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Beginnings
| A collection of gathered materials on individuals and families. Unproven
- a place to start.
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| LOCAL HISTORIES: - See the Charlotte
County GenWeb site for Cemetery, Church and Marriage Records, as well
as numerous other Charlotte County items. |
PARISHES: Charlotte County was one of the original 8 counties
set up during the formation of the new province. At that time 7*
parishes were set off, but they did not include all the lands assigned
to the County.
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Campobello Parish - Set off in 1823 from West Isles
Parish, as at present
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Clarendon Parish - Set off in 1869 from unassigned
land (* or Pennfield and Lepreau Parishes)
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Dumbarton Parish - Set off in 1856 from St. Patrick
Parish
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Dufferin Parish - Set off in 1873 from St. Stephen
Parish
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Grand Manan Parish - Set off in 1823 from West Isles
Parish, as at present
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Lepreau Parish - Set off in 1859 from Pennfield Parish
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Pennfield Parish* -
Included Lepreau Parish, and assumed to extend north to County line in
1814
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St. Andrews Parish*
- Nearly as at present, but included St. Croix Parish
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St. Croix Parish - Set off in 1874 from St. Andrews
Parish, altered slightly in 1896
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St. David Parish* - Nearly as at present
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St. George Parish* -
Extended only about half its northern depth until 1814
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St. James Parish - Set off in 1823 from unassigned
lands and part of St. Stephen Parish
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St. Patrick Parish*
- Nearly as at present, but did not extend as far north. In 1814
it extended to the County line thus took in Dumbarton Parish
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St. Stephen Parish* - set off nearly as is
today, but for a period (1813-1873) it included lands that are now in other
areas.
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West Isles Parish* -
Included Campobello Parish until 1803, Grand Manan Parish until 1816, Moose,
Frederick and Dudley Islands until they were transfered to the US in 1817
(* see Clarendon - No legal justification was found to credit these lands
to Pennfield although maps credit them to this Parish after 1814.) |
PHOTOS:  Those
linked with this camera must be contacted before use, as photos are copyrighted
to the photographer(s) and cannot be used without persmission. All others
may be freely used with credit to the photographer. |
Church Photos - see separate listing The
listings on that page will try and identify all churches in this county.
It will then list links to photos of the churches, either as new photos,
or as links to photos on another site. For records of some of the Churches
listed - see the County Guides from the Provincial
Archives of New Brunswick.
Old Milltown Post Office, St Stephen, Charlotte
County (Photo by Cleadie Barnett)
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