Place:Saint James, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameSaint James
TypeParish
Coordinates45.382°N 67.346°W
Located inCharlotte, New Brunswick, Canada     (1823 - )
Also located inSaint Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada     ( - 1823)
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Saint James is the parish in the northwestern corner of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint James Parish was created in 1823 from part of Saint Stephen Parish. The parish was named after the apostle Saint James.

Saint James parish included a number of local service district made up of unincorporated settlements.

The area of the parish is 556.00 km2 (214.67 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 1,241, a decrease of 8.1% from 2006. There were 590 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi). The population was more than 97% English-speaking.


The Charlotte County Archives in St. Andrews is a collection of thousands of original documents reflecting various individuals, groups, and businesses who have contributed to the social, cultural, economic and political life of Charlotte County, 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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