Westmorland County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to Westmorland 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
Westmorland County was created in 1785. Westmorland County is located in the south eastern part of the province. The parish of Westmorland was created in 1786 and included most of the older Nova Scotian township of Cumberland. The parishes of Sackville, Moncton, Hopewell and Hillsborough were also created in 1786. Dorchester and Salisbury parishes were set up in 1787. In 1805, the parish of Botsford was formed from a portion of Sackville. Shediac parish was created in 1827 from parts of Sackville, Dorchester and Westmorland parishes. In 1835, the boundaries of Moncton parish were expanded to include part of Dorchester. There was some realignment of the parish boundaries in 1896. In 1786, Westmorland County included what is now Albert County. In 1845, Albert County was created from the Westmorland County parishes of Hopewell, Hillsborough and Salisbury

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

Neighboring Counties
Kent County * Cumberland County, Nova Scotia * Albert County * Kings County * Queens County

Archives and Associations

 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society
 * Albert-Westmorland-Kent Regional Library in Moncton, New Brusnwick

Birth Records

 * Vital Statistics from Government Records, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — index and images
 * Index includes births 1800-1925 as well as late birth registrations.
 * at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906 at Ancestry($) — index and images
 * at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * New Brunswick, Select Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899 at Ancestry($) — 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

 * Westmorland County Marriage certificates, 1834-1887 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Westmorland County Marriage bonds, 1787-1811 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Register of marriages for the county of Westmorland, 1790-1835 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Marriage register, Westmorland County, NB, book available at the FamilySearch Library
 * Marriage index, Westmorland County, book 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

 * 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 Westmorland County Genealogical Guide.

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

County

 * New Brunswick, Westmorland County, deed registry books, 1785-1919; index, 1785-1990 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Westmorland County Deeds, 1764-1848 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Land memorials of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, 1796-1839 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Canadian Programme for Loyalist Studies and Publications papers at FamilySearch — images only

Provincial

 * New Brunswick Land grants, 1785-1831 at FamilySearch — images only
 * at FamilySearch — images only
 * 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

 * Le Moniteur acadien : inventaire de l'état civil, book (of vital records found in newspapers) available at the FamilySearch Library
 * 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

 * Westmorland County Probate files, 1787-1909, 1916-1953 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Westmorland County Probate record books, 1787-1886 at FamilySearch — images only

Taxation Records

 * Westmorland County Assessment books, 1834-1858 at FamilySearch — images only