Welcome to family heritage.ca! Resources for genealogists researching families in the Maritime provinces of Canada. Discover your family history here!

Virtual Gallery of Historic New Brunswick Images

• Virtual Gallery of Historic New Brunswick, 1750-1920
• Virtual Gallery of Historic Saint John, 1750-1910
• Virtual Gallery of Historic Fredericton, 1800-1900
• Photographs of Fredericton, 1860-1930
• Select Bibliography

Sources for New Brunswick Genealogical Research

• 1878 Historical Atlas of York County, including Fredericton
• 1875 Historical Atlas of Saint John City & County
• 1840 List of Businesses in Fredericton, compiled in 1895
• 1871 Census of New Maryland, York County
• 1881 Census of New Maryland, York County
• 1891 Census of New Maryland, York County
• 1901 Census of New Maryland, York County
• 1875-1906 Letters of the Alexander family, Sunbury County New!
• 1777 Muster Roll, 4th New Jersey Volunteers, loyalists (Capt. Peter Ruttan's company)
• 1783 Muster Roll, 3rd New Jersey Volunteers, loyalists (Capt. Edward Earle's company)
• 1786 Return of Early Settlers in the Chaleur Bay area of Quebec (New Carlisle)
• 1825 Peter Fisher's Sketches of New Brunswick
• 1838 Peter Fisher's Notitia of New Brunswick
• 1857 Map of New Brunswick with Parish boundaries

My Articles and Books on Family History

• The Grandmother's Story: Oral Tradition, Family Memory and a Mysterious Manuscript, by Robert C. Fisher
• Destination Unknown: Tracing Strays from Atlantic Canada, 1860-1920, by Robert C. Fisher (how-to article, 2003)
• The Exodus from New Brunswick: Tracing the Out-Migration of a Family, 1860-1920, by Robert C. Fisher (how-to article, 2001)
• Family Heritage Bookstore: My Publications
• To inquire about reprinting or using an article above for educational or commercial purposes, please contact Access Copyright

Key sites for genealogical research in Canada

1. Canadian Genealogy Centre by Library and Archives Canada
   The main portal to genealogical resources on the web site of Library and Archives Canada, including the 1901 Census, 1871 Ontario census, First World War attestation papers, and more.
2. Early Canadiana Online
   Huge collection of 18th and 19th century Canadiana, comprising some 1.6 million pages from over 8,750 books or volumes.
3. Our Roots: Canada's Local Histories Online
   Thousands of local histories of Canadian communities, now out of copyright, fully searchable.
4. Archives Canada
   A combined catalog of hundreds of Canadian archives at the national, provincial and local levels. Search all archives at once.