- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .N4L3N6R4
- Category:
- New Brunswick
- Creator:
- New Brunswick. Land Records (Northumberland County).
- Material Description:
- 5 microfilm textual records (31 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Background:
Northumberland County, as one of the eight original New Brunswick counties, included a vast area of the northern and eastern part of the Province. Kent County was erected in 1826 from two southern parishes of Northumberland County. Researchers interested in the latter county should consult the surviving Northumberland County records for information relating to the early settlement period.
- Contents:
The microfilm copy of the Registry Records was made from a typescript copy of the Records.
On the first reel, the Volume numbers of the registers are designated 1-11, 1787-1814 and 11-16, 1814-1820.
From Volume 16 through 31, 1820-1831, each volume represents only one, or frequently two years.
The records contain deeds and mortgages; memorials; lease agreements; and many other documents relating to the ownership of land.
- Originals:
Copies of the original records are held at the Registrar's Office, 360 Water Street, Miramichi, New Brunswick, E1V 3X1.
- Archival Ref. No.:
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick RS 91 (microfilm copy).
- Finding Aids:
An index by name of grantor and grantee, 1787-1845, is available on one microfilm reel.
A microfilm shelf list is available in print and as a PDF.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- NB Land Records Northumberland Registry Deeds Shelf List.pdf