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Newfoundland Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Census
Church Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Military Records
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Computers with modems
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Newfoundland in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources
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Colonial Building
Military Road
St. John’s, NF A1C 2C9
CANADA
Telephone: 709-729-3065
Fax: 709-729-0578
The major holdings of the archives are listed in:
The Union List of Manuscripts in Canadian Repositories. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1975. (FHL book 971 A3cp.) Two inventories of its holdings have also been published: Preliminary Inventory no. 1 (1970) and Preliminary Inventory no. 2 (1972); both are out of print.
Arts and Culture Center
Allendale Road
St. John's, NF A1B 3A3
CANADA
Telephone: 709-737-2133
Fax: 709-737-2660
2424 Watt St.
Sainte-Foy, PQ G1P 3T3
CANADA
Telephone: 418-683-5784
Queen Elizabeth II Library
Memorial University
St. John’s, NF A1B 3Y1
CANADA
Telephone: 709-737-7475 or 709-737-7476
35 N. West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400
Education Bldg., Memorial University
St. John's, NF A1C 5S7
CANADA
Telephone: 709-737-8401
P.O. Box 309, Station ‘A’
Goose Bay, Labrador A0P lS0
CANADA
Université de Moncton
Moncton, NB E1A 3E9
CANADA
Telephone: 506-858-4085
Fax: 506-858-4086
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 4750
St. John’s, NF A1C 5T7
CANADA
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3
CANADA
Telephone: 613-996-7458
Fax: 613-995-6274
Public Library Services
125 Allandale Road, #1
St John’s NF A1B 3R6
CANADA
214 Prince Philip Drive
St. John’s, NF A1B 3R6
CANADA
35 N. West Temple Street
Most microfilms available at the library can also be distributed to its Family History Centers. A current list of branch libraries in your area can be obtained from the Family History Library.
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400
USA
Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
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and lecture sessions.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cngenwebe.html
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.
http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm
Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
FamilySearch™
; some have been automated from original sources.
[FamilySearchTM: Research Guidance
Version of Data: 6/9/2001]