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Carleton County

Guide to Carleton 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

The county was first settled by disbanded soldiers from British Provincial regiments at the close of the American Revolution, followed in the early 1800s by immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. Carleton County area was among the earliest Loyalist settlements.

The shifting geography of the County, and the Province, can complicate and frustrate the researcher, and, occasionally, result in erroneous conclusions. For example, residents in the eastern part of the Parish of Wakefield, in 1830, became residents of the Parish of Brighton by the stroke of a pen. Before the end of the American Revolution, the northern boundary of Nova Scotia extended to Quebec. Settlement of the township of Sackville, by families from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, began about 1761.The first English settlement of the St. John River area began in 1762.

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 Table

POPULATED PLACE	FORMER NAME, if applicable	TYPE	FHL CATALOG	WIKIPEDIA
Argyle			Link	Link
Bath			Link	Link
Beaufort			Link	Link
Biggar Ridge			Link	Link
Bristol			Link	Link
East Coldstream			Link	Link
Florenceville			Link	Link
Foreston			Link	Link
Glassville			Link	Link
Gordonsville			Link	Link
Hartland			Link	Link
Holmesville			Link	Link
Johnville			Link	Link
Kent				Link
Knowlesville			Link	Link
Lower Woodstock			Link	Link
Mount Pleasant			Link	Link
Northampton			Link	Link
Upper Woodstock			Link	Link
Wakefield			Link	Link
Woodstock			Link	Link

Neighboring Counties

Victoria County * York County * Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A.

Archives and Associations

• Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
• New Brunswick Genealogical Society
• Carleton County Historical Society in Woodstock, New Brunswick

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

Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899

• 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

County

• Marriage registers, 1832-1887 (marriage dates), 1832-1890 (registration dates) at FamilySearch — images only
• Carleton County, New Brunswick marriages records, books A, B & C, 1832-1887 at FamilySearch — book on microfilm
• Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada : marriage records 1832-1887 book at the FamilySearch Library

Provincial

• Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index & images
  • Index includes marriage records 1847-1970.
• New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950 at Ancestry($) — index & images
• New Brunswick, Marriage Registers, 1789-1889 at FamilySearch — images only
• Index to Marriage Bonds 1810-1932 Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
• New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950 at FamilySearch — index & images
• New Brunswick Provincial Returns of Marriages, 1887-1919 at FamilySearch — images only
• New Brunswick Provincial Returns of Marriages and Late Registrations, 1920-1950 at FamilySearch — images only
• Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index & images

Death Records

• Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index & images
  • Index includes death records 1815-1970.
• New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938 at FamilySearch — index & images
• New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Deaths, 1815-1919 at FamilySearch — images only
• New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938 at Ancestry($) — index & images
• New Brunswick, Death Certificates, 1920-1934 at FamilySearch — images only
• New Brunswick, Death Certificates, 1935-1938 at FamilySearch — images only
• Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index & 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.

Online Searchable Databases, Books and Images

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

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	New Brunswick Cemeteries index by Provincial Archives of New Brunswick partners Carleton 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	Northern Carleton County, New Brunswick Cemeteries, digitized book on FamilySearch Southern Carleton County cemeteries, microfilmed and physical book at the FamilySearch 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 Carleton County Genealogical Guide.

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

• New Brunswick, Carleton County, deed registry books, 1832-1921; index, 1832-1990 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

• Carleton County Probate files, 1831-1931 at FamilySearch — images only
• Carleton County Probate papers, 1833-1886 at FamilySearch — images only
• Carleton County Probate record books, 1833-1934 at FamilySearch — images only

References

1. Carleton County Historical Society
2. We Lived, a Genealogical Newsletter of New Brunswick Sources, 1979-1983, Cleadie B. Barnett, Editor & Publisher

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