Here are some links for you to following for further research about the peoples of Charlotte County & New Brusnwick.

Wisconsin Land Office Records to 1908 - Added 15 Apr 2000 Many of Charlotte County's settlers travelled to the
        mid-west, in particular Wisconsin & Minnesota after the lumbering industry started dying off. This is a great
        resource that is being built slowly.

Canadians who served in Maine Militias in the Civil War  Added 15 Apr 2000    Compiled by Bruce Tower
        originally from Tower Hill, but now Prospect, CT

Provincial Archives of NB (PANB)-English
Provincial Archives of NB (PANB)- French Birth, marriage, land grants and lots of other GREAT things here!  Provincial Records are closed for 95 years, therefore the archives has records up to and include 1905.  If you are interested in more current vital statistics, you will need to get in touch with the Vital Statistics Department.

W.K.R.P.

W.K.R.P. (Washington/Charlotte Kounty Records Preservation). This is a quarterly newsletter that has been published for four years. It contains articles about who is doing what in the world of genealogy and historical preservation in Washington Co., Maine and Charlotte Co., New Brunswick. It also contains free queries, a wish list, and research completed. Our Winter issue is being sent to about 340 people/organizations across the US and Canada. The newsletter is run totally on donations. Please send e-mail to Sharon Howland.

Check our other counties in New Brunswick.

The Maine GenWeb project is a must see as many Charlotte county residents migrated back and forth across the border.

And don't forget Washington County, Maine GenWeb project.

Nova Scotia's GenWeb project - we were originally part of Nova Scotia until 1785.

Downeast Ancestors

Downeast Ancestors is a genealogy column published in The Quoddy Tides. This newspaper is published in Eastport, ME with subscribers in the Passamaquoddy Bay region of Washington Co., ME and Charlotte Co., NB. The column is written by Lee Jeffries. Queries should be typed or printed on 3 x 5 cards and include at least one name and date. If asking a question which requires an answer, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please do not send queries to the newspaper. Queries should be sent to:  Downeast Ancestors, 5C Apple Orchard Lane, Calais, ME  04619  USA.

Ruby Cusack's Genealogical Queries Column

Ruby's column appears in The Good Life, a supplement to each Friday's Saint John Times Globe.  Queries are copied to Ruby's web site for archival.  E-mail Ruby to submit queries for Charlotte County.
 

 New Brunswick Shell Fish Maps  some good detailed maps here!
 Canadian Ship Passenger Lists - Passenger & Immigration Lists for Canada
 Olive Tree - Ship Passenger Lists  lists ships that came here with their passengers- searchable database!
 Kinships- Passenger Ship Lists of Immigrants  - a site for passenger vessel art prints 26/11/99
 New Brunswick Information  Information about the province
 New Brunswick Telephone Co. - Search Telephone listings in New Brunswick
 International Internet Genealogical Society (IIGS) - Canadian links
 University of New Brunswick (UNB)-Loyalists Archives at UNB for Loyalists
 Cindy Howell's List - The "mother" of all genealogy indexes!  Here's the section dealing with Canada.
 Maine State Archives A lot of our ancestors came from Maine....check these out also
 University of Maine- Online Holdings Catalogue (URSUS) -
    Check this out....try searching on your SURNAME to see a list of holdings that they have.  You may be surprised!

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