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| Guide to '''Newfoundland and Labrador ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | | Guide to '''Newfoundland and Labrador ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. |
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| ==Newfoundland and Labrador Information== | | ==Newfoundland and Labrador Information== |
| *The first peoples were the '''Beothuk''', who became extinct in 1829. Today there are '''Inuit, Innu, Mi'kmaq and Southern Inuit peoples'''.
| | Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador. Labrador has a land border with both the province of Quebec, as well as a short border with the territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island.<ref>"Newfoundland and Labrador", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador, accessed 27 February 2025.</ref> ''See [[Newfoundland and Labrador History|Newfoundland and Labrador History]] for more information.'' |
| *In 1501 and 1502. the Corte-Real brothers, Miguel and Gaspar, explored Newfoundland and Labrador, claiming them as part of the Portuguese Empire. Seasonal fishing outposts were established in Newfoundland around 1521, and older '''Portuguese settlements''' may have existed.
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| *Sometime before 1563 '''Basque fishermen''', who had been fishing cod shoals off Newfoundland's coasts since the beginning of the sixteenth century, founded '''Plaisance (today Placentia)''', a seasonal haven which '''French fishermen''' later used.
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| *Twenty years later, in 1583, Newfoundland became England's first possession in North America and one of the '''earliest permanent English colonies''' in the New World.
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| *Proprietary Governors were assigned to establish colonial settlements on the island from 1610 to 1728. John Guy became governor of the first settlement at '''Cuper's Cove'''. Other settlements included '''Bristol's Hope, Renews, New Cambriol, South Falkland and Avalon.'''
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| *Explorers quickly realized the waters around Newfoundland had the best fishing in the North Atlantic. By 1620, 300 fishing boats worked the Grand Banks, employing some 10,000 sailors; many continuing to come from the Basque Country, Normandy, or Brittany. They dried and salted cod on the coast and sold it to Spain and Portugal.
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| *A triangular trade with New England, the West Indies, and Europe gave Newfoundland an important economic role. By the 1670s, there were 1,700 permanent residents and another 4,500 in the summer months.
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| *In 1655, France appointed a governor in Plaisance (Placentia), the former Basque fishing settlement, thus starting a formal '''French colonization period''' in Newfoundland, as well as a period of periodic war and unrest between England and France in the region. In 1713, when France ceded to the British its claims to Newfoundland. The French population of Plaisance moved to Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island). French fishermen retained the right to land and cure fish on the "French Shore" on the western coast.
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| *Newfoundland '''rejected confederation with Canada''' in the 1869 general election. Newfoundland remained a colony until acquiring Dominion status in 1907. A dominion constituted a self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth and the '''Dominion of Newfoundland''' was relatively autonomous from British rule.
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| *Since the early 1800s, Newfoundland and Quebec had been in a border dispute over the Labrador region. In 1927, however, the British government ruled that the area known as modern-day Labrador was to be considered part of the Dominion of Newfoundland.
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| *Newfoundland officially joined Canada at midnight on March 31, 1949.<ref>"Newfoundland and Labrador", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador, accessed 18 December 2020.</ref>
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| <h3>Getting Started with Newfoundland and Labrador Research</h3>
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| Links to articles on getting started with Newfoundland and Labrador research.
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| *[[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]]
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| *[[How to Recognize your Canadian Ancestor|How to Recognize your Canadian Ancestor]]
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| *[[Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records|Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records]]
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| *[[Canada Online Genealogy Records|Canada Online Genealogy Records]]
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| <h3>Newfoundland and Labrador Research Tools</h3> | |
| Links to articles and websites that assist in Newfoundland and Labrador research.
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| Populated Places Table - list of places in Newfoundland and Labrador: [[NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: Populated Places Table A-H|A-H]] or [[NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: Populated Places Table I-Q|I-Q]] or [[NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: Populated Places Table R-Z|R-Z]].<br>
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| *[http://ngb.chebucto.org/index.html Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogy Site] - includes transcriptions of genealogical records
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| *[http://ngb.chebucto.org/Personal/index.html Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
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| *[http://nl.canadagenweb.org/index.html?status=deframed Newfoundland and Labrador Gen Web]
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| *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Canada/Newfoundland.pdf Newfoundland and Labrador Research Outline] - contains out-of-date links
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| *[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ Mary's Genealogy Treasures] - research resources
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| ==Newfoundland and Labrador Map== | | ==Newfoundland and Labrador Map== |
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| ==FamilySearch Resources== | | ==Populated Places== |
| Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.<br>
| | '''Populated Places'''<br> |
| *[[Genealogy Help on Facebook|Facebook Communities]] - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research | | *[[Newfoundland and Labrador Populated Places|List of populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador]] |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true Learning Center] - Online genealogy courses
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| *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/30?region=United+States+of+America&englishRegion=United+States+of+America Historical Records] - databases and record images on FamilySearch
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| *[https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator?c=Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Family History Center locator map]
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| {{Provinces and territories of Canada}} </div> | | {{reflist}} |
| [[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada]] | | [[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada]] |
| [[Category:Provinces and Territories of Canada]] | | [[Category:Provinces and Territories of Canada]] |