Lack of volunteers forces a New Brunswick Genealogical Society branch to close

After 32 years of operation, the Restigouche branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society will soon close its doors. The Acadie Nouvelle newspaper reports no volunteer has come foward to manage it.

Current president Suzanne Blaquière, who has been involved since the branch first began, said the task to keep it running has become difficult. “Unfortunately, we are not getting any younger, and volunteers are becoming harder to find.”

The branch’s records, gathered through the years, will be deposited at the Dalhousie Centennial Library in Dalhousie. The archives include Protestant and Catholic parish registers, cemetery records, family histories, census records, and old newspapers. Some of the documents are more than 200 years old, including marriage registers from Carleton region in the Gaspé from the 1700s.

Although the Restigouche branch will become inactive in a few months, it will remain active on paper for a period of five years as dictated by society bylaws.

The largest cities in Restigouche County are Campbellton and Dalhousie.

Read more in the Acadie Nouvelle article, Le Restigouche perd sa société de généalogie.

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2 Responses to Lack of volunteers forces a New Brunswick Genealogical Society branch to close

  1. Jim Shute says:

    Sad to see your note re the closing of the society. I’d hoped to find out something about the brig ‘Corsair’ that arrived in Dalhousie in 1829 with Arran immigrants, including my forebears. Dalhousie’s the sole data source I’ve uncovered. Does anyone there know a knowledgeable contact I might ask about this ?
    Many thanks.

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