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This table can help you decide which records to search in New Brunswick. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.


== Record Finder Table for New Brunswick ==
1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
This Record Finder table links to the New Brunswick topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.
 
Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
 
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{|" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]], [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Birth date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]],[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] Biography,
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[New Brunswick History|History]], [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]], [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]], Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Minorities, [[Canada Native Races|Native Races]], [[New Brunswick Societies|Societies,]] [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Census|Census]]  
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] [[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | French terms
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Language and Languages
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]],&nbsp;
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick History|History]], Historical Geography, [[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Minorities
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], Biography, [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[New Brunswick Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]], [[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]], Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], Biography, [[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Maiden name, alias names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]; [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]; [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]; Names, Personal
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[New Brunswick Loyalists|Loyalists]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]],&nbsp; [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]], [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[New Brunswick Land and Property Records|Land and Property]], [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Loyalists|Loyalists]]
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]], [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], Biography, [[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]], Business Records and Commerce
*[[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Obituaries, [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],&nbsp;[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers,]] [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]], Biography
*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records,]] [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Maps and Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[New Brunswick Maps and Gazetteers|Maps]], [[New Brunswick History|History]]  
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Historical Geography, [[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
 
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick History|History]], [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the province
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]] (indexed), [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]],[[New Brunswick Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[New Brunswick Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]  
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Biography, [[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[New Brunswick History|History]], [[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[New Brunswick Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]  
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Political subdivision origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Maps and Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[New Brunswick Maps and Gazetteers|Maps]], [[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick History|History]], Historical Geography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick History|History]], Biography
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
*[[New Brunswick Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
*[[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
 
| align="left" | [[New Brunswick Census|Census]], [[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]], [[New Brunswick History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] Obituaries
*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick History|History]], Biography, [[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]  
*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]], Obituaries
*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|}
*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]  
 
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1917)


|-
|}
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Revision as of 19:39, 25 September 2020

New Brunswick Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
New Brunswick Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search in New Brunswick. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.

1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.

2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.

Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.


What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Census, Vital Records, Church Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records Cemeteries, Newspapers, Census
Birthplace Vital Records, Church Records Census, Newspapers
City or parish of foreign birth Church Records,Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Biography, Vital Records, Newspapers, History, Emigration and Immigration
Country of foreign birth Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship Church Records, Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers
Death Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records Newspapers, Military Records, Obituaries
Ethnic background Minorities, Native Races, Societies, Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship
French terms Language and Languages Church Records, Vital Records, 
Historical background History, Historical Geography, Periodicals Emigration and Immigration, Minorities
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Census, Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property
Living relatives (and adoptions) Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name, alias names Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers Cemeteries; Military Records; Probate Records; Names, Personal
Marriage Vital Records, Church Records,  Census, Newspapers Military Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Cemeteries
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration, Vital Records Newspapers, Biography, Court Records, Business Records and Commerce
Parents, children, and other family members Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Probate Records, Genealogy Obituaries, Emigration and Immigration, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Physical description Military Records, Biography Vital Records, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, History Historical Geography, Periodicals
Places of residence Census, Land and Property History, Military Records
Place (town) of residence when you know only the province Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records,Vital Records, Land and Property Biography, Probate Records, History, Emigration and Immigration, Directories
Political subdivision origins and boundaries Gazetteers, Maps, Directories History, Historical Geography
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies Periodicals
Religion Census, Church Records, History Biography, Cemeteries, Obituaries
Social activities History, Biography, Newspapers, Societies Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries
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