Place:Saint Basile (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameSaint Basile (parish)
Alt namesBoniface Bridgesource: from redirect
Green River Settlementsource: from redirect
Jalbertsource: from redirect
Mailletsource: from redirect
Montagne des Therriensource: from redirect
Rang des Lavoiesource: from redirect
St. Basile 10source: from redirect
St Basilesource: alternate spelling
St. Basilesource: alternate spelling
Saint-Basilesource: alternate spelling
TypeParish
Coordinates47.36°N 68.255°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1873 - )
Also located inVictoria, New Brunswick, Canada     (1850 - 1873)
See alsoMadawaska (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1850
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

Saint Basile Parish was formed in 1850 from Madawaska Parish when it was still part of Victoria County. It was named for the settlement of Saint Basile. It included part of Sainte Anne Parish until 1877. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

The parishes of Rivière Verte and Notre Dame de Lourdes were part of Saint Basile and Saint Léonard parishes and not separated into individual units until the 20th century.

The area was settled before 1800 by Acadians and people from Québec. A number of these early families are to be found in WeRelate.

The area of the parish is 129.74 km2 (50.09 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 717, a decrease of 10.3%% from 2006. There were 313 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi). In 2011 the population was more than 97% French-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Saint Basile Parish parish. Only Saint Basile is an incorporated municipality. Those in italics are small and redirected here. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

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Boniface BridgeRang des Lavoie
Green River SettlementSaint Basile (now part of Edmundston)
JalbertIroquois (part of Saint Basile)
MailletSt. Basile 10 (First Nation reserve)
Montagne des Therrien
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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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