By Faye Pearson

 

Address: 
27 Centennial Road, 
P.O. Box 1813

Hampton, New Brunswick

E5N6N3

Telephone: (506) 832-6009

Fax: (506) 832-6409

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 

 

 

Established in 1967 and operated by the Kings County Historical and Archival Society, Inc. the museum is located at Hampton Station on Centennial Road, directly behind the courthouse, in the Hampton Town office building. Housed in two buildings, two-thirds of the collection is exhibited in the old Kings County Gaol next door and consists of early Kings County life. The cells are intact and set in themes: bedrooms, kitchen, creamery, school room, early tools and the cell of The Mysterious Stranger – Henry More Smith. The Main Museum exhibits Deichmann pottery, early quilts, including the “Confederation Quilt”, glassware, a doll collection, a brass bell collection and changing displays for each season.

 

Hours of Operation:
Mid-June to September 30 – 8:30 – 4:30 Monday – Friday

Off-Season: Two days per week by chance or appointment

 

Admission:
Adults – $2.00
Seniors and Students – $1.00
School Tours – Free

Research Fee:
Members – Free
Non-Members – $10.00 for half-day

 

The Archives and Research Room has two microfilm readers, computer and photocopier available for researchers as well as on-site assistance.

Many genealogies, census, marriage, cemetery and related research books are available for the general public. The photograph collection has been recently documented and sorted.

Material that might be helpful in your search of your Irish roots in New

Brunswick and available at Kings County Museum are:
 

Census returns:
Kings County
1851, 1861, 1891 index
Several parishes of 1871, 1881 and 1901

Queens County 1861

Albert County 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881

Westmorland County 1851, 1891

Charlotte County 1851

Saint John County 1851, 1871

Simonds Parish 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901

St. Martins Parish 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901

Sunbury County 1851

Victoria County 1851

Carleton County 1851

York County 1851

 

Death Records

Kings County Cemetery transcriptions:

Gone But Not Forgotten, volumes 1-4

Many files of other cemetery transcriptions

1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1909

Cemeteries of Albert County

Heather Long, Good Green Hope – Irish Settlers of Albert County

Marriage Registers

Kings County Marriage Registers:
Register A, 1812-1844
Register B, 1844 – 1867
Registers C and D, 1867 – 1887

Rev. James Gray Records, 1857-1898

Queens County Marriages 1812-1887

Saint John County Marriage Registers:
Register C, 1839 – 1847
Register D, 1847 – 1853
Registers for 1853 – 1887

Albert County Marriages, 1846 – 1887

Westmorland County Marriages, 1790 – 1888

Sunbury County Marriages, 1766 – 1888

Carleton County Marriages, 1832 – 1884

York County Marriages, 1812 – 1837

Cumulative Provincial Marriages, 1882 – 1925

Many files of place histories

Daniel Johnson’s Vital Statistics

Index of Probate Records 1786 – 1931

Generations – complete set

Many reels of microfilm:
Census
Church records
Newspapers
Probates, 1787 – 1896
Death Certificates

1862 Walling map of Kings / Saint John Counties

Land Grant Maps