| FAMILY HISTORIES: |
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Beginnings
| A collection of gathered materials on individuals and families. Unproven
- a place to start.
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| LOCAL HISTORIES: - See the Queens
County GenWeb site for Cemetery, Church and Marriage Records, as well
as numerous other Queens County items.
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PARISHES: Queens County was one of the original eight
counties formed when New Brunswick became a province. Unlike many of the
other Counties it had most of it's land assigned right away. In fact it
is said to have extended into Westmorland County, but by 1787 it came within
the bounds it has today. It had four original parishes.
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Brunswick Parish - Set off in 1816 from the only unassigned
land. It included part of Chipman Parish.
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Cambridge Parish - Set off in 1852 from Wickham and Waterborough
Parish.
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Canning Parish - Set off in 1827, from Waterford Parish
(Kings County) and a bit of Chipman Parish was included.
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Chipman Parish - Set off in 1835, from Brunswick Parish with
parts of Canning and Waterborough Parishes.
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Gagetown Parish* - Included part of Petersville Parish until
1838
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Hampstead Parish* - Included part of Petersville Parish until
1838
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Johnston Parish - Set off in 1839 from Wickham Parish
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Petersville Parish - Set off in 1838 from Hampstead and Gagetown
Parishes
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Waterbrough Parish* - Included Canning Parish and part of
Chipman Parish until 1827, also part of Cambridge Parish until 1852
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Wickham Parish* - Included Johnston Parish until 1839 and
part of Cambridge Parish until 1852 It also extended into what is now Westmorland
County.
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PHOTOS: Items
linked with this camera must be contacted before use, as photos are copyrighted
to the photographer(s) and cannot be used without persmission. All others
may be freely used with credit to the photographer. |
Church Photos - see separate listing The listings
on that page will try and identify all churches in this county. It will
then list links to photos of the churches, either as new photos, or as
links to photos on another site. For records of some of the Churches listed
- see the County Guides from the Provincial
Archives of New Brunswick.
A Land Grant
Map - Grant 2340, in 1828 New Jerusalem, Queens County - now part of
Base Gagetown.
A Map of New
Jerusalem - (not to scale) Shows a rough approximation of where some
families lived in relation to one another.
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