Place:Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

source: Family History Library Catalog

:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia Miramichi is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay. The Miramichi River valley is the second longest valley in New Brunswick, after the Saint John River Valley. The city of Miramichi was formed in 1995 through the forced amalgamation of two towns, Newcastle and Chatham, and several smaller communities, including Douglastown, Loggieville, and Nelson. Also the local service districts of Nordin, Moorefield, Chatham Head, and Douglasfield. The amalgamation also included portions of the former local service district of Ferry Road-Russellville (now separated and merged with Lower Newcastle-Russellville) and portions of Chatham Parish, Glenelg Parish and Nelson Parish. The Miramichi area’s economy is primarily focused on mining, fishing and forestry. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Miramichi, New Brunswick. An historical review of the area from the time of its original European settlement in the 17th and 18th centuries.

In its formation, Miramichi took in the following communities formerly in Nelson Parish:

• Craigville
• Ivory Road
• Nelson-Miramichi (named Nelson until 1967)
• Nowlanville
• Reynolds
• South Nelson (see Nelson)
• South Nelson Road (see Nelson)

and in Newcastle Parish:

• Back Lots
• Cross Roads
• Douglastown
• French Fort Cove
• Millbank
• Moorefield
• Newcastle
• Nordin
• Northwest Bridge

Those in italics have been redirected here. The others have their own articles in WeRelate. All will be noted in Place Names of New Brunswick.

Research Tips

• New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
• The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
• New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
• The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
• Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
• The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
• More possibilities can be found by googling "New Brunswick province family history" and investigating the results.
• The word "rencensement", found in Sources, is French for "census".