Archives
Fonthill United Church has submitted most of its historical records to the United Church Archives in Toronto for safe keeping. the web address for the archives is: www.united-church.ca/local/archives/on
The list of the materials submitted is below:
VCR TAPES (in box)
1. Christmas Eve 1991 7:30 pm /
Upper Hall Construction
2. Christmas Eve 1991 11:00 pm /
Upper Hall Construction
3. Melody & Mirth 1990
4. Melody & Mirth 1991
5. Melody & Mirth 1992
6. Begin the Journey – Baptism
7. Easter Sunday Service – March 31,
1991
8. White Service – December 20, 1992
9. Christmas Eve 1993
10. Melody & Mirth 2003
11. June 27th Weekend / Couples Club 25th
Anniversary / Unveiling of Church Cornerstone
12. Palm Sunday Celebration & Cantata –
April 13, 2003
VCR TAPES (not in box)
1. Couples Club 1992
2. Melody & Mirth 2002
3. Melody & Mirth 2001
4. Fonthill United Church Dedication
Service 1992
5. Melody & Mirth 1994
CASSETTE TAPES (in box)
1. Building Construction
2. 150th Anniversary – November 1,
1992
3. Rev. Frank Walker’s Covenanting
Service – October 1, 1995
BOX OF MINUTES AND RECORDS
1. 1985 Official Board Minutes
2. 1984 Official Board and Board
Executive Minutes
3. January 1983 – June 1984 Stewards
Minutes
4. February 1982 – April 1984
Session Minutes
5. 1981 – 1982 Session Minutes
6. 1977 – 1982 Stewards Minutes
7. 1977 – 1982 Official Board
Minutes
8. 1986 Official Board Minutes
9. April 1984 Formulation of
Fonthill United Church Board Structure
10. 1975 – 1984 Financial Statements
11. 1979 – 1985 Counters’ Sheets
OFFICIAL MINUTES
1. Reports of Session January 1934 –
October 1961
2. Minutes of Quarterly Board of the
Fonthill Circuit 1872 – 1895 (Circuit: Fonthill, Port Robinson,
St. John’s, Allanburg, Beaverdams, Bethel) – original book and a set of
photocopies
3. Quarterly Official Board of the
Fonthill Circuit 1908 – 1940 (Fonthill & Allanburg)
4. Account Book & Minutes of the
Trustee Board of the Fonthill Methodist Parsonage;
Minutes 1905 – 1926,
Accounts 1905 – 1930
5. Minutes of Keystone Class 1963 –
1965
6. Minutes of Board of Trustees &
Accounts for Fonthill Wesleyan Methodist Church 1858 – 1932
7. Official Board Minute Book
January 1941 – October 1966
8. Minutes of Keystone Class 1948 –
1957
9. Minutes of Memorabilia Committee
for April 20, 1976
10. Report to Official Board by Organist
Committee – October 13, 1976
11. Minutes of Keystone Class 1966 – 1970
12. Minutes of Keystone Class 1971 – January
1981 (includes the Founding Members of 1934)
13. Minutes of Keystone Class March 1981 –
November 1990
14. Official Council Minutes 1992 – 1993
15. Minutes & Accounts of Trustees April 1956 –
1964
16. Minutes of Trustees 1858 – 1932 (a
typewritten copy, transcribed in 1993)
17. Minutes of Trustees 1858 – 1932 (same as
above; listed as “Corrected Copy”)
18. Minutes of Trustees 1858 – 1932 (same as
above; listed as “Incorrect Copy”)
19. Reports of Session January 1934 – October
1961 (binder of photocopies)
20. Minutes of Official Board of the Fonthill
Circuit 1908 – 1940 (Fonthill & Allanburg) – (binder of photocopies)
21. Account Book & Minutes of Trustees of the
Methodist Parsonage of Fonthill; Minutes 1905 – 1926, Accounts 1905 –
1919 - (binder of photocopies)
22. Minutes of Quarterly Board of Fonthill
Circuit 1872 – 1895 (Fonthill, Port Robinson, St. John’s, Allanburg,
Beaverdams, Bethel) – (binder of photocopies)
23. Official Board Minutes 1882 – 1895
(photocopies)
24. Official Board Minutes August 1915 (one
photocopied page)
25. Official Board Minutes 1976 – 1981 &
Miscellaneous Receipts from this time period
26. Official Quarterly Board Minutes of Fonthill
Circuit 1908 – 1940 (Fonthill & Allanburg) – (set of photocopies)
MEMBERSHIP
1. Historic Roll December 1946 –
March 1961 (binder of photocopies)
2. Historic Roll 1961 – 1981
3. Historic Roll 1946 – 1961
(original)
4. Members Roll 1946 – 1961
(photocopies)
5. List of Members for October 1959
(typed – 2 copies)
6. Member Transfer Certificates 1954
– 1959
7. Church Membership Manual of
United Church of Canada – published 1963
8. Register of Church Members 1892 –
1926 (binder of photocopies)
9. Circuit Register April 1926 –
October 1946 (binder of photocopies)
10. Circuit Register 1892 – 1926 (original)
11. Circuit Register April 1926 – October 1946
(original)
BUILDING / BUILDING FUND
1. Building Fund Records 1937 – 1945
(binder of photocopies)
2. Building Fund Records 1937 – 1945
(original; pages 1-143 were another set of unknown accounts from 1904 –
1905)
3. Information, correspondence &
drawings for building alterations 1978
4. Indenture re: property 1858
5. Information, correspondence re:
building renovations of 1991 (including promissory note to Niagara
Presbytery Extension Council)
6. Order of Service for Dedication
Service, Laying of Cornerstone 1937
7. Drawings of church renovations
from architect 1955
8. Working drawings for renovations
1989 (rolled up)
9. Complete working drawings for
renovations and addition 1991 – from architects (in tube)
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Newsletters 1986 – 1991
2. Information & correspondence re:
Memorials 1997 and up
3. Folder of various Incoming
Correspondence 1988 – 1995
4. Folder of various Outgoing
Correspondence 1988 – 1995
SUNDAY SCHOOL / CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
1. Discovery – A Weekly Paper for
Juniors 1965 (one copy)
2. Church Cradle Roll & Kindergarden
Roll 1965 – 1974
3. Methodist Sunday School Record
1922 – 1928 (attendance and offerings)
4. Senior Bible Class / Alpha Group
Record 1935 – 1944 (attendance and offerings)
5. Envelope of Sunday School Pins
6. C.E. Committee Minutes 1963 –
1966
7. Young Peoples’ Society Minutes
1934 – 1938
8. Sunday School Accounts 1973 –
1995
9. Sunday School Minutes 1930 – 1954
10. Sunday School Accounts 1954 – 1972
11. Senior Bible Class / Alpha Group 1935 – 1944
(photocopies)
12. Methodist Sunday School Record 1922 – 1928
(photocopies; names only, no offering information was photocopied)
ANNUAL REPORTS
Reports for: 1960, 1961, 1962, Sept. 1994 – Sept. 1995 (2 copies),
1998 (2 copies)
U.C.W. / LADIES’ AID / W.M.S.
1. Receipts & correspondence 1999 –
2000
2. Ladies’ Aid Minutes 1917 – 1927
(binder of photocopies)
3. Woman’s Missionary Society
Minutes April 2, 1931 – December 2, 1935 (photocopies)
4. W.M.S. Minutes January 1936 –
November 1, 1939 (photocopies)
5. Ladies’ Aid Minutes April 1927 –
March 1938 (photocopies)
6. Ladies’ Aid Accounts 1927 – 1938
(photocopies)
7. U.C.W. Banking records & Receipts
1988 – 1989
8. U.C.W. Receipts 1991
9. W.M.S. Evening Auxiliary Minutes
1955 – 1958 (original)
10. W.M.S. Evening Auxiliary Minutes Sept. 1935
– May 1941 (original)
11. W.M.S. Minutes Dec. 1939 – Oct. 1943
(original)
12. Women’s Association Minutes Oct. 1954 –
Sept. 1957 (original)
13. W.M.S. Evening Auxiliary Minutes June 1941 –
April 1948 (original)
14. Women’s Association Minutes April 1944 –
Sept. 1954 (original)
15. W.M.S. Accounts 1939 – 1954 (original)
16. W.M.S. Minutes Dec. 1943 – Dec. 1950
(original)
17. Women’s Association Accounts Jan. 1959 –
1968 (original)
18. U.C.W. Minutes Nov. 1964 – Dec. 1969
(original)
19. Women’s Association Minutes Jan. 1955 – Dec.
1956 (original)
20. W.M.S. Evening Auxiliary Minutes May 1948 –
March 1955 (original)
21. W.M.S. & W.A. Minutes April 1931 – Dec. 1935
(original)
22. W.M.S. & W.A. Minutes Jan. 1936 – Nov. 1939
(original)
23. Ladies’ Aid Minutes 1917 – 1927 (original)
24. Ladies’ Aid Minutes 1927 – 1938 (original)
25. Ladies’ Aid Accounts 1927 – 1938
(original)
26. 3 Photo albums of U.C.W. – various years
27. U.C.W. receipts 1978
28. U.C.W. bank records 1976 – 1978
29. U.C.W. financial reports & bank information
- 1960’s
30. U.C.W. financial reports 1977 – 1978
(including letter from an Asian Outreach-sponsored child in her own
language)
31. Recipe Book – compiled by the Women’s
Association 1954
32. U.C.W. receipts 1971
33. Service Bulletin – Niagara Presbyterial UCW
/ Cross-Cultural Gathering at Francis Sandy Theological Centre – October
2001
34. Transcript of Enactment of Ladies’ Aid &
W.M.S. meetings from 1917 – 1927
35. U.C.W. financial receipts 1979
36. Quilt Show entries & poster 1993
37. Service Bulletin – at Fonthill United Church
Jan. 11, 1987 – 25th Anniversary of UCW
38. Hamilton Conference UCW Annual Report 1999 –
meeting held at Fonthill United Church April 26 & 27, 2000
39. Thank-You Cards sent to the UCW
40. Bank deposit book Feb. 1999 – Oct. 2000
41. U.C.W. Minutes and financial reports 1991 –
1994
42. U.C.W. Annual General Meeting report Dec.
2000 / Executive Meeting Minutes Nov. 2000 / Annual General Meeting Dec.
1999
43. Official Tax Receipt Book Dec. 1992 – Dec.
1995 (for Priscilla Circle)
44. Official Tax Receipt Book Dec. 1988 – Dec.
1994 (for Sarah’s Circle)
REGISTERS / GUEST BOOKS
1. Guest Book for Fonthill United
Church Open House Nov. 14, 1993
2. Guest Book June 1992 – April 1997
3. Clergyman’s Records 1988 – 1995
4. Register of Baptisms, Marriages &
Burials 1905 – 1946 (binder of photocopies)
5. Marriage Register 1896 – 1926
(original)
6. Register of Baptisms & Burials
Fonthill Circuit 1905 – 1946 (original?)
7. Baptismal Record 1954 – 1985
(photocopies)
8. a) Marriage Register June 1947-
Feb. 1960
b) Baptisms Jan. 1947-
Dec. 1953
c) Burials Jan. 1947 –
June 1959 (all photocopies)
9. a) Marriages March 1960 – Jan.
1977
b) Burials Jan. 1960 –
Dec. 1978 (all photocopies)
10. Marriage Register 1896 – 1926 (photocopies)
11. a) Marriages July 1970 – Jan. 1977
b) Burials Jan. 1971 –
Dec. 1978
c) Baptisms – none
(all originals)
12. a) Marriages March 1960 – June 1970
b) Burials Jan. 1960 –
July 1970
c) Baptisms – none
(all originals)
13. Marriage Register 1896 – 1926 (original)
14. a) Marriages June 1947 – Feb. 1960
b) Baptisms Jan. 1947 –
Dec. 1953
c) Burials Jan. 1947 –
June 1959 (all originals)
15. Register: Marriages, Baptisms & Burials 1905 –
1946 (original)
FINANCIAL RECORDS
1. CIBC bank book April 30, 1985 –
Dec. 30, 1987;
2. Annual Financial Report 1938
3. Annual Financial Report 1941
4. Financial Information
(reports/correspondence) 1984 – 1986
5. Monthly Finance Statements 1994
6. Monthly Finance Statements 1993
7. CIBC deposit slips, cheque
register & bank book for UCW; 1978 – 1979
8. Trustees correspondence 1977
9. Annual Financial Report 1932
10. Annual Financial Report 1949
11. Record of Weekly Offerings 1955 – 1959
CHURCH DIRECTORIES / HISTORY BOOKLETS
1. Methodist Hymn Book 1884
2. A Centenary Booklet (Fonthill
United Church) 1842 – 1942
3. Service Bulletin for Centenary
Programme – for month of October 1942
4. Service Bulletin / Booklet for
Dedication of the C.E. Building Oct. 19, 1958
5. History Booklet of Her Majesty’s
Chapel of the Mohawks, Brantford
6. Booklet: An Interpretation of the
Faith of the U.C.C. 1949
7. Booklet: The Eldership; The
Report of the Committee on Christian Faith 1966
8. Service Bulletin for 50th
Anniversary of the Union of the U.C.C. – June 8, 1975
9. Service Bulletin for Nov. 14,
1993 (including the agenda for Open House)
10. Service Bulletin for Dedication of Renovated
Building & 150th Anniversary – Nov. 1, 1992
11. Service Bulletin for Dedication of New
Building Nov. 14, 1937
12. Booklet: The Authority & Interpretation of
Scripture 1989
13. Printout: Historic Walking Tour of Fonthill
14. Booklet: The Canadian Album; Men of Canada
1891
15. Booklet: Canvas Appeal 1955
16. History Booklets of Fonthill United Church’s
150th Anniversary 1842 – 1992 (6 copies)
17. Photo Directories:
1980
1985
1988 (2 copies)
1992 (25 copies – 150th
Anniversary)
1996 (4 copies)
2 envelopes of large size
proofs for directories
18. Pelham Historical Calendar 2001
PHOTOS / NEWS CLIPPINGS
1. Photo album 1875 – 1992: photos,
news clippings, memorabilia
2. Trade Dollars brochures (3) and
news clipping re: same
3. Photo album – Fundraising
4. Envelope of various news
clippings
5. Envelope of various photographs
DOCUMENTS FOR U.C.C. ARCHIVES – SENT APRIL 12, 2010
BOX 1:
COUNCIL MINUTES & NEWSLETTERS (binder)
1. Newsletters 1999 – 2002
2. Council & various Committee
Minutes: 2000 – 2002
VARIOUS MINUTES (loose)
1. Christian Education 1998-2004
2. Worship Committee 1997-2004
3. Shepherd Visitors 1998-2004
4. Property Committee 1998-2004
5. Outreach Committee 1998-2004
6. Finance Committee 1999-2004
7. Membership Committee 1999-2001
8. Council Minutes 2002-2004
COUNCIL MINUTES 1995 – 2001 (binder)
COUNCIL & COMMITTEE MINUTES 1997 – 2000 (binder)
COUNCIL & EXECUTIVE MINUTES 1984 – 1994 (binder)
BOX 2:
COMMITTEE MINUTES 1993 – 1997 (binder)
VISION 2000/MILLENIUM PROJECT MINUTES 1998 – 2001 (binder)
COUNCIL & COMMITTEE MINUTES 2000 – 2001 (binder)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES – MINUTES & ACCOUNTS
of Fonthill Wesleyan Methodist Church 1858-1932 (binder of photocopies of
original)
PROGRAM
for Dedication & Opening Services of Fonthill United Church: November 14
- December 5, 1937
ANNUAL / CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS MINUTES January 1984 - January
2000 (blue file)
GREEN BINDER:
1. List of Presbytery Committees &
Contacts
2. Annual Report September 1995 -
December 1996
3. Annual Report 1998
4. Annual Report 1999
5. Photo Directory 1992
COMMITTEE MINUTES 1989-1993 (red file)
1. Teaching Elders
2. Finance Committee
3. Property Committee
4. Advising Elders / Worship &
Membership Committee
5. Christian Education
6. Lay Supervision Team (one sheet
only – May 2000)
If you are looking for baptismal, marriage or death records, they may be in the United Church Archives, and you may contact them at this email address: archives@united-church.ca
More recent records are still available from the church office by calling the secretary.
