The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick has added 22,791 newspaper articles from the Saint John Globe to the New Brunswick Great War Project.
This is an ongoing project, created to preserve and illustrate a collection of sources related to the province’s commitment to the Great War, with articles published from 1914 to 1921.
There are now almost 129,000 articles in the database, drawn from nine provincial newspapers, including the Globe: the Kings County Record (Sussex), the St. John Standard, Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner, the Campbellton Graphic, the Daily Telegraph and the Sun (Saint John), the Daily Times (Moncton), the North Shore Leader(Newcastle), and the Tribune (Campbellton).
Eventually, this project will be expanded to include a total of ten provincial newspapers — five of New Brunswick’s largest dailies and five regional weekly newspapers – and upwards of 150,000 articles in both official languages.
Genealogists can use this database to search for family names that appeared in the titles of newspaper articles.
Before the latest additions, a search for Smith in the headlines produced 198 articles. Now, 255 articles can easily be found. Articles can be read online and downloaded to save for future reference.
Even if genealogists don’t have any ancestors who lived in New Brunswick, the database can still be used to research what newspaper were reporting about key battles, such as Vimy. Simply enter Vimy in the Title box.
A search through the Military category in the Major Topic filter can also prove to be fruitful, and it can be further narrowed now by selecting a Minor Topic filter, such as Battles – Vimy.
Other Major Topics to search and browse include charitable fundraising, politics, economic expansion, the role of women and children, and the influence of religion.
Late birth registrations — 1923
The provincial archives also recently added 568 late registrations of birth recorded from 1923 that can be searched in the Vital Statistics from Government Records database.
