Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Help an Alberta woman find her birth mother




Adoption always presents a difficult and often unique problem of its own in genealogy. Many times, it is often difficult to secure the records needed, and it can be especially true when you are looking at different jurisdictions across Canada, or different countries around the world.
 
Or if you didn’t know that you were adopted, and this is exactly what has happened to Susan Cockle of Alberta who was born on 28 January 1966 at The Moncton Hospital, New Brunswick. 
 
She and her sister found the paperwork which said that she was adopte at birth. She never knew!
 
She has been trying very hard to find her natural parents, but the New Brunsick government has yet to unseal the adoption records.
 
So if you could read the newspaper article at http://news.lokalee.com/alberta-woman-seeks-help-in-n-b-to-find-birth-parents/ and remember back to 1965-1966 in Moncton, New Brunswick, and help Susan find her birth mother.
 

 
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UPDATE: New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950



FamilySearch.org has put new additions to their New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950.
 
When complete, the collection will contain marriage records from New Brunswick, including:
 
Marriage Registers — 1789-1889
 
Marriage Certificates — 1887-1950 
 
Delayed Registration of Marriages — 1920-1945
 
Returns of Marriages — 1887-1950
 
The provincial government of New Brunswick began recording births, marriages, and deaths in 1888. For 1810 to 1887 records, there is a "Late Registration" compilation which is indexed. These records were registered after 1888.
 
 
You can also go to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick at http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA
 


Check the Canadian Week in Review every Monday morning for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada.

If you missed this week’s edition, it is at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/03/canadian-news-in-review-09-march-2015.html
 
It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!
It has been a regular post every Monday morning since
April 23, 2012.