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New Brunswick Links
Last Updated: November 26, 2009
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Ancestral Trails: Genealogy research on ancestors of Walker and Palmer families in eastern Canada, New England and the British Isles: Created and maintained by David Arthur Walker, 3rd great-grandson of David Walker & Margaret Hetherington, of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and 3rd great-grandson of Marcus Palmer Sr. and Nancy Ann Slocum, of Hampstead, Queens Co., New Brunswick. The main focus of study is within the three maritime provinces of Canada, namely Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Major surnames in this research include Walker, Palmer, Durgan, Cairns, Clark, Townsend, Townshend, Converse, Read, Seaman, Crawford, Slocum, Coy, Wallace, Cannon, Cory, Corey, Dyer, Blanchard, Marchbank, Glover and Coffin.
Black
Loyalists of New Brunswick: Among other things, this website
features petitions relating to land grants in colonial New
Brunswick in which African Americans were either the petitioners or the
land granted to African Americans is the subject of attention. These
documents offer valuable primary evidence about the experience of
African Americans in colonial New Brunswick.Border Dispute - How the Maine-New Brunswick border was finalized: An excellent site with lots of details and maps.
Campobello Genealogy Web Page: Coordinator, Heather Leighton Waddingham has gathered extensive information on Campobello, Charlotte County, NB. UPDATED : April 2008
Canadian Souvenir View Albums: Photos of Saint John taken between 1604 to 1904.
Charlotte County GenWeb Project: Genealogy information on Charlotte County, NB.
Charlotte Taylor - Her Life and Times: The excellent story of Charlotte Taylor and her life in early New Brunswick.
First Families: This compilation contains information on 7,414 of the first families to arrive in New Brunswick. Site maintained by the New Brunswick Genealogical Society Inc.
Gagetown Parish - Anglican Church Records: Transcriptions of various vital statistics, mostly in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada, between 1784 - 1901. This compilation represents alphabetical lists of 3,493 baptisms, 680 burials and, 375 marriages, for a total of 4548 vital records.
Grand Manan Island Genealogies: The Purpose of this site is to make available the Genealogy's of the original settlers and their descendants readily available to those doing family research.
Handspiker and Hanselpacker Genealogy: This is an attempt at a new look, feel, and an addition of nearly 7,000 individuals and nearly 3,000 additional families from the previous database.
Historic Places of St. George, NB: The website is now up and running. The historical sites map is on and linked with descriptions and pictures. You can click on the numbers on the map or on the worded links.
In-Laws, Outlaws and Kin Folk: A genealogy column written by Frances Eileen McConvey that appeared in the St. Croix Courier (NB) from 1987 to 1989.
Irish Genealogy in Canada: This is part of an article from a paper written in 1906 by Albert W. SMITH, entitled "An Essay on the History and Resources of Albert County".
Loyalist
Women in New Brunswick: A site dedicated to the Loyalist women who
arrived in New Brunswick around 1783.
This website features the letters and other primary documents relating
to Loyalist women in colonial New Brunswick, including three
generations of women in the family of Edward and Mary Winslow, who
settled in New Brunswick in 1785.New Brunswick Cemetery Transcriptions and Photos: This site, created by Betty Damery and Cleadie Barnett, contains cemetery transcriptions and photos of headstones in many New Brunswick cemeteries.
New Brunswick GenWeb Project: NB GenWeb, in conjunction with the NB Mail List and NB Gen Links , is here to provide you free access to online genealogical information for your New Brunswick research.
New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics by Daniel F. Johnson: The database is searchable and includes information from 1784 to 1896.
New Brunswick's Past: This site contains various information, including genealogy on the Banks family of Kings County, NB.
New Ireland (All about): Genealogy information concerning New Ireland, Albert County, NB.
Palmateer Ancestry.com: Palmateer (Parmentier) Genealogy. The site also includes the late F. E. McConvey’s genealogy columns which once appeared in the Saint Croix Courier starting in the late 1980’s.
Parish of Pennfield, Charlotte County, NB: Genealogy and veteran information for the Parish of Pennfield.
Pioneer Life in New Brunswick by Mary (McBean) Colter written in 1921, transcription by Dave Carney
Public Archives of New Brunswick (PANB): A great place to start or continue your search for family in New Brunswick.
Queen's County GenWeb Project: Genealogy information on Queen's County, NB.
Restigouche Kempt Road (The): Hosted by Wendy Cosper, this site has extensive genealogy information on the families of Restigouche River and Kempt Road. Posted to the site are Wendy’s own family tree, the Broadlands Kempt Road Cemetery headstone photos and a newsletter. Wendy plans to add the old Matapedia cemetery to site in the future. UPDATED, November 5, 2007: The site has been refurbished and is back on-line. Although construction continues, the Kempt Road cemetery is loaded through to letter “D”. The family trees have a page of their own now.
Ruby M. Cusack - Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick, Canada: Ruby has been writing a weekly genealogy column for the Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB for eight years. Her website contains her column, submitted queries, the Index To The Death Roll of the Saint John Globe, Beginners Guide to Genealogy, Books for Sale and many other items.
St. David Parish, Charlotte County, NB: Lots of genealogy information, including census, vital records and maps.
St. David Parish First World War Volunteers (1915 - 1917): Located in Charlotte County, NB, the partial list of men volunteering for the Canadian Expeditionary Force overseas is from the Philip Christie Collection microfilms at the St. Croix Public Library in St. Stephen, NB, film #12328. As stated on the St. David Parish website ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/ ), the lists appear to cover the period from late 1915 until late 1917, and cover all of Charlotte County. The St. David individuals have been excerpted.
St. George, Charlotte County, NB: Lots of genealogy information for St. George, including vitals records, military and muster rolls, newspaper stories, cemetery inscriptions and more. UPDATED: September 18, 2007
Cemetery Listings: 10
Broadlands Kempt Road Cemetery: This site, by Wendy Cosper has a photo of the cemetery and dozens of headstone photos. Also on site is a link to a complete list of those buried created by Jim MacIntyre. Wendy also hopes to post the old Matapedia Cemetery in the future.
Burial Grounds Care Society: Dedicated to researching and locating abandoned or neglected burial sites in Kings County, NB with eventual care and recognition.
Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project: This project aims to document the cemeteries of Canada. Transcriptions and photos are included. Links are provided for inscriptions already on-line.
Carsonville Cemetery: Located in northern part of Studholm Parish between Newtown and Head of Millstream,at sharp bend in Carsonville Road near center of community.
Kingston Peninsula Cemeteries: Names, locations and information on a few dozen cemeteries.
New Brusnwick and Nova Scotia Cemeteries: A collection of headstones photos from many cemeteries in the two provinces. Although many areas in New Brunswick are represented, only Amherst in Nova Scotia appears to have cemeteries photographed at this time (April 2008).
New Brunswick Gravestone Photo Project: The mission of the Project is to preserve digital images of the gravestones of our ancestors. As decades pass-- many of the inscriptions these stones originally contained are becoming harder, if not impossible, to read. Some stones have even disappeared entirely.
Old Burial Ground, Saint John, NB and About the Loyalists: Old Burial Ground, Saint John, NB and About the Loyalists of Sunbury, Carleton, Saint John, Queens, Kings, Albert, York and Westmorland Counties of New Brunswick. Briggs, Coy, Craft, Geldart, Kierstead (Keirstead), MacDonald, Smith, Titus and Vandine families of New Brunswick.
St. George's Churches and Cemeteries: A list of churches and cemeteries (with inscriptions) in St. George, Charlotte County, NB.
St. Paul's Anglican Church: St. Paul's Church and Cemetery are located along the shore of Kennebecasis Bay at the foot of a steep hill in Whitehead. Directly across the water at a distance of less than 1 km (6/10 of a mile) is Long Island. When St. Paul's was built, the location was chosen to provide a place of worship for the inhabitants of the Island. Many of the people buried in the cemetery have no markers, and a list of these people is given elsewhere.
Canada Census Records: 1
1851 Census: The records that survive include New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada East (Quebec) and Canada West (Ontario). The images have been scanned and are available in PDF on the Library and Archives of Canada website and is searchable by geographic location only.
Genealogy Societies and Public Archives: 5
New Brunswick Genealogical Society Inc.: Located in Saint John, NB. Lots of genealogy information on the website.
Queens County Historical Society and Museum: Is located at Tilley House & Queens Cuonty Court House, 69 Front St., Gagetwon, NB Canada E5M 1A4. Lots of genealogy information on the website. Read about their new project for 2006: Earth, Wind and Fire, an exhibition funded by the Exhibition Renewal and New Museological Activities Support Program, Heritage Branch, Wellness, Culture and Sport, Province of New Brunswick.
Pennfield Parish Military Historical Society: Since January 26, 2007, Chris Larsen has been researching the history of the former WWII Air Station at Pennfield Ridge and the former army training grounds (Camp Utopia) at Utopia. Due to an ever-increasing interest in both of these former military bases and our veterans in general, he decided to form the “not-for-profit” society, “Pennfield Parish Military Historical Society Ltd.” to help further preserve the rich military history of this area. The purpose of this society is to discover, procure, collect, preserve, display and interpret material of historical value associated with the area and to work with other organizations that have similar goals. The Beaver Harbour Community Venture Ltd., located at 18 Quaker Lane in Beaver Harbour, has agreed to provide space in their archives so a display of artifacts, material, etc. can be made available to the public and further raise awareness of the sacrifices of the servicemen and women. They are well on their way to achieving their goal and anyone with any information on local servicemen and women from Pennfield Parish, information on the former Air Station and Camp Utopia, photographs, artifacts or memories to share please feel free to contact Chris Larsen at 260 Main Street E, Beaver Harbour, NB, E5H 1K4; (506) 754-2323 or (506) 456-2145; www.pennfieldparishmilitary.com or e-mail pennfieldparish@yahoo.com (Posted November 29, 2007)
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB): The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick collects, preserves, and makes available for research, documents and records bearing upon the history of New Brunswick.
UNB Libraries' Guide to Research in Genealogy: This guide recommends print and electronic sources available through UNB Libraries. Each section indicates appropriate search tools that can be used to find additional sources. Searches can be made for all of Canada or one of the four Atlantic Provinces.
Books: 24 - Although prices have been quoted when found, they are subject to change. Check with the publisher, establishment and/or author for current prices, contact information, etc. If you have further information to add (publication date, author, a shore description, etc.) or Nova Scotia genealogy-related book to add to the list, send it to Diana: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca
Thank you to everyone who submitted the names of books and accompanying information.
Backward Glances at Sunbury and Queens by F. A. McGrand.
Published: New Brunswick Historical Society.
Campbellton's Family Album - Volume One by Irene Doyle
Published: Self-published, c.2004.
Description: The book contains 130 old pictures, genealogy and history of some of the pioneer families of Campbellton and Campbellton's Family Album, Volume Two is also for sale in some stores in Campbellton and Dalhousie at the Museum or can be purchased directly from Irene.
Available: From the author, Irene Doyle, 5 Prince William Street, apt. 3, Campbellton, NB E3N 1X1; e-mail: colector@nbnet.nb.ca
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~GenNB/walk.htm
Campbellton's Family Album - Volume Two - A Walk Through Time by Irene Doyle.
Published: Self-published, 2006.
Description: Volume Two Irene Doyle’s History and Genealogy Book: this book has 160 pages, 120 older pictures of the area. It depicts life in Campbellton, through the history of its Pioneer families such as Gerrard, MacMillan, Christopher, Price, Prichard, Shaw, Renault, Leclair, Losier, Taylor, Mowat and many more. It also gives the history of Schools, Hotels, streets, etc.
Available: From the author, Irene Doyle, 5 Prince William Street, apt. 3, Campbellton, NB E3N 1X1; e-mail: colector@nbnet.nb.ca
Price: $25.00 plus shipping
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~GenNB/walk2.htm
Craig Family of Bonny River, New Brunswick, Canada.
Published: 2003.
Available: Reference copies at Public Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) and libraries.
Davenports of New Brunswick, Canada by Sandra Davenport.
Published: Self-published, 2006.
Available: From the author, Sandra Davenport, email (updated November 2009): davenport@aernet.ca
Early Families of The MacKadavy
by Calvin Lee Craig.Published: Revised 2nd edition, 2004, more than 500 pages.
Description: Information on those who settled the Magaguadavic Valley, Parish of St. George and Southwestern New Brunswick before, during, and following the Loyalist Period. Includes background on settlers, land grants, history and notable characters. It covers various periods between 1200 and 1900.
Read More: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/earlyfamilies.htm
Available: From author, Calvin L. Craig, 1104 Rte 770, Bonny River, NB, E5C 1E1; phone: 506-755-6800; email: craigcb1104@hotmail.com (Form available on website).
Price: $35.00
Enniskillen: Golden Memories by Suzanne Parker McCann.
Published: Self-published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the expropriation of the Community of Enniskillen, by the Department of National Defence, 2003.
Fair Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Moncton, NB by Thelma Perry.
Published: Self-published, 315 pages, indexed.
Description: A transcription of the cemetery.
Available: From the author. Contact Thelma Perry at: 277 Buckingham Ave., Riverview, NB; email: tmperry@rogers.com
Cost: $40.00 plus shipping (Profits from this edition to be donated to Southeastern Branch Genealogical Society.
Generations edited by Mary Roseaver of Quispamsis.
Available: From a newsstand or two in Fredericton and possibly elsewhere. Contact the editor, Mary Roseaver, phone: 506-847-3052; email: nbgen@nbnet.nb.ca
Available: Reference copies at Public Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) and libraries.
Grand Falls Yesterdays - A History of Grand Falls compiled and edited by Margaret Marceau.
Published: Printed by The Merritt Press Ltd, 206 Main Street, Grand Falls, NB, compiled and edited in 1991, first printing in 1995, second printing in 2002.
Available: From Grand Falls Historical Society, 142 Court street, Suite 103, Grand Falls NB, Canada E3Z 2R2
For more information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbgfgc/GFyesterdays.html
Great and Noble Scheme (A) - The Tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland by John Mack Faragher and Arthur Unobskey, Professor of American History at Yale University; director of Yale's Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders.
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, New York - London, 2005.
Description: Extensive documentation. Indexed.
History of Getchell Settlement (A) by D. L. M. Doughtery.
Published: Self-published, c.1970, booklet
Description: Getchell Settlement is now the area called Mayfield outside St. Stephen, NB. It names several of the families in the settlement's history with marriages and relationships as well as giving several sketches of life in the early community. Much of the data given is anecdotal rather than primary research.
Available: This booklet was available from the author several years ago.
Hart to Hart by Carole Dick.
Published: Self-published, 444 pages, perfect bound.
Description: Detailed information on the Hart (Hartt) family dating back to 1614.
Available: A limited amount of copies left from the author, Carole J. Dick, RR #1, Lousana, AB T0M 1K0; email: RMD1@telusplanet.net
For more information, visit “My Hart” website: http://www.myhartt.com/
History of Queens County (The) by E. Stone Wiggins.
Published: Originally 1876, edited by Richard and Sandra Thorne and published again in 1993 by Queens County Historical Society.
Description: Prize Essay for The Watchman- Reprinted and Indexed by George H. Hayward, C.G. C., 1993.
Description: Contains information on the early history of Queen’s County, NB, and about 200 families who originally settled there.
Available: From the Queens County Historical Society. In the reference department of the Saint John Free Public Library, Market Square and New Brunswick Museum, Douglas Avenue library and archives.
Read more from Ruby Cusack’s website: http://www.rubycusack.com/issue58.html
LeBlanc and Estiembre Families (The): Volume I by Lise Fournier Ausman.
Published: Self-published, September 2003, in both official languages, English (100 copies) and French (50 copies), ISBN no. 0-9733015-0-3 (v.1).
Description: Contains the history of the LeBlanc and Estiembre families: Daniel LeBlanc (1626 - c.1695/98) and Nicolas Estiembre (1683 - 1747) and their descendants to Paul Ausman (1991 - ) and Christine Ausman (1993 - ).
Available: 44 English copies and 15 French copies remain. Purchase from the author, Lise Fournier Ausman, formerly of Campbellton, NB. Email: liseausman@rogers.com
For more information and to find the ordering form, visit: http://ca.geocities.com/liseausman/leblanc_estiembre.html
Or write: 241 Range Road, Ottawa ON K1N 8J7; or phone: (613) 565-1600.
Lee Family History - The Descendants of Daniel Lee of Lee Settlement (Elmcroft), NB, Canada
Published: 2004.
Available: Reference copies at Public Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) and libraries.
Memories of the Miramichi by Miramichi Books of Saint John, which is owned by retired UNB professor Willis D. Hamilton.
Description: Primarily of historical interest, but because of their complete indexes of names, they are of genealogical value.
Available: Selected book stores throughout New Brunswick and from Miramichi Books, PO Box 27041, Saint John, NB, E2M 5S8; email mirbooks@nbnet.nb.ca
For more information, visit Ruby Cusack’s website: http://www.rubycusack.com/issue149.html
North West Miramichi (The) by Joan Somers.
Published: 450 pages.
Description: Half history and half genealogy. Includes several pictures of the area and its people. The main families mentioned in the book are Menzies, Curtis, Mullin and Sinclair (and their descendants).
Available: From the author, Joan (Menzies) Somers, email (subject line: Genealogy-Miramichi): jemfhs@nbnet.nb.ca
Price: $40.00 plus shipping.
Outline of the History of Bathurst (An) by Gail MacMillan
Published: New Brunswick Bicentennial Commission, 1984.
For more information, visit: http://www.beaglesunlimited.net/magazinestaff_macmillan.htm
Ships of Miramichi by Louise Manny.
Description: Primarily of historical interest, but because of their complete indexes of names, they are of genealogical value.
Available: Selected book stores throughout New Brunswick and from Miramichi Books, PO Box 27041, Saint John, NB, E2M 5S8; email mirbooks@nbnet.nb.ca
For more information, visit Ruby Cusack’s website: http://www.rubycusack.com/issue149.html
Those Days Are Gone Away: Queens County, NB 1643-1901 by Marion Gilchrist Reicker.
Published: Queens County Historical Society, 1981, 219 pages, ISBN 0-9690893-0-9.
Available: Out of Print. Hard to find. Try Ruby Cusack's Bookshelf: http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Reicker-Days.html
Times There Was (A): Petersville, and Other Abandoned Settlements in Queen's County, NB, 1815-1953 by Marion Gilchrist Reicker.
Published: Queens County Historical Society, 1984.
Winds of Change: The History of the Town of Chatham from 1920 to 1994 Gail MacMillan.
Published: Sponsored by Tourism Miramichi, 1995.
For more information, visit: http://www.beaglesunlimited.net/magazinestaff_macmillan.htm
Young Emigrants and Craigs of the Magaguadavic (The)
Published: 2005.
Available: Reference copies at Public Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) and libraries.