Kings County GenWeb  New Brunswick - Canada

In the early days of New Brunswick newspapers were published only in the major centers, such as Saint John and Fredericton. Gradually there came into being several regional papers and later newspapers with a more specialized readership, such as Church publications. In recent years those most likely to have data about the people in Kings County are as follows:

• The Telegraph-Journal (a evening newspaper from Saint John)
• The Evening Times-Globe (an afternoon/evening newspaper from Saint John, which was a combination of early papers, The Time and The Globe.) (a evening newspaper from Saint John, which is now defunct)
• The Times-Transcript (an afternoon/evening newspaper from Moncton, NB, which I believe was also a combination of two earlier papers, the Times and Transcript. ??)
• The Kings County Record (published in Sussex I beleive)


Vital Statistics for the earliest years of these papers have been extracted, but for years following these books one must rely on the microfilmed editions, many of which are held by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. However, PANB does not have a complete collection of these papers. The item following is about an ambitious project undertaken to gather all the vital statistics (and personal data) from New Brunswick newspapers. Unfortunately the books so published are now out of print (due to the death of the compiler/publisher) but many libraries have copies, as have some individuals. The names of early NB newspapers follow, as does a sample of what you might find in the books that were published.



You may find many clippings of personal events in Scrapbooks that are in Libraries, Museums, the PANB, and in private hands. The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John for many years carried out a "clipping project", where they clipped many items from local newpapers and made scrapbook. These were turned over to the Saint John Free Public Library, and may be consulted there. It is possible that they are also on microfilm. See : for obits online, as well as many other GebWeb pages.

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers"

Over 100 Years of Complete Genealogical Extracts
From New Brunswick, Canada Newspapers 1784-1890

In 1981, the Vital Statistics Committee of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society began an ambitious undertaking - to extract genealogical items from the religious, county and city newspapers published in the Province beginning with the earliest publication in 1784. When the committee disbanded in 1985, the project was continued privately by Daniel F. Johnson.

Since that time, extracts have been taken from newspapers dating from 1784 to 1889. Every page of each newspaper was scanned for even the most obscure items. Over 300 reels of microfilm were viewed and 400,000 full name references were extracted. In November 1992, the Search & Extract Service (SAE) was introduced to find the occurrence of family surnames, to extract the selected entries, and to reference the newspaper source. Unfortunately with the death of Mr. Johnson in early 2005, this service is no longer available, but his work has now been put online at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
 

New Brunswick Newspapers

Chatham (Northumberland Co.)
M.M. - Miramichi Mercury
G.N.S. - Gleaner & North. Sched.
U.A. - Union Advocate
WORLD - World

Fredericton (York Co.)
CAP - Fredericton Evening Capital
FARMER - Colonial Farmer
F.T. - Fredericton Telegraph
GLEAN - Daily Gleaner
H.Q. - Headquarters
N.B.R. - New Brunswick Reporter
N.B.R.G. - New Brunswick Royal Gazette
LOY - Loyalist

Sussex (Kings County)
K.C.R. - Kings County Record

Moncton (Westmorland Co.)
TIMES - Moncton Times

Sackville (Westmorland Co.)
BORDER - Sackville Borderer
POST - Chigecto Post

Saint Andrews (Charlotte Co.)
PILOT - The Bay Pilot
HERALD - St. Andrews Herald
STD or STA - St. Andrews Standard
St.AC - St. Andrews Courant

Saint Stephen (Charlotte Co.)
BANN - St. Stephen Banner
COURIER - St. Stephen Courier

Saint John (St. John Co.)
B.C. - British Colonist
C.G. - City Gazette
D.M.N. - Daily Morning News
D.N. - Daily News
D.T. - Daily Telegraph
FREE - Morning Freeman
GAZETTE - Evening Gazette
GLOBE - St. John Globe
M.& V. - Messanger & Visitor
M.N. - Morning News
M.T. - Morning Telegraph
N.B.C. - New Brunswick Courier
N.B.Z. - New Brunswick Chronicle
PROGRESS - Progress
R.I. - Religious Intelligencer
S.J.G. - St. John Gazette
S.J.H. - St. John Herald
STAR - St. John Star
SUN - Daily Sun
T.B. - Times or True Briton
T.T. - Temperance Telegraph
TEL - Daily Telegraph
VISITOR - Christian Visitor
WATCHMAN - The Watchman
W.C. - Weekly Chronicle
W.O. - Weekly Observer

Woodstock (Carleton Co.)
C.S. - Carleton Sentinel
W.J. - Woodstock Journal
W.T. - Woodstock Times

The following is a sample search for the surname Baird Volumes 1 to 6:
Abbreviations m. (married) d. (died) w/o (wife of) s/o (son of) d/o (daughter of)

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 1

879 m. Wednesday eve., 3rd inst., by Rev. Dr. Byles, George CLARK / Margaret d/o William BAIRD, all of this city. NBRG 4 February 1808 T.B.

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 2

1844 m. June 4th, Saint John, John BAIRD / Isabella second d/o late Robert ARCHER, Saint John. 21 June 1817 A.R.

2388 d. Wednesday, age 20, Isabella w/o John BAIRD of this city. 1 January 1820 NBC

2412 m. Same eve., by Rev. Dr. Burns, James BAIRD / Miss Eliza BERRY both of this city. NBRG 26 January 1820 CG

2492 m. Sunday eve., by Rev. Dr. Burns, James McLAUGHLAN / Mrs. Phebe BAIRD both of this city. NBRG / 24 May 1820 CG

2905 m. Saturday eve., by Rev. Dr. Burns, George ANDERSON / Cynthia d/o William BAIRD of this city. 20 February 1822 CG

2978 m. Sunday eve., by same, John BAIRD / Eliza d/o Richard BARTLETT, all of this city. 6 June 1822 CG

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 3

4032 m. 25th inst., by same, Thomas GREGORY / Miss Ann BAIRD. 1 October 1825 NBC

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 4

1213 d. Onslow, N.S., John BAIRD 22 February 1831 GNS

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 5

360 m. Tuesday last by Rev. Robert Wilson, Thomas MILLER / Mary Ann BAIRD both of this city. 4 August 1832 N.B.C.

755 d. Friday morn. age 83, William BAIRD, native of Sterling, Scotland, early settler. NBC CG 9 April 1833 W.O.

"Vital Statistics From New Brunswick (Canada) Newspapers" Vol. 6

931 d. Upham parish, Kings Co., 27th ult., Capt. John BAIRD, native of England. He was born in Flimby, near Whitehaven and emigrated to this country about 20 years ago, age 67. Left family. 9 April 1836 NBC