- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Glassville is a community in the parish of Aberdeen in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated mainly at the intersection of Route 107 and Route 580.
The community takes its name from Charles Gordon Glass, a clergyman who led his Scottish followers to the area in 1861.
Glassville has a post office from 1861. In 1871 Glassville was the centre of five communities with a population of 200. In 1898 Glassville was a settlement with 1 post office, 6 stores, 1 hotel, 1 church and a population of 300. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)
Place Names of New Brunswick states that East Glassville may have changed its name to Foreston in the late 19th century.
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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