Civil Registration - Canada, New Brunswick

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Civil Registration - Canada, New Brunswick

Registration of births, deaths and marriages commenced 1 Jan 1888

See "How to Obtain" below chart

Name of Individual		plus province or country of each party's birth, current residence and religious denomination	with place of residence at time of death	All BMDs are fully searchable and viewable for free online at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, which includes marriage and death certificates up to 1964. Also see "How to Obtain" section below for the certificates that are viewable via FamilySearch.org. Only a few of its' categories have been indexed for searching.
Marital Status			later certificates required name of spouse if deceased was married
Age			with date and place of birth of deceased
Occupation
Date of Event		and if by licence or banns	with cause of death and duration of illness
Place of Event
Name of Father
Father's Occupation
If Father Living
Place of birth of Father		added circa 1920	but only from 1920 onwards
Name of Mother
Maiden Surname of Mother			but only from 1920 onwards
Mother's Occupation
If Mother Living
Place of birth of Mother			but only from 1920 onwards
Witnesses	generally name of person delivering child
Relationship of Witnesses to Individual	generally name of person delivering child
Addresses of Witnesses
Name of Informant of Event	generally name of person delivering child	generally name of clergy	Attending physician and signature of person making return
Relationship of Informant to Individual			but only from 1920 onwards
Address of Informant			but only from 1920 onwards
Changes to Information on certificates	Includes late registrations that exist for BMDs that had occurred between 1810 and 1887 but registered after 1888.	Circa 1920 question added as to whether bride and groom could read and/or write. Other sources for marriages include the following: Record Group 3 (Provincial Secretary), Record Series 551 for marriage bonds 1810 through 1932 but does not record all marriages within that time period. County marriage registers mostly ending during 1887 or 1888 for Albert County from 1846, Carleton County from 1832, Charlotte County from 1806, Gloucester County from 1832 but missing 1861 through 1872, Kent County from 1844, King's County from 1812, Northumberland County from 1792, Queens County from 1812, Restigouche County from 1838, St. John County from 1810, Sunbury County (licenses only) from 1810, Westmorland County from 1790, York County from 1812.	Religious denomination included on certificates. 1920 Onwards: certificates include date and place of burial as well as name of undertaker, medical certificate of death including cause of death, operations, length of illness, etc.

How to Obtain

In person:
Provincial Archives
Richard Bennett Hatfield Archives Complex
Bonar Law - Bennett Building
23 Dineen Drive
UNB Campus
Fredericton, NB Canada

By Telephone:
(506) 453-2122

Online:
For all certificates up to the mid-20th century (i.e., marriages and deaths up to 1964):
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

For Historical certificates only as follows:
Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906
County Registers of Births, ca. 1812-1919
Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899
Late Registration of Births, 1810-1899

Marriage Registers, 1789-1889
Provincial Marriages 1789-1950
Provincial Returns of Marriages, 1887-1919
Provincial Returns of Marriages and Late Registrations, 1920-1950

Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938
Provincial Returns of Deaths, 1815-1919
Death Certificates, 1920-1934
Death Certificates, 1935-1938

By mail:
PO Box 6000
Fredericton, NB CANADA
E3B 5H1

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