Place:Clair (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameClair (parish)
Alt namesConcession-des-Langsource: settlement in parish
Concession-des-Vasseursource: settlement in parish
Crockettsource: settlement in parish
Les Rapidessource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.295°N 68.67°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1900 - )
Also located inSaint François (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     ( - 1900)
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Clair (parish) was created from Saint-François Parish in 1900 and named for Peter Clair (1817-1902) who was originally from County Clare, Ireland. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

Clair (parish) is so named in WeRelate to distinguish it from the community of Clair.

The area of the parish is 44.18 km2 (17.06 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 297, an increase of 5.3% from 2006. There were 121 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi). In 2011 the population was almost 90% French-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Clair Parish. Only the village of Clair 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. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

Image:Madawaska County NB PMJ.png
Caron BrookConcession-des-Vasseur
Clair (incorporated village)Crockett
Concession-des-LangLes Rapides
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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".
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