We assembled the following links to help those interested in their New Brunswick ancestors to quickly find websites of interest. Many of the people who first settled in New Brunswick had family that left for other parts of North America and the world. As a consequence, you will find the links are not limited to New Brunswick alone. Many come from members who have found them to be helpful in their quest for their own ancestors. Your contributions are welcome – please submit them by email to
webmanager@nbgs.ca
In order to make your search for a link quicker, select a category from the dropdown menu to filter your search.
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Library and Archives Canada |
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Library and Archives Canada’s mandate is to To preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations;
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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |
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The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick collects, preserves, and makes available for research, documents and records bearing upon the history of New Brunswick. |
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Nova Scotia Archives |
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The Nova Scotia Archives (NSA) acquires, preserves and makes available the province's documentary heritage |
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Alberta Provincial Archives |
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The Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) preserves the collective memory of Alberta, and contributes to the protection of Albertans' rights and the sense of the Alberta identity.
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British Columbia Archives |
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The BC Archives is the archives of the Government of British Columbia, and provides research access to records of enduring value to the province for both the provincial government and public researchers.
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Manitoba Archives |
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Manitoba's rich documentary past is accessible to you at the Archives of Manitoba. You will discover a treasure of information about Manitobans and their history.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Archives |
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The Rooms Provincial Archives division is mandated to preserve those records of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador which are deemed to have enduring legal, fiscal, evidential or research value. |
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Northwest Territories Archives |
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The NWT Archives collects documents related to the history of the Northwest Territories |
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Ontario Archives |
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The collections held by the Archives of Ontario are a rich resource for the study of the history of Ontario and its people. This document provides an overview of the different sources that are available for research at the Archives.
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Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island |
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The Public Archives and Records Office acquires, preserves, and makes available for public research the records of the government of PEI, as well as private sector records deemed to be of lasting historical value. |
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Quebec Library and Archives |
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Saskatchewan Archives |
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The Saskatchewan Archives serves as the provincial agency responsible for acquiring preserving and making available records of significance to the history of the Province of Saskatchewan |
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Saskatchewan Gen Web |
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The National Archives |
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The National Archives is the official archives for the United Kingdom government and for England and Wales. |
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Yukon Archives |
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The Yukon Archives acquires, preserves, and provides access to the Yukon's documentary heritage. |
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Barnardos Family History Service |
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If your deceased relative was a Barnardo’s boy or girl, whether in the UK or as part of migrations to Australia or Canada, we could help you trace information about them and their life in Barnardo’s. |
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Birmingham City Council Records |
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This is a listing of records of children's homes administered by Birmingham City Council. Middlemore Children’s home records are included in this collection. |
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British Home Children in Canada |
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British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
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Child Migrants Trust |
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The Child Migrants Trust was established in 1987 by Margaret Humphreys CBE, OAM; a Nottinghamshire Social Worker. It addresses the issues surrounding the deportation of children from Britain. In the post-war period, child migrants as young as three were shipped to Canada, New Zealand, the former Rhodesia and Australia, a practice that continued as late as 1970. |
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Library and Archives Canada Home Children |
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Library and Archives Canada holds multiple records in different series regarding the Home Children who were sent to Canada from Britain between 1869-1930. |
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Marj Kohli’s Young Immigrants to Canada website |
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Merseyside Maritime Museum |
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Liverpool and Glasgow were the main departure ports for children sailing to Canada. Liverpool's Allan Line carried almost half of Canada's child migrants on its ships. This website has video stories of two migrant children |
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Middlemore Atlantic Society |
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The Society’s mission is to preserve their Heritage; to assist families in their research for past information and to help locate living family ties; to come together and share in their Heritage with others. |
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National Archives of Great Britain |
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Roger Kershaw talks about British child migration from 1618 to 1967 and the relevant holdings at the national archives in Kew. |
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Quarriers Genealogy Records Service |
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Approximately 30,000 children spent at least some of their childhood in the Orphan Homes of Scotland, a name changed in 1958 to Quarriers Homes. Each child’s entry to and departure from the Homes was recorded as was basic information about the family’s circumstances. |
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The Goldonian |
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This website is dedicated to remembering Dr Barnardo’s Homes and The William Baker Memorial Technical School for Boys, in Goldings, Hertford. |
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The War of 1812 Time Line |
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The War of 1812 - Canadian Research |
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The War of 1812 was a seminal event in the making of the great country of Canada. Events surrounding the 1812-15 armed conflict laid the foundation for Confederation and established the cornerstones of many of our political institutions. In short, the Canada we know today would not exist had the invasions of 1812-15 not been repelled. |
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War of 1812 Casualty Database – Canadian Research |
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The goal of this database is to list, in one location, the names of the soldiers in British Regiments of Foot that were Killed, Died or Deserted during the War of 1812. |
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The War of 1812 Canadian Research |
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The winter march of New Brunswick’s 104th Regiment of Foot
The St. John River Society and its many partners along the St. John River comemorate the epic winter march of New Brunswick’s 104th Regiment of Foot and the story of the 600 men who marched from Fredericton, New Brunswick to Kingston, Ontario in the winter of 1813.
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The War of 1812 British Regiments in Canada |
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This website attempts to identify the dates and deployments of various British military units prior to 1870 within Canada and elsewhere in the western hemisphere. |
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The War of 1812 British/American/ Canadian Research |
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The War of 1812 Privateers Website
The goal of this site is to provide research sources for the study of privateering during the War of 1812.
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The War of 1812 United States Research |
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Papers of the Department of State, 1789-1815 [microform] (1964)
Reel 1. Letters received concerning letters of marque,
1812-14. Letters received regarding enemy aliens, 1812-14 –
Reel 2. U.S. Marshals' returns of enemy aliens and prisoners of war, 1812-15 (Part I) –
Reel 3. U.S. Marshals' returns of enemy aliens and prisoners of war, 1812-15 (Part II) –
Reel 4. Requests for permission to sail from the United States, 1812-14.
Passenger lists of outgoing vessels, 1812-14
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The War of 1812 United States Research |
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Seamen's Protection Certificate Register Database.
A database of over 31,000 certificates granted to US sailors in Massachusetts and Connecticut between 1796 and 1871. The purpose of these Certificates were to prevent impressment of American citizens into the British Navy. Many of these sailors were born in British Colonies but had taken out U.S. citizenship.
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The War of 1812 United States Research |
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National Society United States Daughters of 1812
The United States Daughters of 1812 is a non-profit women's service organization for descendants of patriots who aided the American cause in the War of 1812. |
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The War of 1812 United States Research |
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Military Resources: War of 1812 Resources at National Archives Records Administration (United States)
Genealogical records of the War of 1812
War of 1812 Discharge Certificates
Genealogical Fallout of the War of 1812
Records of impressed seaman 1793-1814
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Canada & The South African War, 1899-1902 |
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The South African War (1899-1902) or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada's first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. |
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Soldiers of the First World War |
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Over 600,000 men and women enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918) as soldiers, nurses and chaplains. The CEF database is an index to those service files, which are held by Library and Archives Canada. |
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War Diaries of the First World War |
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This database contains the digitised War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) units. |
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Canada and the Second World War |
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Canada and the Korean War |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ensures that 1.7 million people who died in the two world wars will never be forgotten.
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Civil War Soldiers and Sailors |
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The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. |
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From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History |
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Gi Trace |
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This website has been designed and published by John Munro, for the benefit of others who are trying to trace their American GI fathers or family. |
