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1832-2006 (Creation)
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- Blenheim United Church (Ont.)
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1998 (Reproduction)
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- United Church of Canada Archives
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2 m of textual records
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Blenheim United Church, located at 49 George Street in Blenheim, was established in 1932 when Erskine United Church and Chatham Street United Church, both in Blenheim, amalgamated. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Chatham Street United Church, located at the corner of George and was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. Blenheim Methodist Church was first constructed in Blenheim in 1856 on lot no. 7 and formed part of Rondeau Circuit, or Blenheim Circuit. Rondeau Wesleyan Methodist Circuit was formed ca. 1860; it included Rondeau (now Blenheim) and Harwich, and was discontinued in 1874 when the Methodist Church of Canada was formed. A new church was constructed 1881 at George Street. It joined the United Church in 1925.
Erskine United Church was established in 1925; formerly Presbyterian. The United Presbyterian Church in Harwich was established in 1853. In the 1890s a building was constructed in Blenheim. The church joined the United Church in 1925.
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This material forms part of the Ontario Regional Councils program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of marriage register of Rondeau Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1863-1873; records of Harwich Methodist Circuit (includes Huffman's Corners, Zion, and Forbes), 1885-1925; records of Northwood Methodist Circuit (includes Botony, Beechwood, Northwood and Bethel), 1911-1924; records of , including marriages, 1896-1923, of Blenheim Methodist Church, 1896-1923; records, including baptisms, 1848-1887, marriages, 1848-1894, 1896-1917, and burials 1832-1848, of United Presbyterian Circuit (includes Blenheim, Troy, Rushton's Corners, and the Township of Harwich), 1832-1894; records, including marriage records, 1896-1907, of Erskine Presbyterian Church, Blenheim,1884-1925; records, including marriages, 1907-1932, of Erskine United Church, Blenheim, 1892-1932; records of Chatham Street United Church (includes Blenheim Methodist Church), 1882-1932; records, including baptisms, 1905-1966, marriages, 1896-1943, 1949-1966, and burials, 1905-1963, of Huffman's United Church, Blenheim (includes Harwich Circuit), 1896-1967; and records, including baptisms, 1912-1954, marriages, 1916-1919, 1924-1937, 1942-2006, and burials, 1915-1939, 1948-1988, of Blenheim United Church, 1912-2006,
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No damage - no need for restoration or copying
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Parts of the textual records are available on microfilm reel LCM-214: positive and negative; 35 mm. For a listing of these records, see the LCR Microfilm Shelf List.
LCM reels are available through Inter-Library Loan.
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Access to baptismal, marriage and burial registers may be restricted according to relevant privacy legislation.
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Use microfilm when available.
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London Conference - finding aid 291
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Includes records of former Fonds 1954: Rondeau Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (Ont.)
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- Blenheim Methodist Church (Ont.) (Subject)