New Brunswick Genealogical Society

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The New Brunswick Genealogical Society (NBGS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 and dedicated to historical genealogical research in New Brunswick, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It publishes the Generations genealogical journal [7] [8] [9] and the New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers. [10] [11] [12] [13] NBGS host genealogical and history fairs in the local area. [14]

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History

NBGS was founded in November 1978, during a meeting of local genealogists. [15]

The society began publishing its journal, Generations, in June 1979. [16] [7]

Harold Fanjoy once served as president of the Saint John chapter of NBGS. [17] [18] He passed away in 2008. [18]

Activities

In 2006, NBGS released First Families, a collection of records relating to the first 7,414 families to arrive in New Brunswick. [19] The material is held at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick and was made available online. [20] [19] The records have not been updated since 2006, and are considered a "finding aid" only. [21]

In 2018, NBGS launched a project aimed at digitizing over 600 Anglican registers dating back to the 1790s. [22] [23]

Since 2019, NBGS has received government funding as a participant in the Canada Summer Jobs program. [24] [25]

References

  1. ↑ Saucier, Roxanne Moore (2 April 2005). "Oakland Genealogy Conference Filled With Events". Bangor Daily News . Bangor, Maine.
  2. ↑ "About Us". New Brunswick Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ↑ M. Cusack, Ruby (18 September 2004). "Unlock your history at upcoming genealogy fair". Telegraph-Journal . Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Genealogy". Saint John Free Public Library . 15 July 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Craven, P. (2014). Petty Justice: Low Law and the Sessions System in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1785-1867. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN   978-1-4426-2178-7 . Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Amy (2017). Encyclopedia of Local History. American Association for State and Local History. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 492. ISBN   978-1-4422-7878-3 . Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 Saucier, Roxanne Moore (6 March 2006). "In-depth: who are the New Brunswick Genealogical Society". New Brunswick Post. World News Network.
  8. ↑ Campey, L.H. (2007). With Axe and Bible: The Scottish Pioneers of New Brunswick, 1784-1874. Dundurn Press. p. 189. ISBN   978-1-4597-2149-4 . Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. ↑ Saucier, Roxanne Moore (12 April 2004). "Ships' passenger lists available on Web". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine.
  10. ↑ "Online database of vital records in New Brunswick newspapers helps sort out Bulls". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "16 resources to help you research your Canadian ancestry". Bangor Daily News. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "New Brunswick Newspapers Genealogy". FamilySearch . 17 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "New Brunswick Genealogical Society Fair". Discover Saint John. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Generations". Generations (31). New Brunswick Genealogical Society: 72. 1987. ISSN   0821-5359.
  16. ↑ Ruby Cusack. "New Brunswick Genealogical Society Web Site". rubycusack.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Harold Newton Fanjoy Obituary". Tribute Archive. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Obituary: Harold Newton Fanjoy". Telegraph Journal . 28 April 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  19. 1 2 Cusack, Ruby (December 2007). "Genealogies of the First Families at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". Telegraph-Journal . Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  20. ↑ Saucier, Roxanne Moore (9 May 2009). "First families of N.B. available on Web site". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "First Families". New Brunswick Genealogical Society. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "New Brunswick Genealogical Society's Provincial Archives project to give genealogists, others fast access to 'goldmine'". CBC . 26 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  23. ↑ Dever, Gail (1 October 2018). "Historic New Brunswick Anglican church records to go online early next year". Genealogy à la carte. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "New Brunswick - Organizations funded by Canada Summer Jobs 2019". Government of Canada . 4 March 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  25. ↑ "New Brunswick - Organizations funded by Canada Summer Jobs 2023". Government of Canada . 23 February 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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