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The
Project
The goal is to transcribe
all the old Quaker Meeting Minute books and Registers from Upper Canada
between 1797 and about 1850.
These include the minutes of Adolphustown, West Lake, Pelham, Yonge St,
Pickering, Norwich, Lobo and other areas of settlement.
The Archives for the old records of the Society of Friends
(Quakers) in Canada is in Newmarket, Ontario, under the control of
the Canada Yearly Meeting and this project is sanctioned by this
body. The project began on 17 Oct 2005.
It is hoped that the Project will become active again under the leadership of the Canadian Friends Historical Society.
Project
Plans
- The
first record chosen
for this project was the Adolphustown
Monthly Meeting
minute book. It dates from 1797 to 1813 and is the oldest such book in
Canada. It is filled with information of interest to genealogists and
social historians. Adolphustown is the
point of land in Lennox and Addington County that forms the north shore
of the east end of the Bay of Quinte. It was settled in 1784 and
a strong Quaker community developed shortly after that time. We are now
doing a second book.
- Digital images have been taken of
the original
documents and transcribers have volunteered. A photo of the camera set up is shown on the 'Contact Me'
page.
- Copyright
will be owned by Canada Yearly Meeting
(CYM) as
the
transcription is a new document. The completed document will be
posted on the CYM website
for free use
by all for their personal research..
- Transcribers efforts will be recognized by having
their
name recorded in the transcription.
Long
Term Plans
- Five Regions
in
Upper Canada have
been identified for the project. Each region will be under a
Coordinator who will seek transcribers for that region.
- West Lake (from
1798): Includes Adolphustown, West Lake, Ameliasburgh,
Bloomfield, Cold Creek, Green Point: Randy Saylor
- Pelham (from
1799):
- Yonge St
(from
1804):
- Norwich
(from
1819):
- Pickering
(from
1828):
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