Newfoundland and Labrador Naming Customs
1. Keith Matthews Name Files (Newfoundland) 1500-1850 A directory of Newfoundland Surnames held at the Maritime History Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, Newfoundland
Keith Matthews Name Files, 1500-1850
To read the Matthews Name Files 1500- 1850 you need to download the abbreviation guide at
Keith Matthews Name Files, Abbreviation Guide
2. Also very useful for looking up the goods on colonial pioneer ancestors
The Colonial Secretary’s Letterbook
by Olaf U. Janzen, Professor of History Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland Corner Brook, Newfoundland
The Colonial Secretary’s Letterbook & CO 194 Indexes