Genealogy has been called a vertical line of descent from an ancestor. Your ancestors are your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. Collateral lines are your cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and siblings. A collateral relative is a blood relative but is not your ancestor. Documenting vertical lines of descent and collateral or horizontal lines of relatives is what we do. We do that in graphic and in text format. In constructing a genealogy it is crucial for accuracy and credibility to cite sources of information. We do that by documenting the record group, microfilm or file number, institution name and location.

Ask for a lookup and copy of any record item. BMD’s (birth/baptisms, marriages and deaths) are vitals found in civil and Church records, in Cemetery records and in newspapers. You may want an original copy of a family Census entry or a deed of land purchased by your great grandfather. 

Indexes plus two record types exist at record repositories, secondary or published information and primary or original information. We search all available record sources. 

At LIFELINES Genealogy Research, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, the skill and experience of a Certified Genealogist is available. The Provincial Archives in Fredericton have the published genealogies and biographical histories of New Brunswick families, also civil and  Church vitals, newspaper obituaries, registered land documents, deeds and wills, land petitions, land grants, survey plans, probate and other court files. On deposit here are Loyalist records from 1783, and French records from the early 1700’s.

Since 1994, more then 400 clients have been served. Research work is done at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick and at the University of New Brunswick Harriet Irving Library. Also record research at other archives and libraries in New Brunswick. 

Below is a list of record groups for the fifteen Counties of New Brunswick which are on deposit at the Provincial Archives. Record formats are original documents and files, published compilations and books, microfilm and microfiche.

New Brunswick Land Petitions, Survey Plans and Land Grants

New Brunswick  Cadastral Land Grant Maps by County & Parish area

Pension Files of Old Revolutionary War Soldiers & Widows

Census Returns by County, Parish and Community, 1851-1911

New Brunswick County Council Records, Registry Office Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Probate Files

Civil Vital Statistics, Births, Marriages, Deaths

Vital Statistics from New Brunswick Newspapers

Church Parish Registers, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths

Immigration & Ships Passenger Lists

Teacher Petitions, Licenses, Returns 

Full Name and Location Directories for Atlantic Canada

New Brunswick Family Genealogies & Biographies 

MC8O Private Papers Collection, NB Books and Genealogies

Mgr Donat Robichaud Genealogical and Historical Research Collection.

For more information on the above go to archives.gnb.ca/archives/

The Harriet Irving Library at the University of New Brunswick has a comprehensive Loyalist Collection of the Revolutionary War period 1775 to 1784. The collection includes British Colonial Office records, United States Colonial period Provincial records, New Brunswick Loyalist Papers and Record Books, Loyalist Regiment Muster Rolls, various Letter Books and Enlistment Documents plus New Brunswick Loyalist Claims for Colonial losses. Also records of the Loyalist migration from the Colonies to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1776 to 1783. Much of the material is now indexed. The record formats are published books, research compilations and microfilm.

The Harriet Irving Library also has an extensive collection of daily and weekly editions of Atlantic region newspapers from 1755. News stories, editorials, marriages, obituaries and death notices are of great value in genealogy research. Format is microfilm and later edition originals.

The UNB Harriet Irving Library has an Archives and Special Collections inventory on the fifth floor. That collection consists of old and rare books, periodicals, private papers and student theses, historical and literary records of New Brunswick.

For more information go to www.lib.unb.ca