Restigouche County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to Restigouche county ancestry, family history and genealogy.

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick have created a research guide available here. New Brunswick Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

History
Restigouche County is located in northern New Brunswick. Gloucester County is what it was was created from in 1837. The parishes of Addington and Eldon were erected in 1826 as parts of Gloucester County. In 1839 Durham was set off from Eldon. Colborne and Dalhousie were sepaarted from Addington. Balmoral was created from part of Dalhousie in 1876. Grimmer was created in 1916 and Saint-Quentin in 1920.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * New Brunswick maps at the David Rumsey Map Collection
 * Post Office Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada - 1871 - Hathi Trust digitized book

Neighboring Counties
Quebec Province * Gloucester County * Northumberland County * Victoria County * Madawaska County

Archives and Associations

 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society
 * Charlotte County Archives
 * Heritage Charlotte

Birth Records

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes births 1800-1925 as well as late birth registrations.
 * Canada, New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Select Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at MyHeritage($) — index
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

County

 * New Brunswick's Restigouche County marriages : 1838-1878 digital images at FamilySearch and book available at the Family History Library

Provincial

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes marriage records 1847-1970.
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Index to Marriage Bonds 1810-1932 Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

Provincial

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes death records 1815-1970.
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 at Ancestry($) — index and images

Census
In Canada, census returns are closed for 92 years after the time of enumeration. Census returns prior to 1851 are rarely complete for any area. Due to boundary changes, census records may be found in Nova Scotia records.

Church Records
Many microfilms of church records can be found at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. A detailed list of the records organized by denomination and locality with accompanying microfilm numbers can be found in their Restigouche County Genealogical Guide.

Directories

 * Hutchinson Directories - 1865-1868, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Lovell Directory - 1871, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * New Brunswick Telephone Directory - 1912, New Brunswick GenWeb — index

Immigration Records

 * Yorkshire Immigrants to New Brunswick, 1772-1775 — index
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834 at Ancestry($) — index
 * Irish Portal Passenger List Name Index, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Irish Portal Passenger List Vessel Index, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 at Ancestry($) — index

County

 * New Brunswick, Restigouche County, deed registry books, 1838-1929; index, 1838-1987 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Restigouche County, New Brunswick land records, 1788-1822 at FamilySearch — images only

Provincial

 * New Brunswick Land grants, 1785-1831 at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * New Brunswick, Canada, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1993 at Ancestry($) — images only
 * Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * New Brunswick Bonds for Mid-1800s, New Brunswick RootsWeb — index
 * Colonel William Spray's Grant, New Brunswick RootsWeb — index

Military Records

 * Index to Death registration of soldiers, 1941-1947, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Cemeteries, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows Pensions, New Brunswick RootsWeb — index

Newspapers and Obituaries

 * New Brunswick Newspaper Directory, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — directory
 * Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index
 * New Brunswick Great War Project, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index

Indexes

 * Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index


 * Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick at FamilySearch — digitized index books

Images

 * Restigouche County Probate files, 1861-1939 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Restigouche County Probate record books, 1839-1939 at FamilySearch — images only