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FAMILY HISTORIES:

Please use the search engine to find your surname of interest. Beginnings | A collection of gathered materials on individuals and families. Unproven - a place to start.

LOCAL HISTORIES: - See the Northumberland County GenWeb site for Cemetery, Church and Marriage Records, as well as numerous other Northumberland County items. The Miramichi Fire of 1825 | by Lillis R. Zimmer

PARISHES: Northumberland County, when first set up, contained all of Kent, Gloucester and Restigouche Counties. It had only two original parishes, and much of its lands were unassigned. Blackville - Set up in 1830 from Ludlow Parish, but included most of Harcourt and Huskisson Parishes, in Kent County until 1826. (prob. as unassigned lands adjacent to this parish?) Blissfield - Set up in 1830 from Ludlow Parish. Chatham - Set up in 1814, remains the same. Derby - Set up in 1859, from Nelson Parish. Glenelg - Set up in 1814, included most of Nelson Parish until 1814, Hardwicke Parish until 1851 and a small portion of Rogersville Parish until 1881. Hardwicke - Set up in 1851, from Glenelg Parish. Ludlow - Set up in 1814, included Blissfield and Blackville Parishes until 1830, and most of Huskisson and Harcourt of Kent County until the county line moved its line north in 1830. Nelson - Set up in 1814, included Derby Parish until 1859 and Rogersville Parish until 1881, but still smaller than it is today. Newcastle* - Very extensive. It contained parts of the present Alnwick Parish until ??, Northesk (which included Southesk Parish until 1879), Nelson and Glenelg Parishes until 1814, Blackville Parish until 1830 and all of Derby Parish until 1859, and Hardwicke Parish until 1851; plus just about all of Kent County until 1826. Northesk - Set up in 1814, included Southesk Parish until 1879. Rogersville - Set up in 1881, from Nelson Parish, with a slight addition from Glenelg Parish in 1900. Southesk - Set up in 1879 from Northesk. Parishes that were in Northumberland County at one time, but have been reassigned over the years to Kent, Gloucester and Restigouche Counties. Alnwick - Included parts of the present Newcastle Parish, plus parts of Saumarez Parish until1814 and Bathurst Parish (until poss. 1826?) now in Gloucester County. Beresford - Set up in 1814, parts are now in Gloucester and Restigouche Counties. Carleton - Set up in 1814, now in Kent County Saumarez -Set un in 1814, now in Gloucester County. Wellington - Set up in 1814, now in Kent County

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.

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Began: July  2000
Updated:Friday, 29-Nov-2002 12:28:06 MST