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Labrador Missions papers [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1764-1955.

Reference:

R10993-3-4-E, MG17-D1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

128826

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Moravian Brethren fonds

Labrador Missions papers
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1764-1955.

Place of creation:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.
52 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

German

Added language of material:

German, English, Inuktitut

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Series consists of microfilmed material including correspondence, minutes of house and mission conferences, diaries and other miscellaneous records, 1764-1944 (reels M-484 to M-535). Included are records relating to the Nain, Hopedale, Hebron, Okak, Zoar, Ramah, Makkovik, Killinek, Kikkertaujak, and Happy Valley missions in Labrador. Among these, registers of baptisms, marriages and burials have been identified for Okak, 1777-1919; Zoar, 1825-1939; and Ramah, 1874-1929.

Series also includes original textual records that contain miscellaneous papers in Inuktut from the Hebron mission, 1827-1955 (vol. 2). Included are three bound volumes of biblical commentaries; account books, receipts and bills; a letter to R. Schulze; and two books of marriage registrations, 1904-1918 and 1918-1933. The second book includes a few marriages for Ramah, 1904-1908, and one for Nain, 1904. The registrations are written in English and Inuktut. Photocopies of both books were microfilmed in 1987 and are also available on reel H-1806.
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Moravian Church - Labrador

Moravian Church - Missions - Labrador

Okak Mission (Labrador) - Registers of births, etc

Ramah Mission (Labrador) - Registers of births, etc

Zoar Mission (Labrador) - Registers of births, etc

Moravian Church. Happy Valley Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Kikkertaujak Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Nain Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Okak Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Killinek Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Makkovik Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Ramah Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Hopedale Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Hebron Mission (Labrador)

Moravian Church. Zoar Mission (Labrador)
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Language note:

Most of the records on microfilm are in German, though some of the earliest and latest are in English. A few Inuktut translations are included., Original registrations are written in English and Inuktut (larger language family including Inuktitut).
Subject heading:

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Missions - Labrador

Missionaries - Labrador

Moravians - Labrador

Ramah Mission (Labrador) - Marriage records

Nain Mission (Labrador) - Marriage records

Inuit - Missions

Nunatsiavut
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG17-D1
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Textual records

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Volume [MG17 D 1] 2

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Textual records: microform

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Microfilm reel [MG17 D 1] M-484--M-535

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