The fonds consists of genealogical records pertaining to various families which are connected to the Wood family. The material was likely collected and used by Albert in the writing of his Wood genealogy entitled "An Island Family". The fonds also includes notes, transcripts of church, cemetery, land, and census records, a birth and baptismal certificate for Albert William Wood, a Catechism primer belonging to Albert Wood, correspondence, a diary (1974), six postcards and five photographs.

This volume is a collection of 300 documents and photographs accompanied by captions and historical comment which document the events and daily activities of Alberton and area. Chapters include: schools, churches, houses, people, industry, sports and recreation, scenery and the unusual.

The fonds contains records of baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as annual, congregational, official board, and trustee minutes of the Methodist and Presbyterian circuits which eventually made up the Alberton Elmsdale Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada. These have been intellectually arranged into the following five series:

Series 1: Alberton Circuit of the Methodist Church
Series 2: Alberton Charge of the Presbyterian Church
Series 3: Montrose Circuit of the Presbyterian Church
Series 4: Alberton Pastoral Charge of the United Church
Series 5: Cascumpec United Church

Records overlap and some of the post 1925 United Church records (Series 4) are contained within the record books of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches (Series 1 & 2)

The fonds consists of the parish registers of the Anglican Parish of Alberton. The registers contain baptism, marriage, burial and confirmation records from the parish as well as reports on the physical, spiritual and financial condition of the various churches within the parish by the Bishop and the Archdeacons who visited.

The fonds consists of church records for the Alberton Presbyterian church from 1829 to 1900. These records consist of baptismal (1865-1867, 1891-1898), burial (1865-1867, 1891-1898), and marriage records (1855-1866, 1891-1898), as well as minutes from annual meetings (1829-1861), a stipend subscription list for 1892, and session records from 1878 to1900.

This fonds consists of a log book kept by Alexander Currie of the voyage of the "Sparrow Hawk" from Hamilton, Bermuda, to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, via Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The volume contains daily accounts of the voyage which took place between 10 October 1889 and 18 November 1889. Information recorded includes when the ship got underway each day, when it weighed anchor for the night, the weather, the latitude and longitude, the winds, and the activities of the crew.

This item is an 1899 Canadian Order of Foresters certificate issued to Alexander McGregor Stewart in November 1899. The certificate is hand-coloured.

The collection is composed of two conveyances of land in Lot 24 to Alexander McKenzie of Brackley Point/Rustico: one of 100 acres from Samuel May Williams in 1809 and the second of 123 acres from James Hodges in 1817.

The fonds consists of a three page transcription of a letter written by Alexander Stewart on 12 October 1805, to his father, James Stewart in Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander's letter, postmarked from Charlottetown, was written in response to a letter written by his family in February of that same year. Alexander writes of ships arriving in PEI with emigrants from Belfast and the Isle of Skye. Stewart offers to pay for the passage of his brother John, and encourages his father James to emigrate to PEI for the quality of life it offers and the availability of land.

This fonds consists of a record book for the years 1895-1946 and a church diary for 1965-1979. These books contain comprehensive notes recording church services, baptisms, marriages, deaths, annual reports, minutes of meetings and community events. They are primarily in chronological order.