GUIDE TO THE HOLDINGS OF THE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Revised April 19, 2019 FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 50 Pippy Place Suite 16 B St. John’s, NL A1B 3V7 CANADA Phone: (709) 754-9525 Fax: (709) 754-6430 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fhsnl.ca COLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY TABLE OF CONTENTS A. FINDING AIDS .................................................................................................................. 5 B. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS .......................................................................................... 7 C. GUIDES TO THE HOLDINGS OF OTHER ARCHIVES ................................................ 9 D. CEMETERY HEADSTONES TRANSCRIPTIONS ....................................................... 10 ST. JOHN’S REGION ................................................................................................... 14 CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH REGION ...................................................................... 16 CONCEPTION BAY NORTH REGION ...................................................................... 18 TRINITY BAY REGION .............................................................................................. 23 BONAVISTA BAY REGION ....................................................................................... 26 NOTRE DAME BAY REGION .................................................................................... 34 CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGION .................................................................. 44 GREEN BAY, BAIE VERTE, WHITE BAY REGION ............................................... 45 GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA REGION ............................................................ 48 WEST COAST REGION .............................................................................................. 52 SOUTH COAST REGION ............................................................................................ 58 HERMITAGE BAY, BAY D’ESPOIR REGION ......................................................... 61 FORTUNE BAY REGION............................................................................................ 63 BURIN PENINSULA REGION .................................................................................... 65 PLACENTIA BAY REGION ........................................................................................ 67 ST. MARY’S BAY REGION ........................................................................................ 69 SOUTHERN SHORE REGION .................................................................................... 70 LABRADOR STRAITS/LABRADOR SOUTH REGION ........................................... 71 LABRADOR WEST REGION...................................................................................... 73 LABRADOR NORTH REGION ................................................................................... 74 GLOBAL COLLECTION ............................................................................................. 76 E. PARISH RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS ............................................................ 77 F. VOTERS LIST…………………………………………………………………………...87 G. NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS RECORDS……………………………………………..91 H. CENSUS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS .................................................................. 93 I. NEWSPAPERS TRANSCRIPTIONS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES……………………………………………………………………………95 J. PERIODICALS................................................................................................................. 97 3 K. LIBRARY HOLDINGS.................................................................................................... 99 L. SHIPS AND PASSENGERS LISTS .............................................................................. 109 M. MILTARY RECORDS ................................................................................................... 109 N FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HISTORIES………………………………………….111 O. DONATED COLLECTIONS ......................................................................................... 169 P. MICROFICHE ................................................................................................................ 191 Q. COMPUTER FILES ....................................................................................................... 195 R. PROVINCIAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY………………………………………….…197 S. DIRECTORIES…………………………………………………………………………198 4 FINDING AIDS – A A. FINDING AIDS 1. Annual Research Index: 1984-1985; 1984-1986; 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 2. Newsletter Surname Index: Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 3. Newsletter Surname Index: Vol. 3 4. The Newfoundland Ancestor Surname Index: Volumes 1-5: 1984-1989 5. Chronological List of Census Materials: Identified by the Census Inventory Committee 6. Lloyd’s Medals: 1836-1989: Awards for Courage and Exceptional Services 7. Finding Aid: Microfiche Collections (1994) 8. Microfiche Collection: Finding Aid (2003) 9. Guide to the Genealogical Holdings of the Family History Society (2015) 10. Information from Repositories: File List (1993) 11. Communities and Family Names from Library Books 12. Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions: Finding Aid 5 GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS – B B. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS 1. Handbook for Reading and Interpreting Old Documents 2. Handbook for Recording Inscriptions in Cemeteries (Multiple Copies) 3. Where Do I Begin 4. Guide for Bay of Islands Genealogical Research, including Marker Inscriptions of Bay of Islands Cemeteries 5. Newfoundland Historical Society Fonds 1881-1905: A Guide 6. A Graveyard Preservation Primer 7 CEMETERY HEADSTONES TRANSRIPTIONS – D C. GUIDES TO THE HOLDINGS OF OTHER ARCHIVES THE ROOMS CORPORATION, PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES DIVISION 1. Division of Vital Statistics – Newfoundland Births, Marriages & Deaths (by year) 2. Sources for Military Research (3) MARITIME HISTORY ARCHIVES 1. Keith Matthews Collection – Maritime History Archives – index of names and page numbers 2. A Guide to the Keith Matthews Collection Series: 19th and 20th Century documents 3. A Guide to the Student Research Papers Collected by: Dr. John Mannion 4. A Guide to the Keith Matthews Collection Series 4: Research Data on the Nfld. Fishery and Shipping Industry 5. A Guide to the English Parish Registers held at the Maritime History Archives 6. A Guide to the Census Records held at the Maritime History Archives 7. A Guide to the Newspaper Collection at the Maritime History Archives (2 copies) 8. A Guide to the Thomas Ruck Papers 9. Guide to the Department of History Student Research Papers at the Maritime History Archives 10. Irish Parish Registers Collection 11. Inventory of Post-Graduate Honours and Senior Undergraduate Reports on the Fishery and Fishing Industry 12. Finding Aid #2: Alan Goodridge and Sons 13. A Guide to the Newfoundland Parish Records 14. The Gordon Duff Papers Index 15. A Guide to the English Parish Records by: Roberta Thomas and Paula Marshall, 1989 16. A Guide to the Index to Lloyd’s List 17. Great Britain, Colonial Office: A Guide to the Records Held at the Maritime History Archives 18. Genealogy: Miscellaneous Mormon Church: Maritime History Archives 19. Maritime History Archives, 1991 20. Maritime History Archives Supplement, 1992 21. Finding Aid For Nfld. Documents (1500-1800) by: Peter Pope 9 D – CEMETERY HEADSTONES TRANSCRIPTIONS . CEMETERY HEADSTONES TRANSCRIPTIONS A project of the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc. funded through Canada Council of Archives INTRODUCTION The Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society, Inc. (NLGS) was founded in 1984 to promote interest in and facilitate family history research in Newfoundland and Labrador. To perform these tasks NLGS incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1987 and changed its name to the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (FHSNL) in 2004. FHSNL has collections of material relating to genealogy and history, including: manuscripts, books, periodicals, family trees, microfiche, census records, parish registers and cemetery inscriptions. To enhance the collections and preserve records of the FHSNL, the Society has committees with appropriate mandates. The collections are accessible to the membership of the Society and the general public. All donations or gifts to the Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, Inc. become the absolute and total property of the Society, without restrictions by donors, except by prior and mutual agreement of both the donor and FHSNL. The Cemetery Cataloguing Committee is the society's largest collection. This collection consists of headstone transcriptions from cemeteries in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, or in any other region that has Newfoundlanders interred. A large part of this collection has come to the society from volunteers, who have transcribed cemetery transcriptions for themselves or the Society. The collection consists of four parts: 1. Edited transcripts of inscriptions generally donated by volunteers. 2. Marker Record Forms, hand written transcripts containing a complete transcript and detailed description of each headstone. 3. Photographs of headstones integrated into the collection. 4. Published and manuscript related material: books, articles, documents including information on how to transcribe, preserve, conserve and restore headstones and cemeteries. A large part of the collection has been entered into a database from which general and specific searches may be undertaken. Related material includes a collection of burial registers in the custody of the Parish Registers Committee.