Welland County, Ontario - Microfilm Records
Compiled by Brian J. Smith - March-April, 2002

See also (on this website):
     Genealogy Site Map
     Welland County, Ontario
     Names Identified in These Microfilm Records

On this page, microfilm numbers and film numbers refer to FHL catalog numbers. For more information, see Family History Library (FHL).

Genealogical Resources Available from LDS FHL

Film 1404210 - Church records, 1846-1986 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Snyder, Willoughby Township - Baptisms, 1849-1983

Contributed by Rosemary O'Connor

Contents

• Item 1 - Baptisms, 1849 to 1899
  • Begins with a one-page history of the church, in Latin
• Item 2 - Baptisms, 1900 to 1957
  • Begins with an index
    • The index appears to be very incomplete
• Item 3 - Baptisms, 1957 to 1983
  • Begins with an index

Film 1404211 - Church records, 1846-1986 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Snyder, Willoughby Township, Welland County, Ontario - Marriages, 1849-1917, 1957-1986

Contributed by Rosemary O'Connor

Contents

• Item 1 - Marriages, 11-Jun-1849 to 24-Jan-1917
  • Pages numbered 116-146
• Item 2 - Marriage Register, 01-Oct-1957 to 12-Jul-1986
  • Begins with an index
  • Pages numbered 51-70
• Item 3 - Marriages, 03-Mar-1962 to 12-Jul-1986
  • Begins with an index
  • Pages numbered 1-100, followed by some unnumbered pages

According to Rosemary O'Connor, who procured these records for microfilm, the marriage records for 1917-1957 were destroyed in a fire at a shrine at Our Lady of Peace Church. The parish priest of St Joseph's had taken the record book to Our Lady of Peace in order to perform a wedding there.

Film 1404212 - Church records, 1846-1986 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Snyder, Willoughby Township, Welland County, Ontario - Confirmations, Burials

Contributed by Rosemary O'Connor

Contents

• Item 1 - Confirmations, 1861 to 1899
• Item 2 - Deaths, 1853 to 1899
  • The first four records are in German
• Item 3 - Confirmations, 1959 to 1982
• Item 4 - Deaths, 1946 to 1957
• Item 5 - Deaths, 1853 to 1914
  • Same as Item 2, but with additional pages at the end
• Item 6 - First Communions, 1946-1957
• Item 7 - Sacred Heart League

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