Documents & Records
Civil Registration - New Brunswick
Basics
Civil registration of births and deaths in New Brunswick began in 1888. Marriages records were maintained by counties from the early 1800s on. Access to New Brunswick civil registration records is unrestricted as follows:
- Births - after 95 years
- Marriages after 50 years
- Deaths after 50 years
Finding the Records
At the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick owns microfilm copies of all unrestricted New Brunswick birth, marriage and death records. An electronic index is available. See Online. Microfilms may be borrowed through interlibrary loan.
At Service New Brunswick Vital Statistics
Service New Brunswick Vital Statistics holds restricted birth, marriage and death records.
Online
Online indexes are available on the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick website.
The FamilySearch website includes a searchable index to New Brunswick Births and Baptisms, 1819-1899.
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