Maritime Conference of the United Church
32 York Street, Sackville, NB E4L 4R4
www.united-church.ca/local/archives/maritime/
Telephone Number: 506-536-0998
E-mail Address: ucarchiv@nb.sympatico.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions and Services
Tuesday to Thursday, 9:00–4:00
Closed December 24 to first Tuesday in January.
Appointments requested.
Research services are provided at a rate of $20 per hour.
Photocopies are provided at a cost of 25¢ per page.
Collections Description
The Maritime Conference area consists of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec, and the island of Bermuda. The Maritime Conference Archives holds records of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches within the Maritime region prior to 1925, and of The United Church of Canada after 1925.
Holdings include those records created by local congregations such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; general membership lists; minutes of church boards, committees, and organizations; local church histories; correspondence; photographs and slides; audio-visual materials and ephemera.
Approximately 280 Pastoral Charges in the Maritime Conference (including closed congregations) have deposited some original records in the Archives. Of this number approximately twenty-eight percent have included registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials. Those registers that pre-date 1850 are few in number.
Mailing Address: 120 Victoria Street, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9
www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html
Telephone Number: 506-858-4085
E-mail Address: isabelle.cormier@umoncton.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 8:30–4:30 & Thursday, 7:00–10:00
Collections & Description
The centre brings together a vast collection of records pertaining to Acadien people and history, including many records that refer to Aboriginal people.
Holdings include:
Census records
Church registers (including much of Quebec)
Newspapers
Local histories
Index file to over 400 Acadien families
Pre-expulsion church records are available for the following locations that are known to have substantial Aboriginal populations, as follows:
Beaubassin and Jemseg: Baptisms, 1680–1686; Marriages, 1679–1686
Beaubassin: Baptism register, 1707–1748; Marriage register, 1709–1748; Burial register, 1709–1748
Chipoudie: Baptism register, 1755–1756, Marriage register, 1756
Gaspésie: Several registers for the area covering the period 1751–1757.
Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles des Mines): Some have been destroyed, but copies have survived for five volumes covering the period 1687 to 1755.
Île Royale (Cap-Breton actuel): There are registers for four parishes—Havre du Petit-Laurent-le-Bec, Havre de la Baleine, Petit-Nord and Havre Saint-Esprit.
Louisbourg: registers for 1722–1758, with a gap between mid-1745 and mid-1749
Port-La-Joie (île Saint-Jean): 1721–1758, with a gap between 1745 and 1749
Port-Royal: Registers cover 1702–1755
Saint-Pierre-du-Nord (île Saint-Jean): Early records are included with Port-La-Joie. A separate register begins in 1724
277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, NB E2K 1E5
www.nbm-mnb.ca
Telephone Number: 506-643-2322
E-mail Address: archives@nbm-mnb.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–4:30
Closed all Saturdays in July and August and several other Saturdays throughout the year.
Collections & Description
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
S219 William Francis Ganong fonds
F142 Aboriginals: 25 research papers pertaining to Aboriginal groups in NB
F530 Correspondence 1839 to 1842—Aboriginal issues (27 items)
F531 Petitions, reports, censuses, aboriginal issues (16 items), mostly dated 1841, one dates 1832, one 1838.
Communities concerned: French Village, Maugerville, Douglas, Meductic, Tobique, Kennebecasis, Hammond River, Parish of Perth, Carleton County, Lovett’s Point, Saint John, Three Brothers Islands near mouth of Kennebecasis River, Little Madawaska and Tobique Rivers, Miramichi area and Restigouche.
New Brunswick Museum History Department Files
F553, 7 Maliseet Interviews: St. Mary’s Reserve, Kingsclear Reserve, Woodstock Reserve, Fort Fairfield
Tobique Reserve, 1975–1977
F554, 16 Maliseet and Passamaquoddy interviews: Oromocto Reserve, Pleasant Point Reserve, Indian Township, Indian Island, 1977
F555(1), 8 Aboriginal interviews regarding basketry: Restigouche, Red Bank, Afton, Eskasoni, Whycocomagh
F555, 44 Mi’kmaq Interviews: Eskasoni, Whycocomagh, Nyanza, Membertou, Shubenacadie, Gold River, Pictou, Afton, Chapel Island, Cambridge, Bear River, Eel River Bar, Papineau, Burnt Church, Eel Ground, Red Bank, Big Cove, 1978
F556, 22 Mi’kmaq Interviews: Afton, Bear River, Chapel Island, Eskasoni, Millbrook.
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F557, 22 Mi’kmaq Interviews: Nyanza, Pictou, Shubenacadie, Whycocomagh, Miscellaneous Nova Scotia
F558, 20 Mi’kmaq interviews: Big Cove, Eel Ground, Eel River Bar, Red Bank, Miscellaneous New Brunswick; Maria, Quebec.
George Thomas Baird fonds
Correspondence from S. L. Tilley to A.C. Hammond re: Indian affairs on Tobique reservation, 1858–1869.
James White fonds
1761–1815
Correspondence of James White, 1768–1809, and of James White Jr., 1812–1815
Ships’ accounts, 1761–1788
White’s records as Assistant Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 1778–1781 and as Deputy Collector, 1783–1785 are also included, along with records of his role as Justice of the Peace, 1779–1783, 1793 and in various parish offices, 1788–1814.
20 cm, textual records
ID272 Sussex Indian Academy fonds
- Correspondence, 1786–1832
- Returns of scholars, 1808–1809, 1813, 1825
- Receipts re payments and supplies, 1808–1826
- 2 cm, textual records
Provincial Archives of New
Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/
Telephone Number: 506-453-2122
E-mail Address:
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 10:00–5:00
Saturday, 8:30–5:00
The vast majority of the genealogically valuable records are available on microfilm and can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Collections & Description
Guides to the records of each of New Brunswick’s counties are available in both paper and PDF (online) format. These guides provide detailed listings of helpful records.
RS141 Civil Registration
County birth registers, 1800–1913
Provincial birth registers, 1898–1912
County death registers, 1885–1921
Provincial death registers, 1815–1919
Death certificates, 1920–1957
Indexes to all are available on the website. Copies of originals can be purchased online.
Census
Several early censuses of Acadia for the period 1671 to 1752, most cover only a small area and include only heads of households
1761, Sackville, Bathurst, heads of households only
1765, Sackville, heads of households only
1770, entire colony, heads of households only
1773, Memramcook & Petitcodiac
Settlements, heads of households only
1781, Memramcook & Petitcodiac
Settlements, heads of households only
1834, heads of households only
1851, all inhabitants
1861, all inhabitants
1871, all inhabitants
1881, all inhabitants
1891, all inhabitants
1901, all inhabitants
1911, all inhabitants
Church records
Registers for virtually all Roman Catholic churches
All of the Anglican diocese of Fredericton’s records, and few Anglican registers for other regions
Many United Church and Presbyterian registers
Few Baptist Church registers
Land Records
Petitions, grants, deeds, mortgages
Most counties up to mid-1900s
RS657 Teachers and Trustees Returns
1877–1956
Include lists of students with their ages
Records are arranged by county and name of school
Probate Records
Most counties up to late 1900s
On microfilm up to 1950s
Newspapers
Many newspapers are available on microfilm
RS965 Indian Documentation Inventory
1785–1905
Correspondence, petitions, reports, performance bonds, affidavits, returns, receipts and extracts of minutes of Council taken from the following records:
RS9 Executive Council Cabinet Meetings, 1838–1891;
RS24 Sessional Records of the House of Assembly, 1786–1833;
RS76 Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 1830, 1842, 1850;
RS108 Land Petitions: Original Series, 1786–1878;
RS272 Land Petitions: Current Series, 1849–1867;
RS557 Provincial Secretary: Indian Administration Records, 1788–1870;
TS637 Surveyor General Records, 1785–1905; and
additional sources from microfilm, the cartographic section (F11886) and the manuscript section
10 microfilm reels
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, Archives
1 Bayard Drive, Saint John, NB E2L 3L5
Telephone Number: 506-653-6807
E-mail Address: archives@dioceseofsaintjohn.org
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
September to mid-June
Monday to Thursday, 1:30–4:30
Summer
Monday to Friday, 9:00–12:00 & 1:00–4:00
Appointments preferred
Collections & Description
The Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John has most of the extant Pre-1900 sacramental registers for the parishes of the diocese—which comprises these eight counties: Saint John, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, Charlotte, Carleton and Northumberland.
Some of the baptisms, marriages and interment records in these registers are those of aboriginals. Aboriginal records are scattered among the non-aboriginal records. Any of these pre-1900 church registers are open to public research.
5th Floor, 5 Macaulay Lane, Box 7500, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H5
Telephone Number: 506-453-4748
E-mail Address: archives@unb.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 10:00–4:00
Microfilm readers/printers are available.
Staff will make photocopies at a charge of 20¢ per page.
Collections & Description
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
MG H54 Indian Affairs Collection
1761–1864, predominantly 1800–1840
This collection contains 90 original documents, dealing with issues concerning the Natives of New Brunswick during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Included are a number of documents dealing with land disputes between the Natives and the settlers, appointing Native Chiefs and Captains, listing the names of Natives living in various regions, assuring the neutrality of the Natives during the War of 1812 and petitioning for relief for various Native families.
There are also a series of French language documents which, in addition to dealing with Native issues, also focus on land disputes between Acadians and the Government. Documents are in the form of personal and official correspondence, reports, maps, certificates, petitions and lists. Of particular note is a Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the President of His Majesty’s Council and the Chief of the Jedaick Tribe of Natives at Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia, June 25, 1761.
Item level descriptions and scanned images of documents available online www.lib.unb.ca/archives/finding/ia/ia.html
12.5 cm, textual records
E[dwin] Tappan Adney fonds (naturalist, ethnologist)
1893–1950, predominantly 1940–1950
Material relating to Aboriginal rights, New Brunswick Court Cases involving Aboriginal rights, historical development of the reserves and the 1947 review of the Indian Act.
Case 1. Treaty Rights and Related Material (typescripts), 1725–1778
Case 2. Treaty Rights and Related Material (typescripts), including Col. John Allen’s report on the Indian tribe in 1793, from Kidder’s "Military Operations"; Copies of Indian "deeds," Penobscot
Case 3. Court Cases, Early History Of Upper Woodstock, newspaper clippings. Cases include: Peter Paul case, Silboy case, Polchies case.
Case 4. Typescripts: Indian Veterans and Veteran Lands; Sale of Woodstock Reserve to Wetmore; Indian Committee and its Schemes; Indian origins, migration; Indian mythology; Removal of Indians to and from Kingsclear; Indian Reserves—particular problems; Political Status of Indians of Maritimes; Woodstock Reserve; Wulastukw— reconstituting old tribe of St. John River Indians; Restigouche Mission; Kingsclear— History of St. John River; The new Penobscots; The Passamaquoddies; site of old Meduktck Indian Village, its ownership
Case 5. Correspondence
Case 7. Publications: government reports on Aboriginal issues
Case 8. Journals: Third trip to New Brunswick including Odell Stream, Serpentine River, etc. November 1891–November 1892; Fifth trip to New Brunswick — Bear hunting, Riley Brook, Gold Diggers, Serpentine
River, wood stove and miscellaneous notes, September 15–November 1896.
Originals at Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
87.5 cm, textual records; sketches, 8 reels film
William Poynter (Bishop of Halifax 1762–1827)
1803–1827
Catholic colonial missions including Quebec and Montreal 1813–1827
Originals at Westminster Cathedral Archives
Microfilm, 2 reels, list of contents at beginning of each reel
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