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

https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/index.php

To read the Matthews Name Files 1500- 1850 you need to download the abbreviation guide at

https:www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/keith/abbreviations/namefilesguide.php

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

http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/Letterbook/

http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/CO194/index.htm