Land petitions, 1783-1857

Format

Microfilm 16mm, Microfilm 35mm

Language

English

Publication Date

1979-1980

Publisher

Filmed by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Place of Publication

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Physical

115 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. and 16 mm.

Notes

Microfilm of original records in the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Index cards missed during filming are at the end of the reel in which they should have been found.

The land petitions held at the Provincial Archives fall under record group 10 - Records of the Department of Natural Resources ; RS108, Land Petitions.

In 1978 a reorganization program of the five old series of the Crown Land Petitions was begun. An additional 15,000 petitions were located and added to the existing five series of approximately 40,000 petitions. At the end of the year, aproximately 9,000 petitions had been organized into a single series and an index of over 20,000 name cards prepared. This set was called Series I and is found in these films. Series II is forthcoming and contains the later years, organized by chronological year and control number as assigned by the Department of Natural Resources.

Library also has microfilm copies of the old government series I, II, and III.

An online index is available at http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS108/?culture=en-CA (as of May 8, 2018).

View this catalog record in WorldCat for other possible copy locations.

Subjects

Locality Subjects

Film/Digital Notes

Column headers with buttons are sortable.
NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFormat
Index - Aasley, Daniel to Chambers, JamesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249993 8213872
Index - Chambers, James to Foster, IsaiahGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249994 8213874
Index - Foster, Isaiah to Kimbal, MosesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249995 8213876
Index - Kimbal, Richard to McNiel, NormaGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249996 8213879
Index - McNiell, Donald to Steeves, EnochGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249997 8213882
Index - Steeves, Frederick to ZingarGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249998 8213883
1783 Clements, Peter - 1785 Carey, EdwardGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288446 8191392
1785 Carey, John Henry - 1785 Ellis, WilliamGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288447 8130848
1785 Emons, John - 1785 Husted, JabezGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288448 8191393
1785 Hutchins, William - 1785 McPherson, CharlesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288449 8130847
NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFilmImage Group Number (DGS)Format
Index - Aasley, Daniel to Chambers, JamesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249993 8213872
Index - Chambers, James to Foster, IsaiahGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249994 8213874
Index - Foster, Isaiah to Kimbal, MosesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249995 8213876
Index - Kimbal, Richard to McNiel, NormaGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249996 8213879
Index - McNiell, Donald to Steeves, EnochGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249997 8213882
Index - Steeves, Frederick to ZingarGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1249998 8213883
1783 Clements, Peter - 1785 Carey, EdwardGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288446 8191392
1785 Carey, John Henry - 1785 Ellis, WilliamGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288447 8130848
1785 Emons, John - 1785 Husted, JabezGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288448 8191393
1785 Hutchins, William - 1785 McPherson, CharlesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1288449 8130847

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