Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada Genealogy

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Albert County

Guide to Albert County, New Brunswick ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick have created a research guide available here

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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.

Geography

Maps and Gazetteers

New Brunswick maps at the David Rumsey Map Collection
Post Office Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada - 1871 - Hathi Trust digitized book

Populated Places

POPULATED PLACE	FORMER NAME, if applicable	TYPE	FHL CATALOG	WIKIPEDIA
Alma			Link	Link
Elgin			Link	Link
Hillsborough			Link	Link
Hopewell			Link	Link
Riverview			Link	Link

Neighboring Counties

Westmorland County * Saint John County * Kings County

Civil Registrations

Birth Records

1812-1919 New Brunswick County Registers of Births Index, ca. 1812-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index & images
- Index includes births 1800-1925 as well as late birth registrations.
Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at FamilySearch — index
New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 at FamilySearch — index & images
New Brunswick Late Registration of Births, 1810-1899 at FamilySearch — index & images
New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 at Ancestry($) — index & images
New Brunswick, County Registers of Births, ca. 1812-1919 at FamilySearch — index & images
New Brunswick, Select Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at Ancestry($) — index & images
New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at MyHeritage($) — index
Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index & images

Marriage Records

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.

Online Searchable Databases, Books and Images

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|- ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Name of Collection ! scope="col" |Where Available |- | style="padding-left:5px" | 1671 | style="padding-left:5px" | Acadian genealogy exchange - v. 5, no. 4 Oct 1976; | style="padding-left:5px" | FamilySearch Digital Library Acadian Families in 1671 begins on page 118
At various libraries (WorldCat) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1708 | style="padding-left:5px" |East Coast of Arcadia 1708 | style="padding-left:5px" |At various libraries (WorldCat)
FamilySearch |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1714 | style="padding-left:5px" |Acadian families in 1714 | style="padding-left:5px" |At various libraries (WorldCat)
FamilySearch |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1770 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia 1770 census | style="padding-left:5px" |Rootsweb
Nova Scotia Archives
Ancestry ($)
FamilySearch
|- | style="padding-left:5px" |1783 | style="padding-left:5px" |1783 Studholm Report | style="padding-left:5px" |CensusFinder, index. |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1785 | style="padding-left:5px" |Cape Ann Association Of Loyalists - 1785 | style="padding-left:5px" |Rootsweb
[Return of Persons who have Lands located to them on Schodiack River above the Glebe, 10 May 1785 Genweb] |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1788 | style="padding-left:5px" |Moncton Township Settlers 1788 | style="padding-left:5px" |Rootsweb |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1800-1842 | style="padding-left:5px" |Ontario and Nova Scotia Census, 1800-1842 | style="padding-left:5px" |Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1804 | style="padding-left:5px" |Scotch Emigrants - 1804 | style="padding-left:5px" |Rootsweb |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1811-1818 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Census Returns, 1811, 1817 and 1818 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Archives |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1827 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Census Returns 1827 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Archives
Ancestry ($)
FamilySearch
WorldCat |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1838 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Archives |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1851 | style="padding-left:5px" |Canada Census, 1851 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1861 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1861 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1871 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1871 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1871-1901 | style="padding-left:5px" |Jewish residents of the Maritime provinces in the 1871-1901 censuses of Canada | style="padding-left:5px" |FamilySearch
WorldCat |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1881 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1881 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1891 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1891 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1901 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1901 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1911 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1911 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
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Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1921 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1921 | style="padding-left:5px" |Ancestry ($) |}

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	New Brunswick Cemeteries index by Provincial Archives of New Brunswick partners Albert County cemeteries on Find-A-Grave (Select appropriate cemetery then search transcriptions) New Brunswick cemeteries on BillionGraves (Select appropriate cemetery then search transcriptions)
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	Cemeteries of Albert County, New Brunswick (book at the FS Library) Cemeteries of Queens, Charlotte and Albert Counties, New Brunswick (microfilm at the FS Library)
List of Cemeteries in the County	Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project for New Brunswick

Church Records

Many microfilms of 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.

Court Records

Directories

Hutchinson Directories - 1865-1868, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
Lovell Directory - 1871, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
New Brunswick Telephone Directory - 1912, New Brunswick GenWeb — index

Immigration Records

Yorkshire Immigrants to New Brunswick, 1772-1775 — index
New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834 at Ancestry($) — index
Irish Portal Passenger List Name Index, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
Irish Portal Passenger List Vessel Index, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 at Ancestry($) — index

Land Records

Albert County Land record books, 1846-1883 at FamilySearch — images only
New Brunswick, Albert County, deed registry books, 1846-1932 at FamilySearch — images only
New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1930 at FamilySearch — images only
1780-1930 New Brunswick: Land Records, 1780-1930 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
New Brunswick, Canada, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1993 at Ancestry($) — images only
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
New Brunswick Bonds for Mid-1800s, New Brunswick RootsWeb — index
Colonel William Spray's Grant, New Brunswick RootsWeb — index

Military Records

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

Newspapers and Obituaries

New Brunswick Newspaper Directory, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — directory
Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
New Brunswick Great War Project, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index

Probate Records

Indexes

Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index

Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick at FamilySearch — digitized index books

Images

Albert County Probate files, 1846-1904 at FamilySearch — images only
Albert County Probate record books, 1846-1885 at FamilySearch — images only

Taxation Records

Albert County Tax assessments, 1874-1878, at FamilySearch — images only

Voting Records

Albert County Poll books, 1846-1875, at FamilySearch — images only

References

We Lived, a Genealogical Newsletter of New Brunswick Sources, 1979-1983, Cleadie B. Barnett, Editor & Publisher