Place:Notre Dame de Lourdes (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameNotre Dame de Lourdes (parish)
Alt namesDurette Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Flemmingsource: settlement in parish
Harrison Brook Settlementsource: settlement in parish
La Montagnesource: settlement in parish
Lower Siegassource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.25°N 67.94°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1946 - )
The parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes was formed in 1946 in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.(Source:Place Names of New Brunswick) It is assumed that the area was part of Saint Léonard Parish when it was created in 1850. Sources do not report if it was part of Sainte Anne Parish from 1935 until 1946.


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The area of the parish is 188.63 km2 (72.83 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 263, a decrease of 7.4% from 2006. There were 118 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 1.4/km2 (4/sq mi). In 2011 the population was 100% French-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Notre Dame de Lourdes parish. None of them are incorporated municipalities. 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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Durette SettlementLa Montagne
FlemmingLower Siegas
Harrison Brook SettlementNotre Dame de Lourdes
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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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