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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1753-1893''' {{RecordSearch|1793777|Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893}} Index and Images - at FamilySearch | |||
*'''1757-1901''' [https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61507&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Newfoundland, Canada, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1757-1901], index & images ($) | |||
*'''1840-1949''' {{RecordSearch|1790939|Newfoundland, Vital Records, 1840-1949}} Index and Images - at FamilySearch | |||
*'''1841-1968''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/search.aspx Search: Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968] Library and Archives Canada | |||
*'''1850-1949''' [https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61508&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Newfoundland, Canada, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1850-1949], index & images ($) | |||
*'''1950-1968''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70925 Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Death Certificates, 1950-1968] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1950-1968''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20251/canada-newfoundland-labrador-deaths?s=275764761 Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Deaths] at MyHeritage — index & images ($) | |||
*[http://ngb.chebucto.org/Parish/index.shtml Newfoundland's Grand Banks Parish Records for Newfoundland and Labrador] Baptisms, Marriages, Burials. | |||
== Background == | |||
Newfoundland, including the area of Labrador, became a province of Canada in 1949. Official registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1891. | Newfoundland, including the area of Labrador, became a province of Canada in 1949. Official registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1891. | ||
Until 1948, most vital records were copies of church records. Clergy were required to register the baptisms, marriages, and burials they performed with the civil authorities. | '''Until 1948, most vital records were copies of church records. Clergy were required to register the baptisms, marriages, and burials they performed with the civil authorities.''' The collection is not complete as many clergy and churches did not respond to the request of the Department of Public Health and Welfare to transcribe their records. The collection is predominately Protestant as only 6 of the 124 volumes are Roman Catholic. The remainder of the volumes are the records of the Church of England, Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian and Reformed Episcopal Churches. They are digitized and indexed in {{RecordSearch|1793777|Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893}} and [https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=61507&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0005737308&o_lid=0005737308&o_sch=Affiliate+External Newfoundland, Canada, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1757-1901.] | ||
By 1948, official death certificates were being prepared by physicians and other medical personnel for the civil authorities.<ref>Murphy, Sharon L. "Newfoundland and Labrador Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_Birth,_Marriage,_and_Death_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | |||
==Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador== | |||
Records of this civil registration are available on microfilm at the Archives. | |||
*Births - 1891-1899 | |||
*Marriages - 1891-1922 | |||
*Deaths - 1891-1949 | |||
All of these records are available online in the listings above.<br> | |||
The Rooms does not make prints of these records or issue certificates based on the records. Certificates can be obtained from the province’s Vital Statistics Division.<br> | |||
[https://www.therooms.ca/collections-research '''Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador''']<br>The Rooms<br>9 Bonaventure Avenue<br>P.O. Box 1800, Station C<br>St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5P9<br>Canada <br>Telephone: 709-757-8000<br>Email: information@therooms.ca<bt>Fax: 709-757-8017<br> | |||
== Recent Records == | |||
Recent vital statistics for Newfoundland and Labrador are held in the Service Newfoundland, Vital Statistics Division. You need their application form for these events; this can be obtained by writing or on their website: | |||
[https://www.vitalstats.eservices.gov.nl.ca/canlAFSClient/mainMenuSubmit.m?main_menu=p1 '''Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador''']<br> Vital Statistics Division<br>P.O. Box 8700<br>St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4J6<br><br>Tel: 1-709-729-4834<br>Email:servicenlinfo@gov.nl.ca | |||
==Divorce and Adoption== | |||
*[https://www.gov.nl.ca/dgsnl/birth/accessing-records-under-adoption-act/ Accessing Records Under the Adoption Act, 2013] | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/acts-divorce-1841-1968.aspx Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968] | |||
==For Further Reading== | |||
[[Newfoundland and Labrador Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - International Institute]] | |||
== References == | |||
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{{Canada Vital Records}} | |||
[[Category:Newfoundland | [[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada]] | ||
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