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Microfilmed 1983 (Creation)
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The series contains successive Presbyterian and United Church baptisms, marriages, burials, session and congregational minutes, and membership and pastor rolls. They are arranged in the following subseries:
Subseries 1: Baptisms, marriages, burials
Subseries 2: Session minutes
Subseries 3: Congregational and trustees minutes
Subseries 4: Membership, pastor rolls
The Orwell Head Church of Scotland was built in 1829 by Rev. Donald MacDonald. It was replaced in 1864 by a new and larger structure. On July 7, 1887, the congregation was received into the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Within a year the Orwell section of the Belfast congregation united with Orwell Head to form one parish. Parishioners came from the communities of Orwell, Dundee, Uigg, Cherry Valley, Valleyfield, Pownal, Lyndale, Earnscliffe, Vernon River, Fairfield, Kinross, etc. In 1925 the Orwell Head parish became part of the United Church of Canada. Orwell Head remined a separate circuit until 1968 when it joined with Orwell, Vernon River, Cherry Valley, Millview and Pownal to become part of the Vernon River United pastoral charge.