Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection covers the deaths registered from 1815 to 1938. Registration of deaths began in 1887 in order to keep a written record of the population for use by the government. The death registrations are recorded on individual, printed forms and consist of completed statements regarding deaths in New Brunswick. These statements were submitted to district registrars and registered by the registrar or director of Vital Statistics. New Brunswick is one of the four original provinces of Canada. The province entered into the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867. Following the passing of the Vital Statistics Act of 1887, registrations of death were collected and kept by the provincial government. In this collection, there are a number of records which date from before the passing of the act. The oldest of these dates is 1815. Death registrations are the best source of death information in New Brunswick beginning in 1815.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 3

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * New Brunswick provincial returns of deaths, 1815-1919
 * New Brunswick certificates of registration of deaths, 1920-1938
 * New Brunswick provincial registers of deaths, 1888-1895; indexes, 1888-1895; county registers of deaths, 1888-1919 (1921 for Kent Co.); and returns of deaths, 1888, organized by county
 * 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

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938
 * New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Deaths, 1815-1919
 * New Brunswick, Saint John, Saint John, Burial Permits, 1889-1919

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