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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Jaffna Protestant digital archive project Subject Church records and registers

1. EAP835/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1
Title:
Manuscripts relating to the American Ceylon Mission
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of nine manuscript files related to the 19th-century American Ceylon Mission, including reports, church record books, and minutes from meetings. Anonymous private collection.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1883
Extent:
2732 Tiff images

2. EAP835/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/1
Title:
Oodooville Church Record Book 1820-1848
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Oodooville (Uduvil) Church between the years of 1820-1848. It includes entries by Levi Spaulding (1791-1873).Physical characteristics of original material: Manuscript volume. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1820-1848
Extent:
300 TIFF files

3. EAP835/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/2
Title:
Batticotta Church Record Book 1816-1845, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Batticotta (Vaddukoddai) Church between the years of 1816-1845. It includes entries by Benjamin C. Meigs (1789-1862) and Daniel Poor (1789-1855).Physical characteristics of or...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1845
Extent:
198 TIFF files

4. EAP835/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/2
Title:
Notebook Fragment, c. 1837
Scope & Content:
This file consists of sundry mission reports such as baptismal records, marriages, admissions to the church, etc., retranscriptions of important events, and several floor plans. It also includes a fragment of Tamil and English versions of a church convenant presumably to be repeated by converts. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1837-1838
Extent:
70 TIFF files

5. EAP835/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/3
Title:
Chavagacherry 1836-1859
Scope & Content:
This file contains typical records from the mission station Chavagacherry. According to Bate's finding aid, it may be a transcription of earlier records. Issues discussed include admissions, appointments, baptisms, transfers, deaths, and issues within the congregation. Some records are signed by ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1836-1859
Extent:
108 TIFF files

6. EAP835/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/5
Title:
Letters to B. Meigs from H. Hill, 1825-1838
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters from Henry Hill (?-?), Treasurer of the A.B.C.F.M., addressed to Miron Winslow and Benjamin Meigs. These letters, sent from India, London, and Boston, concern funds for the ACM in the form of payments and donations for supplies and for Tamil children to attend school.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1825-1838
Extent:
68 TIFF files

7. EAP835/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/6
Title:
Report of the Church at Tellipally, July 1st 1843
Scope & Content:
This report focuses on the author's concern regarding lack of new admissions, lack of conversions, difficulty of "maintaining" Christians. It also records communions, baptisms, and marriages at the church.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
14 TIFF files

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