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Gloucester County

Guide to Gloucester 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[edit | edit source]

Gloucester County was set off from Northumberland County in 1826. It is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick.The parishes of Saumarez and Beresford were established in 1814 as parishes in Northumberland County. Bathurst was created from Beresford in 1826. New Bandon and Caraquet were created from Saumarez in 1831; Shippagan from Saumarez in 1851; and Inkerman from Saumarez in 1855. In 1881, Saint Isidore was created from Saumarez and Inkerman. Paquetville was erected from Inkerman and Caraquet in 1897, and Allardville was created from Bathurst in 1946.

Geography[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

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

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

POPULATED PLACE	FORMER NAME, if applicable	TYPE	FHL CATALOG	WIKIPEDIA
Bas-Caraquet			Link	Link
Bathurst			Link	Link
Belledune			Link	Link
Beresford			Link	Link
Bertrand			Link	Link
Caraquet			Link	Link
Grande-Anse			Link	Link
Inkerman			Link	Link
Lamèque			Link	Link
Maisonnette			Link	Link
Paquetville			Link	Link
Petit Rocher			Link	Link
Petite-Rivière-de-L'ile			Link	Link
Pigeon Hill			Link	Link
Pointe-Sauvage			Link	Link
Pointe Verte			Link	Link
Pokemouche			Link	Link
Pont-Landry			Link	Link
Robertville			Link	Link
Saint-Isidore			Link	Link
Saint-Raphael-sur-Mer			Link	Link
Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer			Link	Link
Sheila			Link	Link
Shippegan			Link	Link
Stonehaven			Link	Link
Tracadie			Link	Link

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Restigouche County * Northumberland County

Archives and Associations[edit | edit source]

Civil Registrations[edit | edit source]

Birth Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Census[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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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 ($)
FamilySearch
WorldCat |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1838 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Census Returns 1838 | style="padding-left:5px" |Nova Scotia Archives |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1861 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1861 | style="padding-left:5px" |Archives of Canada
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | 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
FamilySearch
Ancestry ($) |- | style="padding-left:5px" |1921 | style="padding-left:5px" |Census of Canada, 1921 | style="padding-left:5px" |Ancestry ($) |}

Church Records[edit | edit source]

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 Gloucester County Genealogical Guide.

Acadie - Caraquet - Népisiquit : 1768-1798; book available at the FamilySearch Library
Miscou : index des naissances et baptêmes 1903-1945; index des mariages 1903-1922; index des décès 1903-1922; book available at the FamilySearch Library
Registres paroissiaux, 1840-1920 at FamilySearch — images only

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries of online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	New Brunswick Cemeteries index by Provincial Archives of New Brunswick partners Gloucester 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
List of Cemeteries in the County	Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project for New Brunswick

Directories[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Gloucester County Land record books, 1827-1886 at FamilySearch — images only
New Brunswick, Gloucester County, deed registry books, 1827-1930; index, 1827-1989 at FamilySearch — images only
Bathurst, N.-B. abstracts of register, Gloucester County, five volumes of books at the FamilySearch Library
New Brunswick Land grants, 1785-1831 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Obituaries photocopied from The northern light newspaper, Bathurst, NB; available as books or microfilms at the FamilySearch Library
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[edit | edit source]

Indexes[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Gloucester County Probate files, 1827-1931 at FamilySearch — images only
Gloucester County Probate papers 1806-1885, and index 1806-1949 at FamilySearch — images only
Gloucester County Probate record book, 1926-1942 at FamilySearch — images only

References[edit | edit source]

Gloucester County Genealogical Guide, http://archives.gnb.ca/documents/countyguides/gloucester_en-ca.pdf, April 5, 2017.
We Lived, a Genealogical Newsletter of New Brunswick Sources, 1979-1983, Cleadie B. Barnett, Editor & Publisher