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New Brunswick
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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

LAND AND PROPERTYLook this term up in the glossary.

The land record collection of the Provincial Archives contains microfilms and originals of many important land transactions. The most useful are the land petitionsLook this term up in the glossary. and the old land deedsLook this term up in the glossary.. The most helpful petitions were submitted between 1784 and about 1850. In general, the earlier land petitions contain more biographical information. Land petitions after 1850, as a rule, do not provide much information. Land records before 1784 are among the Nova Scotia records. Most of the petitions at the Provincial Archives are on microfilm. The following are also available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives:

General Index of Grants 1785 to 1830
Index to Land Grants 1765 to 1900
Index to Land Grants 1785 to 1852
Abstract Index of Grants 1785 to 1830

After the petition for land was made and the land grant issued, the provincial government was no longer involved in transactions concerning that particular piece of land. The Land Registration Office was created to handle all subsequent land sales. The old land deeds are the most useful of all the Land Registration Office records. They can provide names, dates, addresses, occupations, and similar information. The older deeds contain more information than the more modern deeds. The Provincial Archives have microfilms of these records as well as many indexes and maps.


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MILITARY RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Some militia muster rolls and pay lists from about 1808 to 1839 can be found in the Provincial Archives and the New Brunswick Museum.


World War ILook this term up in the glossary. (1914-1918)

Canadian Expeditionary ForceLook this term up in the glossary. (CEF) service records are available through the Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada (see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline for the address). These service records contain detailed information from enlistment to demobilization (discharge). Information may include each person's date and place of birth, address at time of enlistment, name and address of next of kin, marital status, occupation, personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars), and religion. When requesting information from the Personnel Records Unit, please include the person's name, rank, and regiment (where known).


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NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIPLook this term up in the glossary.

Until 1947, British immigrants from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland automatically became citizens of Canada. They did not need naturalizationLook this term up in the glossary.. Non-British immigrants, however, were required to make oaths of allegiance before receiving land grants. Files containing these oaths and petitions for citizenship covering the years 1817 to 1846 are found at the Provincial Archives.

Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at:

Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Public Rights Administration
300 Slater Street, 3rd floor, section D
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1
CANADA
Telephone: 888-242-2100 (in Canada only; outside of Canada, write to the above address)

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NEWSPAPERSLook this term up in the glossary.

Many early newspapers mention marriages, deaths, and a few births. J. Russell Harper's Historical Directory of New Brunswick Newspapers and Periodicals, lists the different newspapers in New Brunswick and tells where they can be found. The Royal Gazette has been indexed for the years 1784–1867. This index is available at the Provincial Archives.


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PERIODICALSLook this term up in the glossary.

Many local periodicals are indexed in:

PERiodical Source Index (PERSI). Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987–. (FHL book 973 D25per; 1847–1985 on fiche 6016863 [set of 40]; 1986–1990 on fiche 6016864 [set of 15]; computer number 658308.) Indexes thousands of family history periodicals. Annual indexes have been published yearly since 1986. For further details, see the PERiodical Source Index Resource Guide (34119).

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