{"id":545,"date":"2020-05-22T16:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/?page_id=545"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:06:16","slug":"bme-london-church-database","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/primary-sources\/bme-london-church-database\/","title":{"rendered":"BME London Church Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">BME Congregation Database<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using the list of names from the BME Letter to Lewis C. Chambers, we searched the census records for 1861 and 1871, and have linked to the online records (at Library and Archives Canada) whenever possible.\u00a0 Some related summary information is provided where available. The database also includes information gleaned from London city directories. Full citations are available in our bibliography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prepared with research files from Andrew Ross (who visited Library and Archives Canada); Chelsea Caeiro, Connor Pizsel, and Sam Robins (who visited Western&#8217;s Archives and Regional Collections Centre), and Ava Olds and Andreina Ravenstein, who started their research at the London Public Library.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/02\/1database-congregation-censusdatabase.pdf\">Census Database<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2database-congregation-censusdataandgeneraltrends.pdf\">Census Data and General Trends<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-548 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/1pic-congergationdatabase-744x486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"486\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/1pic-congergationdatabase-744x486.png 744w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/1pic-congergationdatabase-420x274.png 420w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/1pic-congergationdatabase-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/1pic-congergationdatabase.png 789w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 744px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 744\/486;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-549 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2pic-congregationdatabase-744x514.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"514\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2pic-congregationdatabase-744x514.png 744w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2pic-congregationdatabase-420x290.png 420w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2pic-congregationdatabase-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/antislavery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/05\/2pic-congregationdatabase.png 789w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 744px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 744\/514;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BME Congregation Database Using the list of names from the BME Letter to Lewis C. 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