Albert County Museum
Address:
12 Hopewell Cross Road
Hopewell Cape, NB
E4H 3G9
Telephone: (506) 734-2003
E-mail:
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.
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| 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.
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| 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
Gloucester County 1861
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| 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