Place:Caron Brook, Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameCaron Brook
TypeCommunity
Coordinates47.283°N 68.583°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada
See alsoClair (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canadaparish in which it is located

Caron Brook is located on east side of the St. John River, 3.92 km north-northeast of Clair in Clair Parish, Madawaska County. Paul Caron, John Caron, Alexis Caron, William Caron, Xavier Caron, Roger Caron, and Henry Caron were early settlers here. It had a post office 1873-1959 In 1866 Caron Brook was a farming community with about 11 families. In 1904 Caron Brook had 1 post office, 1 grist mill, 1 sawmill, 1 cheese factory and a population of 100. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

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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.
  • 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".