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=== Biographical Dictionaries  ===
=== Biographical Dictionaries  ===
You find them in books like ''A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography being Chiefly Men of the Times'' (1888) or ''Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces''. By 1922 when this was published, women, though not yet legally ‘persons’, were allotted some twenty entries. As well, the annual editions of ''The Canadian Who’s Who'' and its variants, can be a useful source because they usually give the place of birth, names of parents and often earlier lineage, as well as marriage, wife, children and education, offering leads to professional and college directories.
You find them in books like [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cyclopdia-of-canadian-biography-being-chiefly-men-of-the-time-a-collection-of-persons-distinguished-in-professional-and-political-life-leaders-in-the-commerce-and-industry-of-canada-and-successful-pioneers/oclc/1084367929&referer=brief_results '''A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography being Chiefly Men of the Times (1888)'''] or [https://www.worldcat.org/title/prominent-people-of-the-maritime-provinces/oclc/1036089504&referer=brief_results '''Prominent People of the Maritime Provinces''']. By 1922 when this was published, women, though not yet legally ‘persons’, were allotted some twenty entries. As well, the annual editions of [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Who%27s+Who+in+Canada&qt=results_page '''The Canadian Who’s Who and its variants'''], can be a useful source because they usually give the place of birth, names of parents and often earlier lineage, as well as marriage, wife, children and education, offering leads to professional and college directories. <ref>Douglas, ''Tools of the Trade,'' page 56.</ref>
 
“But my ancestors were farmers, they won’t be there.” Don’t be so sure. You would be surprised at how many Canadian farm families of modest means produced at least one noted clergyman or educator, politician or military man. The prominent same name may be granddad’s second cousin, but such books offer good clues as to where in the province a family name can be found. Someone who makes ''Who’s Who'' about 1950 was probably born around 1900, and his parents before 1875. An entry in the 1888 ''Cyclopaedia'' might take you back to 1800 or earlier.<ref>Douglas, ''Tools of the Trade,'' page 56.</ref>  


=== Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) Website  ===
=== Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) Website  ===
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