Albert County, New Brunswick Genealogy

Guide to Albert county ancestry, family history and genealogy.

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History
Albert county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland county. Before 1845 it consisted of the parishes of Hopewell and Hillsborough, created in 1786; part of the parish of Salisbury, created in 1787; Coverdale, removed from Hillsborough in 1828; and Harvey, removed from Hopewell and a small part of Saint John County in 1838. Alma was removed from Harvey in 1855.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch.com
 * 1871 - Postal Gazetteer
 * New Brunswick maps and places
 * Nq Brunswick Maps, maps.

Neighboring Counties
Westmorland County * Saint John County * Kings County

Birth Records

 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, index and images.
 * , indexes.
 * Index and images.
 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906, index and images, ($).
 * , images only
 * Index only.
 * New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899, index. ($)
 * New Brunswick, Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899, index. ($)
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Late Registration of Births:County Series 1869-1901 index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Provincial Registration of Births 1898-1918 index
 * Roman Catholic Baptismal Records in the Acadia, Drouin Collection (1670-1946), index and images. ($)

Marriage Records

 * New Brunswick Marriage Records, indexes.
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, index and images.\
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950, index and images, ($).
 * Images only.
 * Index to Marriage Bonds 1810-1932 index
 * Index to New Brunswick Marriages 1847-1962, index.
 * , index
 * Images only.
 * Images only.
 * Roman Catholic marriage records in the Acadia, Drouin Collection (1670-1946), index and images. ($)

Death Records

 * Deaths, index.
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, index and images.
 * Index and images.
 * Images only.
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938, index and images, ($).
 * Images.
 * Images.
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to County Death Registers 1885-1921
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Death Certificates 1920-1964
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Provincial Returns of Deaths 1815-1919
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to death registration of soldiers, 1941-1947
 * Index to Saint John Burial Permits 1889-1919
 * Roman Catholic burial records in the Acadia, Drouin Collection (1670-1946), index and images. ($)

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 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 Albert County Genealogical Guide.

Directories

 * 1865-1868: NB Hutchinson Directories
 * 1871: NB Lovell Directory
 * 1923: Saint John, NB Directory
 * 1912 NB Telephone Directory

Immigration Records

 * Yorkshire Immigrants to New Brunswick, 1772-1775, index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Port Returns - Including Passenger Lists, 1816-1838
 * New Brunswick, Canada, Passenger Lists: 1834 ($)
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Passenger Lists Index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Vessel Index
 * Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 ($)

Land Records

 * Colonel William Spray's Grant, index. Rootsweb.
 * Images only - including an index book
 * New Brunswick, Canada, County Deed Registry Books, 1780-1993, images ($)
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997
 * New Brunswick Bonds for Mid-1800s, index

Military Records

 * Index to Death registration of soldiers, 1941-1947 index.
 * New Brunswick Loyalist Pensions, Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows, index
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Records of Old Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Widows Index and images.
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Cemeteries

Newspapers and Obituaries

 * New Brunswick Newspaper Directory, index.

Probate Records
Indexes


 * Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
 * Probate court record indexes for counties in New Brunswick, FamilySearch

Images


 * Probate files, 1846-1904 (of Albert County, New Brunswick), FamilySearch
 * Probate record books, 1846-1885 (of Albert County, New Brunswick), FamilySearch

Repositories

 * http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA [Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Federated Database Search], metasearch

Websites

 * New Brunswick.net
 * New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc
 * Provincial Archives of New Brunswick