Resources for Your Genealogy Research in Newfoundland and Labrador

Where to Look? How to Find It?

There are many places to search for answers to your Newfoundland and Labrador genealogy questions. If you know what is available, you can make much better use of your time and effort in finding out all you can about your Canadian ancestors in Newfoundland and Labrador. Here is where to start some of your searching.

It is instructive to remember that this is a "new" province of Canada which was a separate British Colony until 1949. As such, many of the early records you may be looking for will be in United Kingdom sites rather than Canadian ones.

We have gathered together lists of those resources we are aware of for the most common resources, and also some of the less common places to look for information about your family. So, help yourself to the information below, and go hunting.

The Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador is a resource to start looking for your family history.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society is a part of the Genealogy Resource Center and makes available both links to other sites containing genealogical data as well as history of the region.

Newfoundland and Labrador map

There are further genealogy resources available here Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador which is dedicated to helping people find family history in that province.

Here is the LDS Wiki page for Newfoundland and Labrador genealogy information. Be aware that the Wiki pages for Canadian provinces are still very thin in information.

It Helps When You Know Where to Look!