New Brunswick Genealogical Society

The New Brunswick Genealogical Society (NBGS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 and dedicated to historical genealogical research in New Brunswick, Canada.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} It publishes the Generations genealogical journal^[7][8][9] and the New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers.^{[10][11][12][13]} NBGS host genealogical and history fairs in the local area.^[14]

History

NBGS was founded in November 1978, during a meeting of local genealogists.^[15]

The society began publishing its journal, Generations, in June 1979.^[16][17]

Harold Fanjoy once served as president of the Saint John chapter of NBGS.^[18][19] He passed away in 2008.^[19]

Activities

In 2006, NBGS released First Families, a collection of records relating to the first 7,414 families to arrive in New Brunswick.^[20] The material is held at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick and was made available online.^[21][20] The records have not been updated since 2006, and are considered a "finding aid" only.^[22]

In 2018, NBGS launched a project aimed at digitizing over 600 Anglican registers dating back to the 1790s.^[23][24]

Since 2019, NBGS has received government funding as a participant in the Canada Summer Jobs program.^[25][26]