The Family Attic
Newfoundland and Labrador Links
Last Updated: October 28, 2007
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Genealogy Links: 14
Bay Roberts, Town of Hometown: Hometown page includes a genealogy section.
David Pike's Family History & Genealogy Resources: Information about the Pike Family. The first collection of information below pertains to the Pike family. Included here are transcripts of Pike entries in Newfoundland church records, photographs of Pike's in Newfoundland cemeteries, and various other bits of information.
Encyclopaedia of Newfoundland and Labrador: Future site of the digital version. Although the site is open, it will be several months before the information will be accessible. Read more about the books by visiting, Memorial University of Newfoundland: http://www.mun.ca/iser/encyclopedia.html
Family Tree Group: Grand Falls - Windsor, NL: Here you'll find a summary of the information located in our Grand Falls-Windsor office. Newspapers and other items have been transcribed and posted to the site. Several published items are also for sale, including school year books.
Newfoundland and Labrador Abandoned Communities Index: These nearly 600 abandoned communities appear in Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador and on a 1963 map of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland’s Grand Banks Genealogy Site (The): An excellent source for information for all of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland Shipwrecks on the Web: Robert C. Parsons hosts this website.
“No Great Future” Government Sponsored Resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador since Confederation, part of the Archives Canada website: In a press release, dated Oct 29, 1957, Premier J.R. Smallwood estimated that as many as 200 settlements in Newfoundland “with no great future” and involving as many as 50,000 people could be resettled (Stacey Collection, CNS).
Passing the Ancestral Torch: Newfoundlanders Pay Homage to the Resilient Acadian Community, While Recovering Their French Heritage: A wonderful article by Joyce Gregory Wyels which provides information on the French history of Newfoundland.
Robert C. Parsons Author Website: Hosted by Robert C. Parsons, it provides a list of publication with a short description of each. His column, “Times, Tides and Tales” is accessed from there. Each column contains a unique adventure of a pioneer ancestor. Books can be purchased from this site.
Rowes of Newfoundland: Genealogical research of the Rowe families of Newfoundland. This site contains all the many references to the Rowe (incl. Row, Roe ) surname found to date in Newfoundland church and civil records, newspapers, books, etc. and personal contacts. The contents are by no means complete but only reflect those sources found and copied by myself, John Rowe.
Ships Associated with James Cook in Newfoundland: This website contains information on the ships that were associated with James Cook during his time in Newfoundland between 1762 and 1767. There is also a list of captains and commanders.
StonePics: StonePics is the results of a unique project to photograph and index every cemetery, headstone, and monument in Newfoundland, Canada.
Strong Family of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland: Hosted by Charles G. Strong, this site contains information on the Strong family of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland, Canada. Prominent names you will find here include Anstey, Batstone, Knight, Langon (Langdown), Marsh, Newhook, Strong and Wells.
Cemetery Listings: 3
Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project: This project aims to document the cemeteries of Canada. Transcriptions and photos are included. Links are provided for inscriptions already on-line.
Stone Pics: StonePics is the results of a unique project to photograph and index every cemetery, headstone, and monument in Newfoundland, Canada.
Webber’s Bight Cemetery, Notre Dame Bay, Exploits District: Found on the NL GenWeb site, the headstone inscriptions were originally transcribed by Michael Carroll c. 1980's and retyped by Beverly Warford in 2007.
Newfoundland (Canada) Census Records: 0
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Genealogy Societies, Archives and Museums: 6
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives: A must stop for all researchers.
Bay St. George Genealogical Society: This is the second site posted by the society, so they have a place for pictures, documents, a query board, etc.
Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador: Located at 657 Topsail Road, Waterford Valley Plaza, St. John's, NL, Canada A1E 2E3. The Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador's database of cemetery and parish records is available for research by members and the general public. NLGS is in the midst of an ongoing project to index all the cemetery and parish records in Newfoundland and Labrador. More than 100,000 birth, marriage, death, and burial events have been indexed resulting in around 500,000 name references.
The Family Tree Centre: A non-profit organization operated by volunteers situated in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL. Since 1998, they have promoted interest in genealogy by helping visitors conduct research on their ancestry and explore their family history. Their centre contains genealogical information for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Address: Family Tree Centre, 7 High Street, Town Square Mall, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL; phone 709-489-6903
The Newfoundland Historical Society: Mailing Address: Newfoundland Historical Society, PO Box 23154, Churchill Square, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 4J9.
The Rooms: Located in St. John's, NL.
Books: 22 - Although prices have been quoted when found, they are subject to change. Check with the publisher, establishment and/or author for current prices, contact information, etc. If you have further information to add (publication date, author, a shore description, etc.) or Newfoundland and Labrador genealogy-related book to add to the list, send it to Diana: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca
Thank you to everyone who submitted the names of books and accompanying information.
100th Anniversary 1882 - 1982 All Saints Anglican Church Pouch Cove.
Published: 48 pages.
Early Stuart Mariners and Shipping by Todd Gray (editor).
Published: Devon & Cornwall Record Society, November 1990, 196 pages, paperback.
Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E. R. Seary.
ISBN 0773517820
For Love of a Woman by Calvin D. Evans.
Published: 1992, 130 Pages
Description: Information about the Evans family and NL ship building. Thirty other names mentioned.
Fort Amherst, St. John's by Rosalind Power.
Published: 1995, 160 Pages.
Hardships and Blessings - Seniors Tell Their Stories, North Harbour to Admiral's Beach by Una Hynes.
Published: St. Joseph’s Literacy Network, 2002, 94 pages, softcover.
Available: From the author, Una Hynes (email: unahynes@hotmail.com).
Book On-line: http://www.nald.ca/clr/hardship/cover.htm
His Eyes Are On the Sparrows by Myra Miles.
Published: c.2003.
Description: This book focuses mainly on Pool's Cove, Fortune Bay.
History of Corpus Christi Parish, North Bay (A) by Edward-Vincent Chafe
Published: ISBN 0-920884-41-5
Description: Includes history on the Northern Bay Region with lots of local information of the past. Includes bibliographical references.
Available: Can be borrowed from most libraries.
History of St. John the Evangelist Church, Bay Roberts/Coley's Point.
Published: 1981, 32 pages.
History of Torbay by Bob Codner.
Published: 1996, 130 Pages.
MacDermott of Fortune by Hugh MacDermott.
Published: c.1936.
Description: An excellent book on life in Fortune Bay in the early 1900's.
Available: Can be borrowed from most Newfoundland and Labrador Libraries.
Memories in the Life of a Twillingate Man by Carl Sharpe.
Description: Provides a clear image of the early days of living in Twillingate to the present times.
Available: Selected stores and possibly from the author.
Moments in Time, A Cultural Portrait of Green Bay, Newfoundland.
Published: Green Bay Economic Development Association, 1994.
More Information: http://home.earthlink.net/~lkstrong/ThreeArms.htm
My Children's Families (Rowe) Woodland.
Published: Self-published, 2004, at Hamilton, Ontario, 204 pages with 70 illustrations, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, adhesive bound, divided into four sections (one for each family), including Appendices of Genealogical Reports: 160 copies printed.
Description: A brief history and genealogy of four Newfoundland families that originated in West Country England, commencing with their 16th to 18th century origins there through their settlement and lives up to modern times in Newfoundland and beyond.
Available: From the author, Robert Woodland (email: woodrowe@sympatico.ca)
Price: $20.00 plus shipping.
Newfoundland Now and Then by Florence Murrin.
Published: 1985, 160 pages include text and a collection of photos.
North Bay Narrative (The) - One Hundred Years of a Newfoundland Outport Village by Walter Staples.
Published: Peter E. Randall Publisher, Box 4726, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03802 USA, 1998.
Description: The book details the lives of the residents of North Bay and contains many photographs. The main families were Farrell, Strickland, Taylor and Stone.
Reflections Through Time, Town of Triton, NF 1836 - 2002 researched and written by Justine Vincent, in partner ship with the town of Triton and the Green Bay South Education Centre.
Published: December 2002, beautifully designed Hardcover.
Description: The book depicts the history of Triton, NL. This book contains page after page of local photos from the past and present as well as many interesting accounts past events within the town.
Available: From the Town of Triton (email: townoftrion@nf.aibn.com); phone, office: (709) 263-2264.
More Information: http://www.townoftriton.ca/Heritage.htm
Price: $20.00 plus shipping and handling.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Parish and the Early People of Carbonear, Newfoundland (Marriages 1850 - 1899) by James M. Fleming Sr.
Sea, Our Life-Blood (The). A History of Wesleyville, Newfoundland, A project of the Ocean View Senior Citizens by Naboth Winsor.
Printed: B. S. C. Printers Limited, Gander, Newfoundland, 1982, 148 pages of text and photos.
Description: History, lists of school teachers, ministers and priests of Wesleyville.
Settling of Spaniards Bay (The) by Eric Martin Goose.
Published: 1988, 82 Pages.
Story of the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Harbour Grace & Grand Falls, Newfoundland (Marriages from 1806 - 1845) (The) by James M. Fleming Sr.
Westcountry Harbour by H. J. Trump.