Title based on contents of fonds.
The documents were loaned in 1993 by the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada.
The archives of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery local churches and pastoral charges are all arranged according to a common classification system established by Susan Stanley, former Montreal and Ottawa Conference Archivist.
The documents are in English.
Knox United Church in Lake Megantic, initially of Presbyterian denomination, was organized in 1890. In 1926, one year after the foundation of the United Church of Canada, amalgamating the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, Knox Presbyterian Church in Lake Megantic joined the Union to form Knox United Church. Some dissident members, who decided to remain Presbyterian, established a new church and called it St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In 1963, Knox United Church was declared defunct and the church was sold to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In 1980, the church building was transformed into a restaurant called "La Chapelle". Knox United Church was under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada. The Church was governed by the Board of Trustees, the Congregation in cooperation with organizations within the Church, such as the Ladies' Aid Society.
Published
The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and the Ladies' Aid Society for the Knox United Church in Lake Megantic from 1900 to 1990. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and a membership roll. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1914-1963), Buildings and Property ([196-?]-1969), Financial Resources (1910-1963), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1900-1962), Membership (1906-1962), Historical ([196-?], 1990), and Organizations (1902-1926).
No more accruals are expected.
Researchers may also consult the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Lake Megantic) fonds (PC003).
The registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials may be restricted at the discretion of the Archivist. The file Every Family Visitation (UC035/012/002) is restricted.