New Brunswick, Canada: searchable immigrant databases

[smcarberry]

I had occasion yesterday to consult databases of records involving Irish immigrants of the 1800s into New Brunswick. The province has done an excellent job of making those accessible. The almshouse database can be searched by surname, nativity, ship name, departure port, etc. There are over 300 Clare immigrants in that database; note that a nativity search should be done using both "Clare" and "County Clare" categories. In two other databases, I used "Kilrush" in a keyword search and found the items shown below. The letter images are provided, and the handwriting is legible.

Hope that helps to round out your family histories. Anyone with a Boston relative of that era may find that entry was made through a Canadian port such as St. John, N.B., or St. Johns, Newfoundland, a port city of a similar name.

Sharon Carberry
not related to Studdert or Browne



All online databases
http://archives.gnb.ca/ResearchTools/Gu ... ture=en-CA

Irish-oriented databases
http://archives.gnb.ca/Irish/databases_en.html

St. John Almhouse records
http://archives.gnb.ca/Irish/Databases/ ... ture=en-CA

Newspapers database
List of Supplies being Shipped out of Ireland
New Brunswick Courier 1846.11.21
Description of food shipped out of Ireland, arriving in London, onboard 16 ships with one from Kilrush.

Immigrant Letters database
Letter from John Browne, Bathurst, New Brunswick, to Michael Studdart, Rehy Park near Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland, 23 July 1843.

Letter from John Browne, Bathurst, New Brunswick, to Michael Studdert, Rehy Park, Carrigaholt, Co. Clare, Ireland, 21 February 1848.

Letter from John Browne, Bathurst, New Brunswick, to Michael Studdert, Rehy Park, Carrigaholt, Co. Clare, Ireland, 16 January 1849.

[moc66]

Thanks Sharon