Nepisiquit Family History Research Centre
The Nepisiguit Family History Research Centre is manned voluntarily by members of the Généalogie Nepisiguit Genealogy (GNG) group.
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Location:
Basement level of the Bathurst Heritage Museum on Douglas Ave. in Bathurst.
Mailing Address:
360 Douglas Ave.
Bathurst, NB,
E2A 4S6.
The Centre does not have internet connection but contact may be made by emailing to
Directions:
Persons coming into Bathurst who take the King Ave turnoff would follow King towards downtown until St Andrew Street. At that point turn left and go to the corner of St Andrew and Douglas. The centre is across from the Sacred Heart Cathedral. The entrance is at the side door facing the park.
Hours of Operation:
We are open from June 1 to August 31 Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.
From September 1 to December 15 Tuesday and Thursday, 12 noon to 4pm.
From December 16 to the end of February – closed.
No appointments are necessary during regular hours of operation. For visitors coming from away, we are always willing to open for them, provided they call and make arrangements with either Patsy Hennessy at 1-506-548-5624 or Maurita Bourque at 1-506-546-9156. These two individuals are the co-chairs.
There is no charge for using our centre. We are not funded in any way and rely solely upon membership fees to GNG which are $15 per year, as well as donations from visitors and selling tickets now and then on donated items such as a quilt or afghan.
We have a microfilm reader in good working order for reading both microfilm and microfiche. The printer mechanism is not in working order so we use a digital camera for printout of pages or items. We have both a printer and a photocopier for which we charge $.25 per sheet, with deal arranged if multiple sheets are required by our visitor.
Our in-house rules are very basic. No pens allowed, but pencils, paper and various family tree forms are provided free of charge. There is place to plug in a laptop.
There are separate washrooms for both sexes. We have a kitchen with microwave and coffee or tea, should our visitor(s) bring their own lunches. Being in the center of the city of Bathurst, we are in proximity to most types of restaurants/eating establishments, some by walking and others by car. Taxis are the only means of public transportation to date.
Since the Irish who came here are listed in almost every church record or publication that we have, it would be too long a list for this item. Suffice it to say that the pertinent church records we do have cover much of the Gaspe, all of Gloucester County, and several for Northumberland County.
Census books for Gloucester, Restigouche and Northumberland.
Many family history books purchased or donated.
Obituary notices for the area covering 1838 to 2006.
Cemetery books of gravestone inscriptions for all 69 cemeteries of Gloucester County.
Local newspaper “The Northern Light” from 1913 to present, and an index of names from the “Courrier Provincial de Maritimes” which contains a goodly number of Irish items. From this index we can copy the original articles as we have the newspapers themselves. (which are very fragile).
We also have in our filing cabinet copies of research already done by people who have visited and ourselves. These folders are listed alphabetically by family name and are at your disposal.
Upper St. John River Valley Research Centres
Currently, we have only one research facility pertinent to Irish New Brunswick research identified for the counties of Carleton, Victoria and Madawaska.
We invite you, our viewers, to contact us with any suggestions for additional research centres that should be added within this section. In the meantime, please click on the link below to learn about one such facility:
Grand Falls Museum – Grand Falls, NB
Saint John Area Research Centres
For the purposes of the ICCANB, the Saint John Area includes Kings and Saint John counties. In terms of sheer numbers of immigrants arriving in New Brunswick, the port of Saint John certainly saw a goodly share of Irish entering North America. Some who arrived through this harbour settled in the Saint John area, others moved on to other locations in the province, and a great number used Saint John as a “stepping stone” to other parts of North America.
For anyone researching their Irish roots in the Saint John area, or who has a general interest in the Irish in these counties, the following facilities can provide varying amounts of materials useful in your quest. Please click a link below to go to the specific research centre description:
Archives and Research Library, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John
Diocesan Archives – Saint John
Reference Department, Saint John Free Public Library
Stake Family History Center (Church of Latter Day Saints) – Saint John
Moncton Area Research Centres
The Moncton Area includes the counties of Westmorland, Albert and Kent, each of which was significant in terms of Irish settlement and influence on the development of New Brunswick. To this day many Irish surnames can still be found in the communities captured within these three counties.
For anyone researching their Irish roots in the Moncton area, or who has a general interest in the Irish in these counties, the following facilities can provide varying amounts of materials useful in your quest. Please click a link below to go to the specific research centre description:
Albert County Museum – Hopewell Cape
Centre d’Études Acadienne – Université de Moncton – Moncton
Family Research Center (Church of Latter Day Saints) – Moncton
Heritage Room – Moncton Public Library
The Irish Room – Thomas Williams House, Moncton
Miramichi Area Research Centres
Northumberland County is known as one of the most Irish areas of the Province. the largest community in the county, Miramichi City, was formed in 1995 through the forced amalgamation of two rival towns, Newcastle and Chatham, and several smaller communities including Douglatown, Loggieville, and Nelson. All of these communities were rich in Irish heritage and in the centre of it all was always St. Michael’s Church.
Over the years St. Michael’s accumulated such large quantities of historic documents pertaining to the area, the people who settled there, and their subesquent descendents, that the st. Michael’s Genealogy and Research Centre was founded.
For details about St. Michael’s, please follow the link below:
St. Michael’s Genealogy and Research Centre – Miramichi City, Northumberland County
The City of Miramichi was formed in 1995 through the forced amalgamation of two rival towns, Newcastle and Chatham, and several smaller communities, including Douglastown, Loggieville, and Nelson