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

source: Family History Library Catalog

Saint Joseph Parish is a parish in Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established in 1929 from the northern part of Saint Basile Parish. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick) The area of the parish is 322.89 km2 (124.67 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 2,171, an increase of 28.0% from 2006. There were 917 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi). In 2006 the population was more than 96% French-speaking. Saint Joseph is the second largest parish in the county of Madawaska. Only its neighbouring parish of Rivière Verte is larger. It is situated in the northern point that makes up Madawaska County. Other than its location and the date of its establishment, no details are given in standard references. It is assumed that the parish was very sparsely settled until the 20th century. 'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Saint Joseph parish. None of them are incorporated municipalities. Those in italics are small 20th century settlements and are redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

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".