Collection GB 0074 CLC/107 - SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/107

Title

SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1871-1892 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The marriages took place in Fray Bentos and the surrounding areas of Uruguay and Argentina. The South American Missionary Society was founded in 1844 as the Patagonian Missionary Society, the name was changed in 1864. In the latter part of the nineteenth century legislation made Protestant missionary work very difficult, and the Society focused more on the provision of chaplaincies for exisiting Protestant communities and seamen.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/107 1871-1892 Collection 1 production unit. South American Missionary Society

The marriages took place in Fray Bentos and the surrounding areas of Uruguay and Argentina. The South American Missionary Society was founded in 1844 as the Patagonian Missionary Society, the name was changed in 1864. In the latter part of the nineteenth century legislation made Protestant missionary work very difficult, and the Society focused more on the provision of chaplaincies for exisiting Protestant communities and seamen.

This volume was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the London Diocesan Registry in 1964. It was catalogued in 1964 by a member of Guildhall Library staff (recatalogued 1980). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Register of marriages held at the chaplaincy of the South American Missionary Society.

One item.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archives of the South American Missionary Society are held at the Crowther Centre, Oxford.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Chaplaincy Religious institutions Religious organizations Missionary societies Parish records Marriage registers Information sources Documents Primary documents Church records and registers Religious offices Missions Missionary work Religious activities South American Missionary Society South America Legal documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This volume was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the London Diocesan Registry in 1964. It was catalogued in 1964 by a member of Guildhall Library staff (recatalogued 1980). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Register of marriages held at the chaplaincy of the South American Missionary Society.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One item.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Archives of the South American Missionary Society are held at the Crowther Centre, Oxford.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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