Saint John County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to Saint John 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
Saint John County is located in the southeastern part of the Province. In 1786 the Parishes of Portland, The City of Saint John received its charter in 1785. Saint Martins and Lancaster were set up. Simonds was created from Portland in 1839 and Musquash was established from part of Lancaster in 1877. Portland and Lancaster have since become part of the City of Saint John.

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
Kings County * Albert County * Charlotte County *

Archives and Associations

 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society
 * Charlotte County Archives
 * Heritage Charlotte

Civil Registrations

 * Saint John Board of Health records, 1889-1919 book at the FamilySearch Library

Birth Records

 * 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.
 * at FamilySearch — index
 * 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

 * Marriage registers, 1810-1887 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Marriage bonds for St. John city and county, Kings county, Queens county and non-residents, 1830-1832 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Marriages, register "C", Saint John County, New Brunswick, 1839-1847 microfilm at the FamilySearch Library
 * Yesteryear, marriages, register "D", Saint John County, New Brunswick, 1847-1853 microfilm at the FamilySearch Library
 * Early marriage records of New Brunswick : Saint John City and County from the British conquest to 1839 book at the FamilySearch Library
 * Saint John Board of Health marriage register, book "K" - 1887, New Brunswick, Canada book 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

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 St. John County Genealogical Guide.


 * The baptismal registers of the Exmouth Street United Church, Saint John, NB, Canada book at the FamilySearch Library

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, Saint John County, deed registry books, 1783-1929; index, 1784-1992 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Saint John County Register of deeds, 1784-1885 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

 * Saint John County Probate files, 1785-1930 at FamilySearch — images only
 * Saint John County Probate record books, 1785-1932, and indexes, 1785-1942 at FamilySearch — images only

Taxation Records

 * Saint John County Assessment books, 1856-1880 at FamilySearch — images only