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Queens County (2011 population 11,086) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown.
The county was established in 1785. It was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and for a group of early settlers who were originally from Queens County, Long Island, New York.
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| The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining has been a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB (Canadian Forces Base) Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.
The 2011 population of the county of just over 11,000 is a drop of 5.3% from the previous census of 2006. The county covers 3,681.98 km2 (1,421.62 sq mi) which yields a density of 3.0/km2 (8/sq mi). The population is more than 94% English-speaking with the remainder divided between French-speaking 4.6% and other languages about 1%.
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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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