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.