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Genealogy
The Miramichi Branch of the Genealogical Society was founded in 1991.The Society meets from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on the fourth Tuesday in each month at
the Chatham Library, situated at 31 King Street, Miramichi, N.B. Each month they have a speaker followed
by a business meeting.They have 110 members of which approximately
50% are from outside the City. They recently completed their Cemetery Project where they
visited over 115 cemeteries in Northumberland County transcribing the information on existing tombstones. The
data was produced and published in indexed book form according to Parish. They are also transcribing the
Northumberland County Census and to date have completed 1851-1891. These publications are for sale by visiting
their Website at www.nbgsmiramichi.org Their volunteers are also collecting & typing obituaries that have Northumberland County connections
and, to date, have posted over 6,000 on the Website. The Society will set up their genealogical display
of resource materials at any festivals, old home weeks or reunions to which they get invited.
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