Prince Edward Island Civil Registration

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

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 & 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, ($).
 * Records of marriage licenses, 1879-1970, Prince Edward Island. Supreme Court. Deputy Prothonotary's Office (King's County)

Deaths and Burials

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

Divorces

 * Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968, index

Master Name Index

 * Master Name Index, Search Engine Incomplete.
 * 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

Office of Vital Statistics
For more recent records, contact the Office of Vital Statistics: (Restrictions apply.)

Vital Statistics 126 Douses Road Montague, PE C0A 1R0 Phone: 902-838-0880 Toll-free: 1-877-320-1253 Fax: 902-838-0883

1st Floor South, Shaw Building (North Entrance) 105 Rochford Street, PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Phone: (902) 368-4550

E-mail:vsmontague@gov.pe.ca