Place:Baker Brook (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameBaker Brook (parish)
Alt namesConcession de Baker Brooksource: settlement in parish
Concession des Ouellettesource: settlement in parish
Rang des Morneaultsource: settlement in parish
Rang Saint Josephsource: settlement in parish
Val Lambertsource: settlement in parish
Val Nadeausource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.355°N 68.56°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1929 - )
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Baker Brook is a parish in Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established in 1929. The area of the parish is 125.69 km2 (48.53 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 287, an increase of 62.1% from 2006. There were 139 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 2.3/km2 (6/sq mi). In 2006 the population was more than 80% French-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Baker Brook parish. Only the village of Baker Brook is an incorporated municipality and its population is not included in the statistics for the remainder of the parish. Those in italics are small and redirected here. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

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Baker Brook (including Michaud)Rang Saint Joseph
Concession de Baker Brook (originally Baker Brook Settlement)Val Lambert
Concession des OuelletteVal Nadeau (including Pinniquine)
Rang des Morneault

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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