CHURCH OF SCOTLAND (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

1838 Greyfriars Church, 50/52 Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain

Moderator (Senior Minister): Rev. Garwell (John) Bacchas

Email: <garwellbacchas@yahoo.com>

Parish Secretary: Mrs. Marsha Rock-Guevara

Tel.: (868) - 623 - 6684 (Church Office)

Fax: (868) - 624 - 1727

Email: <greyfriars@tstt.net.tt>

Greyfriars, 86 Oxford Street, Port-of-Spain

Tel.: (868) - 624 - 3832

1846 St. Ann's Church of Scotland, 154 Charlotte Street, Port-of-Spain

Tel.: (868) - 627 - 4297

Tel/Fax: (868) - 623 - 6684

1842 Barrow Memorial Church of Scotland, Eastern Main Road & Corner Old Golden Grove Road, Arouca

(Churchyard Cemetery)

Minister: Rev. Denyse Rattansingh

Tel.: (868) - 642 -4927; (868) - 646 - 0621

1904 Sangre Grande Church of Scotland, Sangre Grande

Minister: Rev. Wayne Rock

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Both Greyfriars and St. Ann's Church of Scotland would welcome your donations to their rebuilding fund.

Donations can be made through the Church Office at 50 Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain.

Tel.: 623 - 6684.

For further information, contact: Elder/Manager: Mary Adams

Email: <adams.mary2010@gmail.com>

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Noteworthy for family history and other researchers: The Church of Scotland has taken the initiative of microfilming all their

Baptismal, Marriage and Burial registers (1831 onwards). Included are records of the four congregations of the Church of

Scotland.

Church Records and Registers 5 microfilm reels 35mm. The reels are dated variously from 1842 to 1971.

	Reel 1   Reel 2   Reel 3	Marriage Register; Births & Baptismal Register; Register of Deaths; Session Minutes   Board of Management Session Minutes   Board of Management Minutes; Special Committee Minute Book; Membership Roll; Sunday School Attendance
	Reel 4       Reel 5	Communion Roll; St. John’s Christian Endeavour; Youth Service, St. Anne’s; Trinidad Presbyterian; Annual Report; Congregational Report; Marriage Certificates; List of Honors; Baptismal Register, 1831 - 1947; Marriage Register; St. Anne’s Church History, by Elder Hugh E. Cameron.   Annual Report 1900 - 1971

For information on positive microfilm copies, contact:

Greyfriars Parish Secretary: Mrs. Marsha Rock-Guevara

Email: <greyfriars@tstt.net.tt>

Note:

Church of Scotland Church Records and Registers: Microfilm copies are held at the West Indiana Library,

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

See:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~portwestind/research/sources/trini_church_records.htm

Recommended Reading:

	1)	Title:   Author:   Published:   Note:   Location:	Centennial Sketch of St. Ann's Church history, 1846-1946   Franklin, C. B.   Port-of-Spain, 1946   Caption title - Cover title: St. Ann's Church of Scotland centennial sketch, 1846-1946   National Library of Scotland
	2)	Title:     Author:   Publisher:   Description:   Holding Libraries:     BL Shelfmark:	Greyfriars of Trinidad, 1837 to 1987 A Historical Sketch of the Congregation of Greyfriars Church of Scotland, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to mark the 150th Anniversary   Rutherford, Brian C. (Editor)   Greyfriars Church, Port-of-Spain, 1987   44p. ill. ports. 22cm. pbk   University of the West Indies Library (UWI), St. Augustine - West Indiana Library; British Library (BL); National Library of Scotland   YA.1997.a.15167
	3)	Title:     Author:   Publisher:	The History of the Barrow Memorial Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), Arouca, Trinidad, West Indies, 1840 - 2002. [s.n.; s.l.]   Rawlins, Clifford, R. L. 2002. (org.)   ?

Useful links re Portuguese in Trinidad:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~portwestind/diaspora/west_indies/trinidad_and_tobago.htm

http://sitesearch.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/st?words=Church+of+Scotland%2C+Trinidad+&op=Submit

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~portwestind/research/archives/presbyterian_missions.htm

See:

Church of Scotland (Trinidad & Tobago) A Historical Note

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