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New Brunswick
Research Outline
   

Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

CHURCH RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.


Church records contain baptisms, marriages, and burials. Very few of these records are indexed and most of them are located in the parish itself. Requests for information should be addressed to the individual church. To find the name and address of a church, consult the church directory. To obtain church directories, write to:


AnglicanLook this term up in the glossary.

The Anglican Book Centre
Anglican Church of Canada
600 Jarvis Street
Toronto, ON M4Y 2J6
CANADA
Telephone: 416-924-1332
Fax: 416-924-2760

BaptistLook this term up in the glossary.

United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces
1655 Manawagonish Road
Saint John, NB E2M 3Y2
CANADA
Telephone: 506-635-1922
Fax: 506-635-0366
Some early Baptist registers are in the Maritime Baptist Historical Collection held at:
Atlantic Baptist Archives
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS B0P lX0
CANADA
Telephone: 902-585-1412
Fax: 902-585-1748
A complete list of these records is found in Robert F. Fellows’ Researching Your Ancestors in New Brunswick, pages 226–36. These records are not available through interlibrary loan.

PresbyterianLook this term up in the glossary.

The Presbyterian Church of Canada
50 Wynford Drive
North York, ON M3C 1J7
CANADA
Telephone: 416-441-1111
Fax: 416-441-2825

Roman CatholicLook this term up in the glossary.

Call the local diocese to obtain the appropriate information.

United Church of CanadaLook this term up in the glossary.

The United Church of Canada
3250 Bloor St. W.
Etobicoke, ON M8X 2Y4
CANADA
Telephone: 416-231-7680 ex. 4036, 416-231-5931
Fax: 416-232-6004
A great number of church registers have been microfilmed by the National Archives of Canada. A list of their holdings is found in their Checklist of Parish Registers.

The registers of over three hundred Baptist, Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches are on microfilm at the Provincial Archives which be ordered through interlibrary loan. A list of their holdings can be obtained from the archives.

Many of the above-mentioned registers are on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at local Family History Centers.

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