Canada, New Brunswick Marriage Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes marriage records from 1789 to 1889. Marriage registers containing transcriptions from church records submitted by various denominations. Most volumes are indexed by county or year range. The records are written in English and French. The dates listed are registration dates and not the dates of the marriages. The registers may contain marriages that took place much earlier than the registration date. Registers include individual indexes to grooms (first letter of surname) except for the following counties: Gloucester, 1873-1887; Kent, 1844-1887; Westmorland, 1875-1885; York, 1832-1836.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Records usually contain the following information:
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Notes if the bride or groom were single or widowed
 * Name of person solemnizing the marriage
 * Names of witnesses

How Do I Search This Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The name of a relative or date of the event

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 * 1) Select County
 * 2) Select Year Range to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records
 * Use the information to find additional family members
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This can help you find possible relatives
 * Search the records of nearby areas
 * Check for other names. An individual might appear under an unexpected name for a variety of reasons:
 * They might have been listed under a middle name, nickname, or abbreviation of their given name
 * A woman may have returned to her maiden name after the death of her husband

Record Finder

 * Consult the New Brunswick Record Finder Table to find other records

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation:"New Brunswick, Marriage Registers, 1789-1889." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Citing Vital Statistics Branch. Provincial Archives, Fredericton.

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