Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada - General Index
Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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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 Restigouche County GenWeb site for Cemetery, Church and Marriage Records, as well as numerous other Restigouche County items.
PARISHES: Restigouche County was erected in 1837 from Gloucester County, from lands assigned to Beresford Parish which was set up in 1814 in Northumberland County, parts of this land are now in Gloucester and Restigouche Counties. It is now totally in Gloucester County, but covered all of present day Restigouche County until 1826. Until 1854 the Restigouche County western line was a continuation of the Northumberland County line, but was moved to its present position at that date.  From 1826 to 1839 parish boundaries were rivers.
  • Addington Parish - Erected in Gloucester County in 1826, from Beresford. Contained Balmoral and part of Colborne and Dalhousie.
  • Balmoral Parish - Erected in 1876 from Dalhousie.
  • Colborne Parish - Erected in 1839 from part of Addington.
  • Dalhousie Parish - Erected in 1839 from part of Addington, included Balmoral.
  • Durham Parish - Erected in 1839 from Beresford and included parts that are now in Gloucester due to changes in county lines in 1881.
  • Eldon Parish - Erected in 1826, in Gloucester County.  Many line changes effected it and at one time it officially merged with Addington (in 1876) but was restored in 1896 as at present.
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  • 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 12:28:40 MST