Prince Edward Island Civil Registration

Online Records

 * Îl St. Jean (now Prince Edward Islands), Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1721-1758, index and images.
 * Prince Edward Island, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1780-1983, index and images, ($).

Births and Baptisms

 * Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943
 * Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943

Marriages

 * Index and images.
 * Prince Edward Island, Canada, Marriage Registers, 1832-1888, index, ($).

Deaths and Burials

 * Index and images.
 * Prince Edward Island, Canada, Death Card Index, 1810-1913, index, ($).

Master Name Index

 * Master Name Index of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation Part one
 * Master Name Index of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation Part two
 * These are names extracted from census returns, marriage bonds, land and church records, passenger lists, newspapers, and so forth. Original at Charlottetown, P.E.I.: P.E.I. Genealogical Society and P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, 1985

Public Archives and Records Office (PARO) Online Database

 * PARO Database search Engine This includes these records online:
 * Baptisms (including the former PEI Baptismal Index, 1777-1923)
 * Marriage licences, 1827-1919 (includes digitized originals, 1827-1888)
 * Marriage registrations, 1920-1936
 * Deaths, pre-1906
 * Death registrations, 1906-1968


 * More About the Database and Tips

Civil Registration (Vital Records or Vital Statistics)
The government kept official records of births, marriages, and deaths.

Office of Vital Statistics (after 1906)
Official registration of births and deaths began in 1906. Copies of the records are available from:


 * Director of Vital Statistics
 * Department of Health &amp; Community Services Agency
 * P.O. Box 2000
 * Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
 * CANADA
 * Telephone: 902-368-4420

The records at the Division of Vital Statistics are not open to the public, but employees will search them for a fee.