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Prince Edward Island

Vital Records

Civil Registration (Vital Records or Vital Statistics)

The government kept official records of births, marriages, and deaths.

Online Records

• Îl St. Jean (now Prince Edward Islands), Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1721-1758, index & images.
• Prince Edward Island, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1780-1983, index & images ($).

Births and Baptisms

• Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885
• Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943

Marriages

• Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888 Index and images.
• Prince Edward Island, Canada, Marriage Registers, 1832-1888, index($).
• Records of marriage licenses, 1879-1970, Prince Edward Island. Supreme Court. Deputy Prothonotary's Office (King's County)

Deaths and Burials

• Prince Edward Island Death Card Index, 1721-1905 Index and images.
• Prince Edward Island, Canada, Death Card Index, 1810-1913, index($).

Divorces

• Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968, index

Master Name Index

• Master Name Index, Search Engine Incomplete.
• Master Name Index of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation Part one
• Master Name Index of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation Part two

These are names extracted from census returns, marriage bonds, land and church records, passenger lists, newspapers, and so forth. Original at Charlottetown, P.E.I.: P.E.I. Genealogical Society and P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, 1985

Public Archives and Records Office (PARO) Online Database

• PARO Database search Engine This includes these records online:

• Baptisms (including the former PEI Baptismal Index, 1777-1923)
• Marriage licences, 1827-1919 (includes digitized originals, 1827-1888)
• Marriage registrations, 1920-1936
• Deaths, pre-1906
• Death registrations, 1906-1968

• More About the Database and Tips

Office of Vital Statistics

For more recent records, contact the Office of Vital Statistics: (Restrictions apply.)

Vital Statistics
126 Douses Road
Montague, PE C0A 1R0
Phone: 902-838-0880
Toll-free: 1-877-320-1253
Fax: 902-838-0883

1st Floor South, Shaw Building (North Entrance)
105 Rochford Street, PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Phone: (902) 368-4550

Email:vsmontague@gov.pe.ca