Place:Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Name	Blackville
Alt names	Barnett	source: settlement in parish
	Barnettville	source: settlement in parish
	Hardscramble	source: settlement in parish
	Keenan Siding	source: settlement in parish
	Smith Crossing	source: settlement in parish
	Shinnickburn	source: settlement in parish
Type	Parish
Coordinates	46.6°N 65.733°W
Located in	Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada (1830 - )
See also	Ludlow, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada	parish from which it transferred in 1830

Blackville is a parish in the interior of Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. It was formed from Ludlow Parish in 1830. It was named for William Black (1771-1866), a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who emigrated to Saint John in 1798 and established a large timber business. He served on the Executive Council and was an administrator of the New Brunswick government from 1829-1831. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

The area of the parish is 823.48 km2 (317.95 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 2,215, a decrease of 5.6% from 2006. There were 961 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 2.7/km2 (7/sq mi). The population was more than 98% English-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Blackville parish. Only the village of Blackville is an incorporated municipality. 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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Barnett	Keenan Siding
Barnettville	Lockstead
Blackville (village)	Smith Crossing
Hardscramble	Shinnickburn

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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.
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The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
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