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[Keith Matthews Name Files (Newfoundland) 1500-1850] A directory of Newfoundland Surnames held at the Maritime History Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, Newfoundland

https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/index.php

To read the Matthews Name Files 1500- 1850 you need to download the abbreviation guide at

https:www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/abbreviations/namefilesguide.php

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-==Keith Matthews Name Files==
-Keith Matthews Name Files (Newfoundland) 1500-1850 A directory of Newfoundland Surnames held at the Maritime History Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, Newfoundland
-[https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/index.php Keith Matthews Name Files, 1500-1850]
+https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/index.php
 To read the Matthews Name Files 1500- 1850 you need to download the abbreviation guide at
-[https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/abbreviations/namefilesguide.php Keith Matthews Name Files, Abbreviation Guide]
+https:www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/abbreviations/namefilesguide.php
-==Colonel Secretary's Letterbook==
-Also very useful for looking up the goods on colonial pioneer ancestors
-The Colonial Secretary’s Letterbook
-by Olaf U. Janzen, Professor of History
-Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
-Corner Brook, Newfoundland
-The Colonial Secretary’s Letterbook & CO 194 Indexes (Colonial Office Records, Public Office, London CO194)
-[http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/Letterbook/ The Colonial Secretary's Letterbook]
-[http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/CO194/index.htm The Colonial Office 194 Series]
-==Newman Hunt and Company, Dartmouth, Devon, England==
-This company had businesses in several locations in Newfoundland and started its trade association with Newfoundland in 1589. If you are fortunate enough to have an ancestor who conducted business in these locations; you can probably find some records in the company ledgers or mentioned in their business letter books.
-Finding Aid for Newman and Company, Dartmouth, England in the Ottawa, Canada Archives
-[http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001357.pdf Archives]
-[[Category:Compiled Genealogies]]
-[[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada]]
- [[Category:Naming Customs]]