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Nelson Parish is located in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established in 1814. It was named for Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Vicount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté,(1758-1805) and his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar against the French and Spanish fleet. The parish included Derby Parish until 1859 and Rogersville Parish until 1881. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Since the formation of the incorporated town of Miramichi in 1995, the size of Nelson Parish has been much diminished. It now covers an area of 354.51 km2 (136.88 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 935, a decrease of 14.9% from 2006. There were 406 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 2.6/km2 (7/sq mi). The population was 1.8% French-speaking, 95.7% English-speaking, and 1% other languages. The remainder of the population considered themselves French-English bilingual. A list of the communities originally in Nelson Parish that are now in Miramichi will be found under Miramichi. Renous 12 is a First Nations Reserve within the boundaries of the City of Miramichi. The former town of Nelson which became Nelson-Miramichi is listed under Miramichi.
'Wikipedia lists the following settlements within the present boundaries of Nelson parish. None of them are incorporated municipalities. Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. The Barnabys have been grouped together under Barnaby River. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.
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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".
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