Place:Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameAlnwick
Alt namesBayshoresource: settlement in parish
Blacklandssource: settlement in parish
Breau Roadsource: settlement in parish
Cains Pointsource: settlement in parish
Covedellsource: settlement in parish
Drisdelle Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Gaythornesource: settlement in parish
Lauvergotsource: settlement in parish
Lower Bartiboguesource: settlement in parish
Old Dans Landingsource: settlement in parish
Pontgravésource: settlement in parish
Price Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Rivière des Cachessource: settlement in parish
Robichaud Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Saint Wilfredsource: settlement in parish
Stymiest Roadsource: settlement in parish
The Willowssource: settlement in parish
Winstonsource: settlement in parish
Wishart Pointsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.285°N 65.143°W
Located inNorthumberland, New Brunswick, Canada     (1786 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog
:the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Alnwick is a parish on a promontory facing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established in 1786. It was probably named for the town of Alnwick in Northumberland County, England. It included part of Northesk Parish until 1814.

The area of the parish is 734.66 km2 (283.65 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 5,922, a decrease of 3.7% from 2006. There were 2,684 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi). The population was 83% French-speaking, 16% English-speaking, and 1% other languages. 'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Alnwick parish. Neguac, Esgenoôpetitj 14 and Tabusintac 9 are incorporated municipalities. (The last two are First Nation reserves.) Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

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BarryvilleFairisleRivière du Portage
Bartibog Bridge (or Oak Point)GaythorneRobichaud Settlement
BayshoreLagacévilleSaint Wilfred (including Allainville)
BlacklandsLauvergotSheldrake Island
BrantvilleLavilletteStymiest Road
Breau RoadLower BartibogueTabusintac
Burnt Church (including New Jersey)Neguac (including Comeau Settlement and Lower Neguac)Tabusintac 9
Esgenoôpetitj 14Old Dans LandingThe Willows
Cains PointPontgravéVillage Saint Laurent
Christies LandingPrice SettlementWinston
CovedellRivière des CachesWishart Point
Drisdelle Settlement
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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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