[Editor’s note: This second post of four, written by Lynn Johnson, member of the VT-FCGS Acquisitions Committee, continues her reviews of the new books added to the VT-FCGS Library in the Summer of 2014.]

Books of New Brunswick

Note- these two books go together

Marriage Register 1846-1887 Albert County, New Brunswick
This marriage register was taken from microfilm housed in the Genealogy section of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, in Frederickton in 1984. The original records were in five volumes with the earliest record in 1846 to the last from 1887. The parishes covered are Hopewell, Hillsborough, Coverdale, Harvey, Elgin, and Alma.
The authors note that researchers looking for marriages for Albert County prior to 1845, or even after should also check the Marriage register for Westmoreland County.

Marriage Register Westmoreland County New Brunswick 1790-1856 Part I
Westmoreland County is in southeastern New Brunswick. Albert County was included in Westmoreland until 1845. The book starts with an introduction that explains name and boundary changes that occurred as the area went from French to English governorship.
The parishes included are Westmoreland, Moncton, Sackville, Dorchester, Salisbury, Botsford and Shediac. Some records from Hillsborough, Hopewell and Coverdale are included. Later they become part of Albert County.
These two books are marriage registers which we’ve learned means that the only information that was copied was the date of marriage, groom’s name, bride’s name and when known where they lived. The names of parents and witnesses were evidently on the films but they were not copied down. This is disappointing but hopefully these books can point a researcher in the right direction before they end up contacting the Archives, which presumably charges for research time.
The records were copied in the order in which they were recorded but each book includes an index of grooms, and an index of brides.

[This completes post 2 of 4]