York County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to York County, New Brunswick ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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

History
Located on the west side of the province, York County was one of the original counties created in 1785. In 1786, the county was divided in to the parishes of Fredericton, Kingsclear, Prince William, St. Mary’s, Queensbury, Northampton and Woodstock, with the northern portion of the county unassigned. Woodstock, Northampton and the unassigned lands were separated as Carleton County in 1831. The parish of Douglas was set off from St. Mary’s and Queensbury in 1824; Southampton was established from a portion of Northampton in 1832; Dumfries from Prince William and Woodstock in 1833; Stanley from St. Mary’s in 1846; New Maryland from Kingsclear in 1850; Manners-Sutton from Kingsclear and Prince William, and Canterbury from Dumfries in 1855; Bright from Queensbury and Douglas in 1869; North Lake from Canterbury in 1879; and McAdam from Prince William and Manners-Sutton in 1894.

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

Archives and Associations

 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society

County

 * Births and deaths of York County, New Brunswick, 1887-1905 at FamilySearch — images only

Provincial

 * 1812-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images; Index includes births 1800-1925 as well as late birth registrations.
 * — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 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

 * York County Marriage licenses, 1826-1847 at FamilySearch — images only
 * York County Marriage registers, 1812-1889; indexes, 1789-1889 at FamilySearch — images only
 * York County, New Brunswick, marriage records, 1812-1837 book and microfilm available at the FamilySearch Library
 * York County, New Brunswick : marriage registers multiple volumes available at the FamilySearch 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

Death Records
County


 * Births and deaths of York County, New Brunswick, 1887-1905 at FamilySearch — images only

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 York County Genealogical Guide.


 * Leatha Boudreau Sisson genealogical collection, 1800's-1900's (including church records) at FamilySearch — images only

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

Land Records

 * New Brunswick, York County, deed registry books, 1785-1935; index, 1786-1991 at FamilySearch — images only
 * York County, New Brunswick land records, 1795-1831 at FamilySearch — images only
 * New Brunswick Land grants, 1785-1831 at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * 1780-1930 New Brunswick: Land Records, 1780-1930 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
 * New Brunswick, Canada, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1993 at Ancestry($) — 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

 * York County Probate files, 1786-1930 at FamilySearch — images only
 * York County Probate record books, 1788-1935 at FamilySearch — images only
 * York County Surrogate court minutes, 1822-1854 at FamilySearch — images only

Voting Records

 * York County Poll books, 1814, 1816 at FamilySearch — images only