Probate records include wills, petitions, letters of administration and testamentary, and inventories. Most wills were created by individuals with substantial property. Most poor people, such as farmers and workers, arranged their affairs without legal action. Wills can give relationships, names, and dates.

Until recently, most probate records were held in the county courthouses. These records have been moved to the Provincial Archives. Most of the probate files are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Indexes exist for most probate files. Record Group 7 at the Provincial Archives contains probates for the following years:

Albert Co.1845–1855 (misc.)
Carleton Co.1833–1964
Charlotte Co.1785–1965
Gloucester Co.1836–1964
Kent Co.destroyed by fire
Kings Co.1786–1964
Madawaska Co.1894–1966
Northumberland Co.1860–1966
Queens Co.1785–1976
Restigouche Co.1839–1968
St. John Co.1785–1904
incomplete to 1963
Sunbury Co.1786–1976
Victoria Co.1845–1960
Westmorland Co.1787–1885 (misc.)
York Co.1786–1976

SOCIETIES

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The following societies may be helpful in providing genealogical information:

• New Brunswick Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 3235, Station B
Fredericton, NB E3A 2W0
CANADA

• St. John Branch

New Brunswick Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 3831, Station B
St. John, NB E2M 5C2
CANADA

• United Empire Loyalists Association

Fredericton Branch
54 MacKay Drive
Fredericton, NB E3A 3S2
CANADA

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