Place:Hardwicke (parish), Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameHardwicke (parish)
Alt namesAuburnvillesource: settlement in parish
Eel River Bridgesource: settlement in parish
Fox Islandsource: settlement in parish
Gregansource: settlement in parish
Hardwood Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Hortons Creeksource: settlement in parish
Manuelssource: settlement in parish
Point Gardinersource: settlement in parish
Vin Islandsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.075°N 65.02°W
Located inNorthumberland, New Brunswick, Canada     (1851 - )
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Hardwicke Parish faces the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was created from Glenelg Parish in 1851. It was named for Benjamin Hardwick of London, England, supporter of missions of the Church of England and donor of a communion service to the church at Bay du Vin. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

The area of the parish is 278.64 km2 (107.58 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 2,329, a decrease of 6.2% from 2006. There were 1,203 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi). The population was 69% French-speaking, 30% English-speaking, and 1% other languages.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Hardwicke parish. None of them are incorporated municipalities. Those in italics are small and redirected here with the exception of Bay du Vin Beach which is linked to Bay du Vin. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

Image:Northumberland County NB 80 mag.png
AuburnvilleEscuminacHortons Creek
Baie Sainte AnneFox IslandManuels
Bay du VinGreganPoint Gardiner
Bay du Vin BeachHardwickeVin Island
Eel River BridgeHardwood Settlement
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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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