Canada, New Brunswick, Saint John, Saint John, Burial Permits - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection covers records from 1889-1919.These records are images of burial permits in Saint John. The records are in possession of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick at Fredericton. In 1889, the City of Saint John Board of Health wanted to detect and control contagious diseases and issued an order that required a permit for anyone that was buried in the city. Burial permits from the City of Saint John Board of Health were issued until 1919. The burial permits were for anyone who died in the city of Saint John. They were also for any citizens who were out of town when they died, or for anybody that died passing through the city for burial elsewhere.

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Burial • 2

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 * Saint John. Board of Health, Burial permits, 1889-1919
 * Saint John, Church of England in Canada, Trinity Church, Burial ground records, 1835-1940
 * Saint John, Burial records, 1913-1920
 * Generations (New Brunswick Genealogical Society) Fredericton, New Brunswick : New Brunswick Genealogical Society. Southeastern Branch, 1983- FS Library 971.5 D25g
 * edited by Terrence M. Punch with George F. Sanborn, Jr., Genealogist's handbook for Atlantic Canada research 2nd ed. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997, c1989 FS Library 971.5 D27pt 1997

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