The family historian can indeed draw from bible entries, marriage certificates, funeral, birth, christening and baptismal church registers for information about a particular family ancestor. The dates can prove particular useful to determine residence near a city or rural municipality enabling the historian to piece together the past with the resources from the various churches. These resources are assembled together to assist the historian to reinforce the historical timeline of their forebears from records held by various spiritual denominations around the province of Saskatchewan.
Write to the church central office for your denominational queries. Many of the central offices/archives can be found on their denominational web site as provided below. Provincial archives have some early parish registers, but many records must be accessed with permission of the appropriate church office or archivist.
Please check church archives for baptismal records, marriage and other religious documents as well as...
Churches were very involved with education in early Saskatchewan. There were (French) Catholic and (English) Protestant schools (missions) established with the early trading forts and communities in Rupert's Land (Saskatchewan). The (French) Catholic mission schools were later to become known as Saskatchewan's seperate or Roman Catholic School System. The (English) Protestant mission schools were later to become Saskatchewan's Public School System. Saskatchewan Schools or School Divisions (R.C.S.S.D and Public)
Saskatchewan Catholic Church Records have recently been added to the familysearch.org website Catholic parishes and dioceses located in Saskatchewan. Church records. Catholic parishes in Saskatchewan, Canada.. This online Searchable archive contains baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and other records from several Roman Catholic parishes created some time between the years 1846-1957. For more using the online Saskatchewan, Catholic Church Records, 1846-1957 LISING ADDITIONALLY: Saskatchewan Church Records Addresses of some of the major denominations in Saskatchewan (FamilySearch)
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