The Irish Room
Thomas Williams House

 
103 Park Street
Moncton NB
Tel: 389-9300
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Hours of operation: Fridays, 9am-noon and 1:00 pm-3:30 pm, or by appointment.
 
Thomas Williams House
Thomas Williams House
The Irish Room is located in historic Thomas Williams House, a 12-room Victorian Museum built by Thomas Williams, Treasurer of the Inter-colonial Railway in 1893. It is an appropriate location as many of the workers for the railway were Irish New Brunswickers.

The facility is conveniently located in downtown Moncton at the corner of Highfield and Park Streets. From the west, and the Trans Canada Highway, Route 2, take Exit 450 onto Mountain Road proceed into the city centre. Turn right onto Highfield Street until you come to Park Street. From the east and Highway 15, take the University Ave exit. Turn left onto University Avenue, crossing Mountain Road (where the same road is known as Archibald Street), and then turn right onto Park Street.

Access to the building is through the front door on Park Street. There is a bell, if the door is locked. The Irish Room is located on the second floor of the facility.

The Irish Room is home to the Westmorland Albert Kent (Moncton) Chapter of the Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick and houses the following materials:

  • Index Card Catalogue of Irish and Irish-Acadian vital statistics for the Archdiocese of Moncton. This collection covers the years 1800 –1926 and is housed in alphabetical order. It includes the births, marriages and deaths for all of the Catholic parishes in Westmorland, Albert and Kent counties for all Irish Catholics and those Irish who are married into Acadian families. This is a secondary source but is fully referenced from the original source parish registers and a valuable tool for family genealogists.
  • Census books:
    Westmorland County – 1851,1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
    Moncton, City and District – 1901
    Kent County – 1861
    Albert County 1851
  • Land grant maps for the tri-county area
  • Local maps
  • Many local history books for Irish communities in southeastern New Brunswick as well as others from other regions of the province.
  • A number of genealogy reference materials for New Brunswick and Ireland
  • Some local Irish family histories
The Irish Room is housed in a museum property. There are no food facilities on-site and no smoking anywhere on the property. You can however bring a light lunch into the Irish Room itself. There is a public washroom and free parking is available at the rear of the building.

Only pencils should be used when going over materials. There are no copying facilities on-site.

 
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Heritage Room

Moncton Public Library

Southeastern Branch – New Brunswick Genealogy Society Inc. Collection

 

By Stan Balch

 

 

Moncton Public Library
Moncton Public Library

The Southeastern Branch fonds are housed in the Heritage Room of the Moncton Public Library. The library is located in the Blue Cross building, Suit 101-644 Main Street, Phone 869-6000.

 

Access to the Moncton Public Library is from the Trans Canada Highway #2.

 

From the east take the exit #467 south on highway #15 south into Moncton. Proceed to the rotary and on to the stop light at Champlain Street. Turn right, west on Champlain, which changes to Main Street, and proceed to the Blue Cross Building, turning left onto Mechanic Street, then right onto Assumption Blvd. to park at the rear of Blue Cross Building.

 

From the west take exit #450 south on highway 126, Mountain Road. Proceed on Mountain Road turning right, south on Vaughan Harvey Blvd. to Main Street. Turn left on Main, proceeding east to the Blue Cross Building 644 Main, turning right on Mechanic Street then right on Assumption Blvd. to park at the rear of Blue Cross Building.

 

The Southeastern Branch fonds are listed on the New Brunswick Public Library Service web site http://vision.gnb.ca/. Most of the fonds consist of material of the Southeastern area of New Brunswick, counties of Albert, Westmorland and Kent. The English fonds are listed in the Vision database with catalog numbers commencing with “RA” and the French fonds commencing with “FR RA”.

 

The fonds consist of copies of birth, cemetery, church and death records, Directories, Family histories, French publications and Local histories; copies of Marriage and Misc. records and Research books and files, Scrapbooks and copies of Vital Statistics.

 

There are also several CDs and a Microfiche collection for Canada, 7 Eastern USA States, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that are not in the Vision database.

 

Researchers are encouraged to contact the Library by phone at 506-869-6000 for the hours of operation and to arrange for a Southeastern Branch volunteer for research assistance if required. Access to the Heritage room is given at the Reference desk on the second floor of the library.

 

There are no usage fees and photocopying is available through the reference desk staff. No food or drink is allowed within the Heritage Room.

There are no usage fees and photocopying is available through the reference desk staff. No food or drink is allowed within the Heritage Room.

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Family History Centre
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Moncton NB

2070 Mountain Road
Moncton, NB
(506) 858-9702 

Website: www.familysearch.org

Hours of Operation: Thursday, 9am-noon – or by appointment
Closed on holidays, two weeks at Christmas and in bad weather. In general, if school is closed – so is the Centre. Telephone before coming if unsure of weather conditions.

Directions
From the Trans Canada Highway (Route 2) take Exit 450 for Mountain Road. Follow Mountain Road into the city. The Family History Centre is located at the corner of Mountain Road and Maplehurst Drive.

Family History Centres are found throughout the world and are privately funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.

The Family History Centre provides access to the largest collection of free family history, family tree, and genealogy records in the world. It also provides research guidance, forms, and an opportunity to preserve and share your family history.

A list of materials available is on the website. Some materials are on-site and are card indexed. Off-site materials can be acquired on inter-library loan for a small fee. Materials through inter-library loan can be made accessible for a short period, long term and indefinite terms. We have several sources for Irish research.

Materials located within the Centre are available free of charge to the public. There is a fee for copy services and ordering microfilms and microfiche from the main Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Some family history forms are available for pennies a copy. We are not a lending library.

There are washroom facilities, free parking, no stairs to climb and an area to eat lunch if you bring one from home. Library rules are posted on the bulletin board as you enter and include: please maintain a quiet atmosphere; smoking is not permitted in the building or on the church grounds; and no food and drinks are permitted in the library.

Paper photocopies: 15 cents a copy
Microfiche/microfilm copies: 25 cents a copy
Computer print-outs: 25 cents a page

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Centre d’Études Acadiennes
Université de Moncton

 
Located on the Université de Moncton campus, the Centre d’Études Acadiennes is found on the lower level of the Bibliothèque Champlain in Moncton, NB.

Mailing address:
Centre d’Études Acadiennes
Université de Moncton
Rue Clément Cormier
Moncton NB E1A 3E9
Telephone : (506) 858-4085
Genealogist : Stephen White

It is sometimes thought that the Centre d’Études Acadiennes is a research and genealogy centre for mostly Acadian families and communities. Indeed, it has much more. It is a valuable research centre for information on Irish Catholic families in south-eastern New Brunswick – from Kouchibouguac and Rogersville in the north – all the way down to the Nova Scotia border.

All of the Catholic parish registers for the Archdiocese of Moncton are on microfilm from the beginning years of each parish up to 1926. These include the following parishes (the year of their creation is in brackets).

Kent County:
Rogersville (including Collette) (1877)
Acadieville (1877)
St Ignace (1887)
Richibucto (town) (1864)
Rexton (including Chapel Point, South Branch) (1871)
Richibucto Village (1796)
Ste-Anne-de-Kent (1887)
Adamsville (1904)
St Paul (1885)
Ste-Marie-de-Kent (1869)
Bouctouche (1800)
St Antoine (1920)
Cocagne (1800)
Notre Dame (1889)
Grande Digue (1800)

Westmorland County :
Moncton (St Bernard’s) including Irishtown (1872)
St Anselme (1832)
Shediac (1863)
Scoudouc (1850)
Memramcook (1806)
Barrachois (1812)
Aboujagane (1885)
Cap Pelé (1813)
Shemogue (1916)
Melrose (1868)
Port Elgin (1926)
Dorchester (1885)
Sackville (1881)

Albert County:
Riverside (includes all parishes in Albert County including New Ireland, Goshen, Anagance, Salisbury, Fredericton Road, Hillsborough and Albert Mines) (1866)

Queens County: Chipman (1862)

Nova Scotia:
Amherst (1888)
Menoudie (including Joggins) (1848)

Other resources:

  • Parish register marriages 1800-1900 are index filed for easy access.
  • Some copies of parish registers are available in book form – but incomplete.
  • Some copies and microfilms of parish registers from the Diocese of Bathurst are also housed here but they are also incomplete.
  • Census returns – Gloucester, Northumberland, Kent, Westmorland and Albert Counties – some in alphabetical book form.
  • Some cemetery transcripts – Elmwood cemetery and St Bernard’s cemetery, Moncton.
  • Index of deeds and probate records.

Parking:
Behind the centre on rue Clément Cormier. Payment is made at the kiosk in the parking lot for the amount of time you will be in the centre ($1.75/hr). The ticket should be left in a visible spot on your dash while in the Centre.

Hours of operation:
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Thursday evening – 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Closed on weekends

You must sign in upon arrival.

Staff: Bilingual and very helpful.

Pencils, rather than pens, are recommended.

Copies:
Photocopier is self-serve – 10 cents a copy
Microfilm – 25 cents a copy

No food is permitted in the centre but there is a room with vending machines just off the main lobby of the Champlain Library upstairs.

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Albert County Museum

 

ACMLogo.jpgAddress:
12 Hopewell Cross Road
Hopewell Cape, NB
E4H 3G9

Telephone: (506) 734-2003
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Established and operated by the Albert County Historical Society Inc., the Albert County Museum is only 2 minutes from the famous Hopewell Rocks on Route 114, the Fundy Scenic Drive. Located in the picturesque community of Hopewell Cape, the Museum occupies four separate buildings on one site: the old County Gaol, the County Courthouse, a blacksmith’s shop and a barn-like building whose interior has several rooms and displays representing early Albert County life. The reference resource room is located in the old County Courthouse.
 
Albert County Courthouse
Albert County Courthouse


Hours of Operation: Mid-June to Mid-September – 9:30am – 5:30 daily

Off-season: Open by appointment

 

Admission: Adults – $4.00

Seniors and Students – $3.00

 

Admission is for both the museum and the reference resource room.

The Albert County Museum has information on many of the settler families of Albert County – a colourful procession of pioneers, artisans, explorers, shipbuilders, farmers, a few charlatans, our own Prime Minister, and even one axe murderer.

Interior Albert Co. Courthouse
Interior Albert Co. Courthouse

The Resource Room at the Albert County Museum is the spot to research your Albert County family history. There are some family histories but also some personal diaries, sailors’ logs, maps, family photos and even scrapbooks.

A list of materials that would be of helpful for searching your New Brunswick Irish roots include the following:

Census returns: 
Albert County 1851, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
Kings County 1851

Westmorland County 1851, 1861, 1871
Gloucester County 1861
Old Albert County Gaol
Old Albert County Gaol

Marriage register – Albert County 1846-1887 
Marriage register – Westmorland County 1790-1856 
Albert County Probate Records 1846-1867 
Albert County Records – Libro Index 1846-1977 (land transactions) 
County Birth Registers Index 1801-1899 
Crown Land Grant Index 
The Maple Leaf 1890-1901 (genealogical/historical transcriptions) 
Catholic Cemeteries of Albert County 
Cemeteries of Albert County, New Brunswick 
New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers 1829-1834 
Pioneers of New Brunswick 1783-1963 
Albert County Names Database 
Early Families – Albert and Westmorland County Regions 
Sheriffs, Constables, Wardens and Jailors 1901-1959 
Albert County Scrapbook, Volume 2 
Albert County Vessels 
Reflections of an Era: Portraits of 19th Century New Brunswick Ships
Shepody Loyal Riverside Consolidated School 1905-1980 
History of Albert County – Includes The Busy East of Canada April-May 1925 
History of Riverside-Albert 
History of Riverview 
Caledonia Albert County NB – the last 200 years 
Elgin Revisited 
The Women of Albert County 
Hillsborough Women’s Institute – History of the Village of Hillsborough 
History – Dawson Settlement School 
New Brunswick Genealogy Society – Generations various 1983-2002 
Index of Surnames being researched by the NBGS, 1982 
The Nova Scotia Genealogist – various 1996-1996

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