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==Online Records== | |||
Probate | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/530757?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick'''] PANB. This can be consulted at a [[FamilySearch Centers|'''FamilySearch Center''']] near you. | ||
*[https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA '''Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835'''], index | |||
==Probate Records== | |||
Probate records include '''wills, petitions, letters of administration and testamentary, and inventories.''' Most wills were created by individuals with substantial property. Most '''poor people''', such as farmers and workers, arranged their affairs '''without legal action'''. Wills can give relationships, names, and dates. Wills are nice to find, sometimes they mention every member of a family, but if the older children have already been given land or funding for some enterprise, they may not be included, or will be left some nominal sum or token. '''Administration papers''' can be far more informative. Even an estate of a few hundred dollars must be divided among all the legal heirs. Probate is a '''county matter''', and at one time probate records were held in each of the fifteen counties. Most surviving early records have been '''transferred to the provincial archives and microfilmed copies returned to the county'''. <ref>Douglas, Althea. "New Brunswick Legal Records - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/New_Brunswick_Legal_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | |||
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==Indexes== | |||
*[https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA '''Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835 Online'''], | |||
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/568337?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835 Book'''] [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-new-brunswick-probate-records-1785-1835/oclc/20817836 WorldCat] R. Wallace Hale, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 1989), has abstracted the essential names, dates and data from early probate documents at the PANB, arranged them alphabetically by name of deceased and indexed all names. | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/530757?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick'''] PANB. This can be consulted at a [[FamilySearch Centers|'''FamilySearch Center''']] near you. | |||
==County Guides== | |||
Probate records exist as both '''probate files and probate books''', the former containing all the assorted documents, the '''books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings'''. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found in [https://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/CountyGuides.aspx?culture=en-CA '''the County Guides'''] of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick. | |||
==Provincial Archives of New Brunswick== | |||
Until recently, most probate records were held in the county courthouses of New Brunswick. These records have been moved to the Provincial Archives. Most of the probate files are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Indexes exist for most probate files. Record Group 7 at the Provincial Archives contains probates for the following years: | Until recently, most probate records were held in the county courthouses of New Brunswick. These records have been moved to the Provincial Archives. Most of the probate files are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Indexes exist for most probate files. Record Group 7 at the Provincial Archives contains probates for the following years: | ||
*Albert Co.1845–1855 (misc.) | '''''(Note: This does not apply to FamilySearch's holdings. To know what FamilySearch has available consult the catalog entries for the specific county).''''' | ||
*Carleton Co.1833–1964 | |||
*Charlotte Co.1785–1965 | *Albert Co.1845–1855 (misc.) | ||
*Gloucester Co.1836–1964 | *Carleton Co.1833–1964 | ||
*Kent Co.destroyed by fire | *Charlotte Co.1785–1965 | ||
*Kings Co.1786–1964 | *Gloucester Co.1836–1964 | ||
*Madawaska Co.1894–1966 | *Kent Co.destroyed by fire | ||
*Northumberland Co.1860–1966 | *Kings Co.1786–1964 | ||
*Queens Co.1785–1976 | *Madawaska Co.1894–1966 | ||
*Restigouche Co.1839–1968 | *Northumberland Co.1860–1966 | ||
*St. John Co.1785–1904 | *Queens Co.1785–1976 | ||
*incomplete to 1963 | *Restigouche Co.1839–1968 | ||
*Sunbury Co.1786–1976 | *St. John Co.1785–1904 | ||
*Victoria Co.1845–1960 | *incomplete to 1963 | ||
*Westmorland Co.1787–1885 (misc.) | *Sunbury Co.1786–1976 | ||
*Victoria Co.1845–1960 | |||
*Westmorland Co.1787–1885 (misc.) | |||
*York Co.1786–1976 | *York Co.1786–1976 | ||
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Online Records[edit | edit source]
- Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick PANB. This can be consulted at a FamilySearch Center near you.
- Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, index
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Probate records include wills, petitions, letters of administration and testamentary, and inventories. Most wills were created by individuals with substantial property. Most poor people, such as farmers and workers, arranged their affairs without legal action. Wills can give relationships, names, and dates. Wills are nice to find, sometimes they mention every member of a family, but if the older children have already been given land or funding for some enterprise, they may not be included, or will be left some nominal sum or token. Administration papers can be far more informative. Even an estate of a few hundred dollars must be divided among all the legal heirs. Probate is a county matter, and at one time probate records were held in each of the fifteen counties. Most surviving early records have been transferred to the provincial archives and microfilmed copies returned to the county. [1]
Indexes[edit | edit source]
- Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835 Book WorldCat R. Wallace Hale, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 1989), has abstracted the essential names, dates and data from early probate documents at the PANB, arranged them alphabetically by name of deceased and indexed all names.
- Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick PANB. This can be consulted at a FamilySearch Center near you.
County Guides[edit | edit source]
Probate records exist as both probate files and probate books, the former containing all the assorted documents, the books contain an abstract of the probate proceedings. Indexed files and registers are available for most counties. A summary of what exists and what is microfilmed is found in the County Guides of the Provincial Archives of New Brunbswick.
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick[edit | edit source]
Until recently, most probate records were held in the county courthouses of New Brunswick. These records have been moved to the Provincial Archives. Most of the probate files are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Indexes exist for most probate files. Record Group 7 at the Provincial Archives contains probates for the following years:
(Note: This does not apply to FamilySearch's holdings. To know what FamilySearch has available consult the catalog entries for the specific county).
- Albert Co.1845–1855 (misc.)
- Carleton Co.1833–1964
- Charlotte Co.1785–1965
- Gloucester Co.1836–1964
- Kent Co.destroyed by fire
- Kings Co.1786–1964
- Madawaska Co.1894–1966
- Northumberland Co.1860–1966
- Queens Co.1785–1976
- Restigouche Co.1839–1968
- St. John Co.1785–1904
- incomplete to 1963
- Sunbury Co.1786–1976
- Victoria Co.1845–1960
- Westmorland Co.1787–1885 (misc.)
- York Co.1786–1976
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Douglas, Althea. "New Brunswick Legal Records - International Institute, " The International Institute of Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/New_Brunswick_Legal_Records_%28National_Institute%29.
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