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The ''County Guides'' issued (and posted on the Internet) by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ('''PANB''') explain the history of each county. Maps, and a table showing the changes and the dates they occurred will be found at the end of this section. Counties are divided into civil Parishes which you encounter usually as census districts. They are not the same as church parishes. Alan Rayburn names all parishes, and they are marked on the map included with his book. Otherwise, the quick way to check is on the Internet.<ref>Fellows, Robert F., ''Researching Your Ancestors in New Brunswick Canada'' (1979), pages 253-254, has a map showing Parishes and Counties of New Brunswick. The same map is printed in Generations, Issue 48, June 1991, pages 12-13, with an explanation of regional governments; and it is posted on the Internet through the [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/ New Brunswick GenWeb Project].</ref> | The ''County Guides'' issued (and posted on the Internet) by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ('''PANB''') explain the history of each county. Maps, and a table showing the changes and the dates they occurred will be found at the end of this section. Counties are divided into civil Parishes which you encounter usually as census districts. They are not the same as church parishes. Alan Rayburn names all parishes, and they are marked on the map included with his book. Otherwise, the quick way to check is on the Internet.<ref>Fellows, Robert F., ''Researching Your Ancestors in New Brunswick Canada'' (1979), pages 253-254, has a map showing Parishes and Counties of New Brunswick. The same map is printed in Generations, Issue 48, June 1991, pages 12-13, with an explanation of regional governments; and it is posted on the Internet through the [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/ New Brunswick GenWeb Project].</ref> | ||
== Gazetteers and Maps == | |||
=== Place Names === | |||
Maritime place names have always baffled Upper Canadian radio announcers. A five stanza poem, “Sweet maiden of Passamaquoddy,” by James DeMilne, praises two brooks, the Skoodawabskooksis and the Skoodawabskook, telling us: <br> | Maritime place names have always baffled Upper Canadian radio announcers. A five stanza poem, “Sweet maiden of Passamaquoddy,” by James DeMilne, praises two brooks, the Skoodawabskooksis and the Skoodawabskook, telling us: <br> | ||
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However, to really focus in on a region, try to locate the Canadian ''National Topographical Series'' of 1:50,000 (approximately 1.25 inches to a mile) maps, prepared in the 1950s. Based on military surveys of 1909-1917, they were revised after World War II using an R.C.A.F. aerial survey of 1950. Every building is shown, churches, schools, sawmills and cemeteries are identified, every road passable or otherwise, railroads, and quite a few abandoned rail tracks. When they were prepared at the end of WWII, one-room schools and old farms were still standing and it is possible to locate things on these maps that have now been swallowed by highway bypasses and vacation developments. | However, to really focus in on a region, try to locate the Canadian ''National Topographical Series'' of 1:50,000 (approximately 1.25 inches to a mile) maps, prepared in the 1950s. Based on military surveys of 1909-1917, they were revised after World War II using an R.C.A.F. aerial survey of 1950. Every building is shown, churches, schools, sawmills and cemeteries are identified, every road passable or otherwise, railroads, and quite a few abandoned rail tracks. When they were prepared at the end of WWII, one-room schools and old farms were still standing and it is possible to locate things on these maps that have now been swallowed by highway bypasses and vacation developments. | ||
This series of maps is no longer available from the government, who update their survey maps regularly, but you should find them in most university map collections or geography departments. There are other detailed maps, look for a scale at least 1:250 000 (1 cm = 2.5 km/1 inch to approx. 4 miles); better yet 1: 50 000 (2 cm = 1 km/1 ¼ inch to 1 mile). | This series of maps is no longer available from the government, who update their survey maps regularly, but you should find them in most university map collections or geography departments. There are other detailed maps, look for a scale at least 1:250 000 (1 cm = 2.5 km/1 inch to approx. 4 miles); better yet 1: 50 000 (2 cm = 1 km/1 ¼ inch to 1 mile). | ||
== Maps - Historic == | == Maps - Historic == | ||