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

 

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:

 

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.

 

 

 

Westmorland County 1851, 1861, 1871
Gloucester County 1861

By Caroline Daley

 

 

 

P.O. Box 368
10 Howard Street
Miramichi, NB
E1N 3A7
Phone: (506) 778-5152
Fax: (506) 778-5156

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Website: www.saintmichaelsmuseum.ca

Fr. John Sweeny built St. Michael’s Rectory in 1846 and it was from this building that he set out for Middle Island to minister to the sick and dying passengers of the famine ship “Looshtauk”. Fr. Sweeney had lived in the rectory for three years when Father Richard Veriker came to replace him as parish priest, followed by Rev. James Rogers in 1860. Rev. Rogers was appointed the first Bishop of Chatham in that year and through his energy, St. Michael’s College was established. A story was told stating that Bishop Rogers stood gazing at the one and a half storey little building that was to become the Episcopal residence and turned to Fr. John Sweeney and said with a smile, “This is the house that Jack built.” His statement was an obvious reference to the fact that John (Jack) Sweeney had directed the construction of the building while he was parish priest of Chatham. Bishop Rogers resided in this small building known as the first Bishop’s residence where he conducted studies for several seminarians, who became professors of St. Michael’s Male Academy formerly known as St. Patrick’s Temperance Hall School.

This historic little dwelling, 36’ x 25’, referred to as the cradle of all the parochial institutions, is situated at 10 Howard Street, Chatham, New Brunswick.

This building was the first Hotel Dieu Hospital; on the first floor of this small house were four rooms, two on the right and two on the left of the entrance hall. The first room on the left was destined for a supply room and parlour, the second was the chapel. The hall served as a parlour for the sick during the day and at night at one time it was the sleeping quarters for a little orphan boy who arrived a few days after the sisters. In case of need, this hall was used for a hospital ward. The first room on the right, containing three beds, constituted “the hospital”; the second served the purpose of refectory and pharmacy; when needed this room was also used as a ward. The three rooms on the second floor were occupied by the sisters. The kitchen was in the rear with the attic above being divided into two rooms; one occupied by an old gentleman who had placed himself at the service of the sisters and the other by an old lady, an invalid, and a little orphan girl. The chronicles tell us it was very often filled with numbers of poor, who came for medicine, or with whole families of Indians who entered without ceremony to warm themselves, or “visit the sisters.”

The building was also used as a civic hospital during the 1903 diphtheria epidemic. In 1914 St. Joseph’s School for boys opened its doors here and remained open until 1931. When the school closed, the building was moved to the grounds of the convent and used as an oratory for the sisters and later a storage area.

In 1974 a small group of eight people met at St. Michael’s Rectory and at the invitation of Rev. B.M. Broderick a small group of St. Michael’s parishioners met to discuss the idea of starting a history of St. Michael’s Parish. Mr. John Connell was appointed chairman and Mrs. F.H. Barry, secretary. The first significant project of the group, under the direction of Mr. Connell, was the establishing of a display in the unused part of St. Michael’s Basilica, known as the Lady Chapel. This display of artifacts, photos, church vestments, etc. continues to be of interest to local people and has become an attraction for tourists who see the landmark, St. Michael’s Basilica, and stop by for a visit.

After a fire in 1979 that threatened to destroy the building, it was moved to its present location and became known as St. Michael’s Museum & Genealogical Centre which also houses a Catholic Book Store. This little building has survived three major fires over its 162 year history and managed to escape all of them with minimal damage.

In June 1981 the St. Michael’s Museum was officially opened and declared an historic site by a representative of the Department of Historical Resources of the Province of New Brunswick.

In June 1998, extensive exterior repairs and painting improved the outside appearance of St. Michael’s Museum. The summer of 1998 saw the demolition of Chatham’s fourth Hotel Dieu Hospital and stones from the site were transferred to the museum (First Hotel Dieu Hospital) for a Friendship Garden.

St. Michael’s Museum is home to the collections of Bishop James Rogers, Msgr. Raymond F. Hickey, Fr. Benedict J. Murdoch, Fr. Bernard M. Broderick and many others. If you are looking for information on your family history the museum has all census records, cemetery, baptism, marriage and death records, land grants, land petitions, family histories, ship builders checklist for Northumberland County, wills, school and church histories, sports photos, year books and photos from St. Michael’s Academy and St. Thomas College, local photos and books, The Commercial newspapers from 1899-1964, copies from three other newspapers, Louise Manny files, Edith McAllister files and much more related material.

The Catholic Book Store has available gifts for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, baptisms, First Communion, Confirmation, greeting cards, rosaries, books and numerous other items.

We are available to do genealogical searches for a fee. Contact our website for more information.