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Books

An index of English immigrants based on obituaries and death notices in Prince Edward Island newspapers, 1835-1910 WorldCat Gallant, Peter; Murray, Nelda; Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
An index of Irish immigrants based on obituaries and death notices in Prince Edward Island newspapers, 1835-1910 WorldCat Gallant, Peter; Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
Scottish immigrants to P.E.I. from death & obituary notices in P.E.I. newspapers, 1835-1910 WorldCat Gallant, Peter; Murray, Nelda; Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
Nelda Murray cemetery transcriptions book listing FamilySearch Library

Resources for Prince Edward Island Newspapers

Libraries and Archives

Public Archives and Records Office (PARO)
Hon. George Coles Building, 4th floor
175 Richmond Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7M4
Telephone: (902)368-4290
Email: archives@gov.pe.ca

There are many newspapers here and at the:

Robertson Library
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3
Information/Reference Desk: (902)566-0696
Email: reference@upei.ca^[1]

Prince Edward Island Newspaper Repositories^[2]

Although early newspapers recorded little vital information, later ones often contained excellent obituaries, marriage notices, and biographies of important persons. Small town newspapers tend to provide information regarding a person’s life, especially in obituaries. The Public Archives and Records of Prince Edward Island has a collection of island newspaper references from 1787 to 1874, which include birth, marriage, and death notices.

Newspaper Directories

Boylan, Heather. Checklist and Historical Directory of Prince Edward Island Newspapers, 1787–1986. (FS Library book 971.7 B33b.) It contains dates of publication and locations of newspapers. The directory is indexed chronologically and geographically.

Indexes

Prince Edward Island Unpublished Indexes

Some newspaper indexing has been done, and these names are included in the Master Name Index at the provincial archives. There are newspaper references in the ‘deaths before 1906’ file at PARO also.

There is a list of indexed newspapers in Orlo Jones’Family history in Prince Edward Island: a genealogical research guide (Charlottetown: Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation, 1981), which must now be considered somewhat out of date.

There are also unpublished indexes at the
Confederation Centre Public Library
P.O. Box 7000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 8G8
Telephone: 902-368-4642
Email: ccpl@gov.pe.ca^[1]

Websites

Master Name Index

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Taylor, Ryan, "Canada Newspaper Indexes and Abstracts - International Institute, " The International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Newspaper_Indexes_and_Abstracts_%28National_Institute%29.
↑ Taylor, Ryan, "Obtaining Canada Newspaper Resources - International Institute, " The International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Obtaining_Canada_Newspaper_Resources_%28National_Institute%29.

[ryan-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Taylor, Ryan, "Canada Newspaper Indexes and Abstracts - International Institute, " The International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Newspaper_Indexes_and_Abstracts_%28National_Institute%29.

[taylor-2] Taylor, Ryan, "Obtaining Canada Newspaper Resources - International Institute, " The International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Obtaining_Canada_Newspaper_Resources_%28National_Institute%29.

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