionaries –Pontiac - Organized in 1877 or about - Archives Canada (extracts relating to Clarendon - 1877-1939) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1895-1912 Clarendon Pontiac & Vicinity Baptist Church)

Thurso – Baptist Church in Thurso-Lochaber – Papineau - Organized in 1856 - Canadian Baptist Archives Box #10 – Membership list (1856-1890) - BAnQ Montréal film (1862-1908) BAnQ Gatineau film (1862-1908) - QFHS film (1862-1908) - BAnQ Online Parish Registers (1900-1912)

Trois Rivières - Église Baptiste Française - St. Maurice - Established in 1967 - no known surviving church documents

Upper Melbourne - see Melbourne Village

Valcourt – Église évangélique baptiste de Valcourt - Shefford - Rev. Léon Normandeau, Rev. Alcide-Curtis Brouillet, missionaries and evangelists - The church was organized in 1878, a mission field of the Mission de la Grande Ligne, and the church of Valcourt closed in 1936 - - BAnQ film #3271 (1918-1936) - Drouin-Pépin (1918-1936) - Ancestry.ca (1918-1936) - BAnQ book of indexes of births, marriages, deaths #3028 (1878-1936) - Les Éditions Chantal Déragon - [email protected]

Val D’Or – Baptist Church / Église Baptiste Française – Abitibi - Established in 1937 – Holdings at BANQ: book #2040 marr. (1979-1992)

Valleyfield – Baptist Church – Beauharnois - Also referred to as Salaberry de Valleyfield - The church was established in 1885, closed in 1886 - BANQ films #M-333.11 (1885-1886) #103.99 (1885- 1886) / Ancestry.ca (1885-1886) - FamilySearch.org Online Parish Registers (1885-1886)

Warwick – Baptist Circuit Ministry – Arthabaska - Established in 1838 - Holdings from 1838 & 1865 - Holdings at BANQ: films #3278 (1932-1940) #M-149.62 (1865-1873) / BANQ book #2278 (1838-1870) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1932-1940) - Richmond-Drummond Counties Protestant Families - 1838-1870 - see; http://sgce.whc.ca/rep29.htm

Way’s Mills - Union Church - Free Will Baptist - Stanstead - Established in 1881 by the Baptists, the Crises Adventists, the Herald Adventists, the Wesleyan Methodists / Holdings at BANQ: film #3200 (1885-1900 under Adventist) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1885-1900)

West Brome – Freewill Baptist / Baptist Congregation – Brome - In 1880 the Free Will Baptists arrived, in 1884 the Baptist Church was erected - Holdings from 1880 - Holdings at BANQ: film #347.13 (1880-1884)

Westbury - Temperance Society - Sherbrooke - Established in 1833 - see Sherbrooke

Westmount (Montréal ) – Grace Baptist – Holdings from 1891 - The church would close in 1965 - Holdings at BANQ: films #1133d (1891-1919) #1134d (1919-1941) #M-10157 (1891-1941) / Holdings at Ancestry.ca (1891-1942)

Westmount (Montréal ) - Westmount Baptist at Western & Olivier – Established in 1902 at Western and Olivier in Westmount. Now located on Sherbrooke street at the corner of Roslyn avenue in Westmount - Holdings from 1902 - CBA Holdings: Membership (1902-1969) & (1928-1957) - contact church: 411 Roslyn avenue Westmount 514-937-1009

Westmount (Montréal ) - All Nation Baptist Church - contact church: 1 Weredale Park street, Westmount 514-219-9097

West Potton - Dunkin Village - Union Church - Free Will Baptist - Brome - Established in 1879 with preaching points in Dunkin Village, East Bolton, closed in 1972

Wyman – Baptist Missionaries – Pontiac - Established about 1877 - NAC Holdings (extracts relating to Clarendon) #M-2374 (1877-1939) - see Clarendon

OTHER CHURCH FONDS

Canadian Baptist Churches (various churches and missions) - UVM Holdings: Carton 1 Folder 23 (names of churches not indicated)

Canadian Baptist Churches (various churches and missions) Missisquoi / Dunham / Potton / Stanbridge East / St. Armand / St. Armand East - Parish Registers QFHS REF #GS 153.4 (1844- 1899) 44

American Baptist Historical Society - American Baptist-Samuel Colgate Historical Library - Betty Dunbar, Interim Director, 1100 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620 - phone 585-271-1320 - www.crds.edu/ABHSLib.asp

Vermont Baptist Historical Society Records Collection – University of Vermont – Special Collections – Bailey-Howe Library, Burlington, Vermont 05405 – phone: 802-656-2138 – [email protected] – www.uvm.edu.com

Temple Baptist Church Outremont – 5815 Durocher Avenue, Outremont QC H2V 3Y5 – phone: 514-279-9626 – [email protected] – www.templebaptistmontreal.com

Westmount Baptist Church - 411 Roslyn avenue, Westmount QC H3Y 2T6 - 514-937-1009 [email protected]

Library Archives Canada – 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa ON K1A 1N3 – phone: 613-996- 7458 - toll free: 1-866-578-7777 – web site: www.archives.ca

Quebec Association of Baptist Churches - 6215 Côte St-Luc Road, Montréal QC H3X 2H3 514-744-6918 - Ms. Glennis Corbett - [email protected] - www.quebecbaptist.org/main

Union d'Églises Baptistes Françaises au Canada - 2285 Papineau street, Montréal QC H2K 4J5 - 514-526-6643 - www.unionbaptiste.ca/repertoire.html

Ancestry.ca Data Base - I have indicated what is available on this search engine.

FamilySearch.org - The search engine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, once fully operational will most likely be the largest data base in regard to the Baptist Churches in QC, but with a major restriction, an Index of births, marriages, deaths will not be included - In comparison, the QFHS offering is a detailed Index of births, marriages and deaths

Archives nationales du Québec - visit: www.banq.qc.ca for the closest branch (9 in total across Québec)

Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) - visit www.qfhs.ca

The history of the Baptist Churches in Québec www.glinx.com/~grifwood > Rev. Dr. Philip G.A. Griffin-Allwood www.fbinstitute.com/armitage/ch18.html www.reformedreader.org/history/vedder/ch18.htm

United States Baptist Missionary Societies The following Baptist Societies were involved in missionary activities in the late 1700’s plus the early 1800’s in the Eastern Townships of Québec, in addition to the Montréal region. Shaftsbury Baptist Association (Vermont) Woodstock Baptist Missionary Society (Vermont) Fairfax Baptist Missionary Society (Vermont) Massachusetts Baptist Home Missionary Society (Massachusetts) 45

Fairfield Baptist Association (Massachusetts) New York Baptist Missionary Society (New York) Hamilton Baptist Missionary Society of Kettering (Maine)

British Missionary Societies The following Baptist Societies were also involved in Lower Canada during the same time period: Baptist Missionaries from Great Britain – Organized in London, England in 1837

Canadian Missionary Societies Baptist Canadian Missionary Society – Montréal & Brantford > Rev. John Gilmour, Montréal - Rev. William Rees, Brantford Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec - http://www.thecanadienencyclopedia.ca/en/article/baptists

Contributors - Judy Antle - Doug Armstrong, Joan Benoit - Robert Boutin - Kathleen E. Brock - Chantal Déragon - Phyllis Hamilton - Cecilia Karwowski, Raymond Lafrance - Serge Laliberté - Jean- Louis Lalonde - Richard Lougheed Marney MacDonald - Ann Montgomery - René Péron - Pierre Rannou - Pennie Redmile - Melissa Richer - Marlene Simmons - George Skilling -

Compiled and researched by: Jacques Gagné [email protected]