Albert County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to Albert county ancestry, family history and genealogy.

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick have created a research guide available here New Brunswick Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

History
Albert county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland county. Before 1845 it consisted of the parishes of Hopewell and Hillsborough, created in 1786; part of the parish of Salisbury, created in 1787; Coverdale, removed from Hillsborough in 1828; and Harvey, removed from Hopewell and a small part of Saint John County in 1838. Alma was removed from Harvey in 1855.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch.com
 * 1871 - Postal Gazetteer
 * New Brunswick maps and places
 * Nq Brunswick Maps, maps.

Neighboring Counties
Westmorland County * Saint John County * Kings County

Birth Records

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes births 1800-1925 as well as late birth registrations.
 * Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Select Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at MyHeritage($) — index
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

Marriage Records

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes marriage records 1847-1970.
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Index to Marriage Bonds 1810-1932 Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

Death Records

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes death records 1815-1970.
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

Census
In Canada, census returns are closed for 92 years after the time of enumeration. Census returns prior to 1851 are rarely complete for any area. Due to boundary changes, census records may be found in Nova Scotia records.

Church Records
Many microfilms church records can be found at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. A detailed list of the records organized by denomination and locality with accompanying microfilm numbers can be found in their Albert County Genealogical Guide.

Directories

 * 1865-1868: NB Hutchinson Directories
 * 1871: NB Lovell Directory
 * 1923: Saint John, NB Directory
 * 1912 NB Telephone Directory

Immigration Records

 * Yorkshire Immigrants to New Brunswick, 1772-1775, index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Port Returns - Including Passenger Lists, 1816-1838
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834 ($)
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Passenger Lists Index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Vessel Index
 * Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 ($)

Land Records

 * Colonel William Spray's Grant, index. Rootsweb.
 * Images only - including an index book
 * New Brunswick, Canada, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1993, images ($)
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997
 * New Brunswick Bonds for Mid-1800s, index

Military Records

 * Index to Death registration of soldiers, 1941-1947 index.
 * New Brunswick Loyalist Pensions, Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows, index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows Index and images.
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Cemeteries

Newspapers and Obituaries

 * New Brunswick Newspaper Directory, index.

Probate Records
Indexes


 * Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick, FamilySearch

Images


 * Probate files, 1846-1904 (of Albert County, New Brunswick), FamilySearch
 * Probate record books, 1846-1885 (of Albert County, New Brunswick), FamilySearch

Repositories

 * http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA [Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Federated Database Search], metasearch

Websites

 * New Brunswick.net
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick