While not attracting the same level of excitement as the release of Alberta’s civil registrations because genealogists had waited so long, the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick last week released the Index to Death Certificates for 1966 — 4,863 records.
The 1918-1966 Death Certificates collection now holds more than 230,000 records.
At this time, there is no image available for the 1966 death certificates, and that is also the case for the 1965 death records. But don’t despair. What you will learn from the index is the person’s name, sex, date and location of death, registration and volume numbers, and microfilm number. You can contact the provincial archives from the indexed item about how to obtain a complete copy of the record.
Genealogists searching the index for deaths occurring before 1965 will be happy campers. In those years, an image of the actual death registration is available to view and download.
You can search births, marriages, and deaths on the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick’s website.
I hope they will eventually release the images as well. I know from experience using the vital records for Nova Scotia, there can be many mistakes in the indexing. I found one man filed by his middle name being used as his surname, so anyone looking for his actual surname would never find him.