New Brunswick Newspapers

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Resources for New Brunswick Newspapers
Many early newspapers mention marriages, deaths, and a few births. J. Russell Harper's Historical Directory of New Brunswick Newspapers and Periodicals lists the different newspapers in New Brunswick and tells where they can be found.

Newspaper Directories

 * Helen Craig and Muriel Daniel.New Brunswick newspapers directory, 1783-1996 = Répertoire des journaux du Nouveau-Brunswick. 2nd edition. Council of Head Librarians of New Brunswick, 1996.


 * J. Russell Harper. Historical directory of New Brunswick newspapers and periodicals. University of New Brunswick, 1961.

Libraries and Archives
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) Bonar Law-Bennett Building 23 Dineen Drive University of New Brunswick Campus Fredericton, New Brunswick Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1 Telephone: (506)453-2122 New Brunswick Newspaper Directory:

The province’s largest collections of newspapers are at:


 * Harriet Irving Library University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 7500 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H5 (Street address: 5 MacAulay Lane) Telephone: (506) 453-4740 Newspaper Guide


 * Legislative Library of New Brunswick 706 Queen Street P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1 Telephone: (506)453-2338 Email: [mailto:library.biblio-info@gnb.ca library.biblio-info@gnb.ca]

The Legislative Library also has a large collection. They have all New Brunswick newspapers and also make clippings files by subject from the four provincial dailies “concerning public issues and the activities of the New Brunswick government” so it appears unlikely these will be of use to genealogists.

Digital Issues Online

 * New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (1784-1896)


 * New Brunswick Free Public Library - Newspaper Archives of New Brunswick (1871-1908). New Brunswick Daily Times 1871-1916 and Daily Home News 1887, 1889, 1903-1912 can be accessed through the website - free.

New Brunswick Published Indexes

 * New Brunswick vital statistics from newspapers. An extensive abstracting and indexing project, begun by the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, later taken over by Daniel F. Johnson and covering 1784-1896. Available in book form or searches can be done at the Provincial Archives on New Brunswick website. This enormous index is an extraordinary accomplishment, of incalculable benefit to New Brunswick researchers.


 * David R. Henderson. Parish of Kars, Kings county, New Brunswick: some births, marriages, deaths, etc. and articles of interest gleaned from the Kings County Record regarding the parish of Kars, Kings County, New Brunswick for the years 1891 through 1965 (1997). Henderson has published similar volumes for the parishes of Norton, Springfield, Wickham, Johnston and Cambridge.

New Brunswick Unpublished Indexes
The Royal Gazette has been indexed for the years 1784–1867. This index is available at the Provincial Archives.

Websites

 * The Royal Gazette
 * http://www.altstuff.com/newsnb.htm