The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick yesterday added to its website 5,013 images of death certificates from 1968, 513 late birth registrations from 1923, and marriage records from 1968.
Deaths
The New Brunswick death certificates available online are for the years 1918 to 1968 and number more than 240,000. In addition, there is an index to county death registers, 1885 to 1921, and provincial returns of death, 1815 to 1919.
The individual death certificates include the name, sex, and residence of the deceased, the date and place of death, the length of residence in the Province and County is given, racial origin, marital status, date of birth, place of birth, occupation, name of spouse, names and birthplaces of parents, name and address of informant, place and date of burial, cause of death, and duration of illness.
Births
The index to late birth registrations is now from 1810 to 1923.
It contains the name of the person whose birth is being registered late, name of father, name of mother, date of birth, place and county of birth, the microfilm number and document code where the actual late registration form can be found and viewed.
Prior to 1887, there was no official civil registration of births in New Brunswick. Beginning in 1888, the Registrar of Vital Statistics could record as official the birth of an individual years after the fact, as long as there was verification of the birth by the doctor or others who were present or had knowledge of the event. This still occurs but is less frequent because of modern, comprehensive registration systems.
Marriages
While not announced yesterday, the Archives also added marriages that took place in 1968 to the index. The index provides the names of the bride and group, the date of marriage, the county where it took place, and references necessary for the researcher to look up the original record on microfilm. The 1968 marriage records have not yet been digitized.
Original marriage records up to and including 1967 have been digitized.
The marriage index, from 1847 to 1968, contains 280,000 records.
To find other records, take note of the two small icons next to the bridal couple’s names. Click on the first icon to search vital statistics for that person, and click on the second one to initiate a search of the federated database. The federated database includes cemeteries, directories, and immigration and land records, plus more than 20 other databases. Brilliant.
