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Fisherman

• 1642 Dartmouth Harbour Petition to the Devon Justices of the Peace and the Fishermen who sign it
• Bonavista Bay District Fishing Room Inhabitants -- 1805 - 1806
• Trinity Bay District Fishing Rooms (1800 - 1801)
• Harbour Main District Fishing Rooms (1746 - 1806)
• Twillingate District Fishing Rooms (1806)
• List of Fishing Rooms, Twillingate District, 1806-1817

Planters

• Fogo District Planters (1700 - 1825)
• Labrador District Planters (1700 - 1825)
• Twillingate District Planters (1700 - 1825)

Seamen Lists

• Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database

This database contains the names of over 41,000 seamen taken from the crew lists of more than 430 vessels either registered in St. John's, Newfoundland or containing Newfoundland and Labrador crews. The names of seamen are added to this database as new crew lists are found. These crew lists, so far numbering more than 1900 and held at the Maritime History Archive, cover the years 1863 to 1942.

• Index of Newfoundland Captains, 1820-1889
• Index of Surnames from the Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada database, 1787-1936
• Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, Crew Lists, 1864-1942, index ($)

Business Directories

• Business and general directory of Newfoundland, 1877

Keith Matthews Name Files, 1500-1850

• Keith Matthews Name Files, 1500-1850 The Keith Matthews Name Files is a collection of data on individuals, families and businesses that were involved in the settlement, fisheries and trade of Newfoundland from earliest settlement to 1850.