GenealogyGuide8th PDF

GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL
IN THE
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
COLLECTION
ST. JOHN’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Compiled by
David Leamon & Brenda Parmenter

2011
(8th Edition)
Newfoundland and Labrador Collection

St. John’s Public Libraries
Provincial Resource Library
Arts & Culture Centre (Third Floor)
95 Allandale Road
St. John’s, NL Canada
A1B 3A3
Web Site: http://www.nlpl.ca

In this Guide, you will find that certain materials are designated available through interlibrary loan
and others are not for loan. Requests for materials that are available through interlibrary loan must be
made at your local public library. Materials that are not for loan may not be borrowed, but you may
request information from these or any other materials in the Newfoundland and Labrador Collection.
For further information:
Telephone: 709-737-3955
Fax: 709-737-3958
E-mail: genealogy@nlpl.ca
—Cover design and document layout by John Griffin.

INDEX
HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
CHURCH RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CEMETERY RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CENSUS MATERIAL IN NOMINAL FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DIRECTORIES OF RESIDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
VOTERS’ LISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DOCUMENTS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
WHO’S WHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
FAMILY TREES & FAMILY HISTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
COMMUNITY & FAMILY REUNIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PLACE NAMES & STREET NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
COURT RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
COMMUNITY HISTORIES & MEMOIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CHURCH HISTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MILITARY HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SCHOOL YEARBOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
STORIES OF THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
RAILWAY HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
YEARBOOKS, GAZETTEERS, MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . 86
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LOCATION LEGEND
CR = CONSERVATION ROOM
NR = NEWFOUNDLAND ROOM
PC = PROVINCIAL COLLECTION
PR = PERIODICAL ROOM
VT = VAULT
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HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES

(arranged alphabetically)
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives: Directory of ANLA Member Institutions 2003.
025.171 AS7 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Atlantic Canadians, 1600-1900: an Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital
Dates / edited by N.M. Elliot. (3 vol.)
929.3715 AT6 NR (Not for Loan)
Baxter, A.: In Search of Your British & Irish Roots: a Complete Guide to Tracing Your English,
Welsh, Scottish & Irish Ancestors.
929.1 B33 VT (Not for Loan)
Baxter, A.: In Search of Your Canadian Roots: Tracing Your Family Tree in Canada.
Betit, K.J. and D.A. Radford: Ireland: a Genealogical Guide for North Americans (3rd ed.)
929.1 B46 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Betit, K.J. and D.A. Radford: Ireland: a Genealogical Guide for North Americans (4th ed.)
Bourrie, D.: Researching Canadian Census Records.

Christensen, P.: Finding Your English & Welsh Ancestors: Including Isle of Man and Channel
Island.
929.1 C46 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Christensen, P.: Finding Your Irish Ancestors.

Christensen, P.: Finding Your Scottish Ancestors.

Christensen, P.: Research at the Family History Center.

Christensen, P.: Using Register Offices for English & Welsh Certificates.
Codignola, L. Guide to Documents Relating to French and British North America in the Archives
of the Sacred Congregation “de Propaganda Fide” in Rome, 1622-1799.
282.71 C64 VT (Not for Loan)
Crant, W.J.: Finding Your Ancestors in Newfoundland and Labrador: a Great Research Tool.
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HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES (continued)
Crosbie, G.: An Index to the Name Files: a Collection of Files Containing Information on Families
Connected with the Trade and Fisheries of Newfoundland, 1650-1830. (Maritime History Archive,
MUN)
920 C88 VT (Not for Loan)
Eker, G.: Index to Jewish Residents in the 1921, 1935 and 1945 Censuses of Newfoundland.
317.18 EK2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Ellison, S.: Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers (1807-1996).

071.5 EL5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Family History Seminar: Newfoundland’s First Genealogical Seminar (1987).

929.1 F21 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Basilica
Marriages, St. John's, NL, Canada: Index by Surnames, 1793, 1797-1821, 1855-1874.
Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador: Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church
Baptisms, King's Cove, NL, Canada: Index by Surnames, 1835-1900.
Gagne, P.J.: Links to Your Canadian Past: Acadia and the Maritime Provinces (including
Newfoundland).
929.371 G12 VT (Not for Loan)
Galford, E.: The Genealogy Handbook: the Complete Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree.
929.1 G13 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Genealogical Research Directory, National and International / edited by K.A. Johnson & M.R.
Sainty.
Genealogists’ Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research / edited by T.M. Punch.

Guide for Bay of Islands Genealogical Research Including Marker Inscriptions of Bay of Islands
Cemeteries / Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society.
Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. (Records of the
Anglican Church of Canada)
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Herber, M.D.: Ancestral Trails: the Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History.
929.1 H41 VT (Not for Loan)
Index to Decks Awash Magazine.

(Staff area - 3rd Floor) (Not for Loan)
Index to Diocesan Magazine (1889-1958).

283.718 IN2 VT (Oversize) (Not for Loan)
Index to the 1871 Dominion Directory of Canada for the Province of Newfoundland. (2 vol.)
917.18058 IN2 NR (Not for Loan)
Kirwin, W. and J. Feltham: An Index to the Names in “An Account of Inhabitants Residing in the
Harbour & District of St. John’s, 1794-95".
317.18 K63 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Lawlor, M.S.: Surname Index of the Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society
“Newsletter”. (1984-86)
929.3 L42 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive: A Guide to the Agreements and
Crew Lists: Series II (BT99), 1863-1912.
387.2 M51 VT (Not for Loan)
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive: A Guide to the Agreements and
Crew Lists, Series II (BT99), 1913-1938.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive: A Guide to the Crew Agreements
and Official Logbooks, 1863-1913, Held in the County Record Offices of the British Isles.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive: The Maritime History Archive
and Genealogical Research.
016.9718 M51 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Merriman, B.D.: About Genealogical Standards of Evidence: a Guide for Canadian Genealogists.
929.1 M55 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Morgan, G.C.: How To Do Everything with Your Genealogy.

The Newfoundland Ancestor Surname Index / Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society.
(Vol. 1-5, 1984-89)
929.3 N45 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Annual Research Index. (1984-85, 1984-86,
1992-96)
Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Handbook for Recording Inscriptions in

Cemeteries.
Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Leap Across the Pond: Index.
Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Newfoundland Ancestor Index. (1984-2004)

929.1 N45 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Newsletter Surname Index.

Newfoundland Newspaper Index: Entries include personal names and communities and cover local
newspaper articles taken primarily from the Evening Telegram, 1978-87.
(Printout - Staff area 3rd Floor) (Not for Loan)
Old Newfoundland Newspaper Indices: These cover a wide variety of local newspapers from 1810 to
1963. There are two card trays under the heading ‘Personal Names’.
(Slips & cards - Staff area 3rd Floor) (Not for Loan)
Punch, T.M.: Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858.

929.3715 P96 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Punch, T.M.: Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853 (2 vol.).
Radford, D.A. and K.J. Betit: A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors: How to
Find and Record Your Unique Heritage.
929.1 R11 VT (Not for Loan)
Researching Your Family History in Newfoundland and Labrador / compiled by D.C. Jackman.
929.1 R31 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Seary, E.R.: Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland. (1976, 1977, 1998)
929.4 SE1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
St. Denis, L.: A Canadian Directory for Genealogists.

929.1 SA2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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St. Denis, L.: Your Heritage to Discover, to Share.

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Trinity, Newfoundland: Index of Names: Baptisms, Marriages and
Burials, 1753-1867 [and] 1867 to early 1900's / Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society. (2
vol.)
Taylor, R.: The Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook.

929.1 T21 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Thomas, G.: French Family Names of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Trinity Historical Society: Guide to the Holdings of the Trinity Historical Society Archives.
Turk, M.G.: The Quiet Adventurers in North America.

929.1 T84 VT (Not for Loan)
Two-Tray Card Index to Ye Olde St. John’s: 1750-1936 / by P.K. Devine.

971.8 D49 NR (Top of Filing Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
Vessels in Newfoundland Gulf and Coastal Service: a Chronological List 1898-1987.

386.6 V63 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
White, S.A.: Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes (2 vol.).

929.3 W58 REFERENCE (Not for Loan)
White, S.A.: English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes.
929.3 W58 REFERENCE (Not for Loan)
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS IN NEWFOUNDLAND NEWSPAPERS

(arranged chronologically)
Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers (1807-1996) / by S. Ellison.

071.5 EL5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Vital Statistics and Items from Newspapers of Newfoundland (1810-1888) (11 vol.) / compiled by
Mildred Howard.
Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser, 1810-1845.
929.3 H83 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Vital statistics and items from newspapers of Newfoundland from 1834 to 1854.
Vital statistics and items from the Newfoundlander of St. John's, Nfld. from 1854 to 1870.
Vital statistics and items from newspapers of Newfoundland, 1831-1872.
The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser, 1873-1879.
Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser, 1880-1881-1882.
The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser, 1883-1884-1885.
The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser, 1886-1887.
The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser, 1888.
Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers (1825-1890) (13 vol.) / compiled by

Gertrude Crosbie.
v. 1, 1825-1850 v. 8, 1881-1882
v. 2, 1851-1859 v. 9, 1883-1884
v. 3, 1860-1865 v. 10, 1885-1886
v. 4, 1866-1870 v. 11, 1887-1888
v. 5, 1871-1874 v. 12, 1889
v. 6, 1875-1877 v. 13, 1890
v. 7, 1878-1880
Gleanings from the Sun: Genealogical Abstracts from the “Twillingate Sun” (1880-1894) /
compiled by Michael A. Bromley.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS IN NEWFOUNDLAND NEWSPAPERS (continued)
Daily News: 1907-1912. Some genealogical information can be found in the ‘Events of the Year’
section in either the beginning January or last December issue.
Daily News: December 31, 1913-1975. The year-end issues of this newspaper contain Annual Lists of
Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Fatalities according to the following format:
Deaths (Necrology) & Fatalities - from 1913

Marriages (Weddings) - from 1914
Births - from 1958
Available on Microfilm only, one reel per year every year.

Microfilm Cabinets in Staff Area. (Available for loan through Library and Archives Canada)
The Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, Provincial Resource Library has the Province’s
largest collection of Newfoundland and Labrador newspapers both in original format and on microfilm.
It is the principal repository of original copies of over 175 newspapers, the earliest of which is the Royal
Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser from 1810. The newspaper indexes compiled by Gertrude
Crosbie and Mildred Howard provide a means of acquiring genealogical information from this
collection. The Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers (1807-1996) lists all
of the Collection’s newspapers.
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CHURCH RECORDS
(arranged alphabetically by Community)
ARGENTIA RC Parish Records 1835-1941 / by B. Hennessey. (5 vol.)

Parson John Percey’s Records 1804-1820, BRIGUS; and Records Copied from an Old Baptism
Register kept by Rev. Thomas Fox, CUPIDS (1835-1847).
929.3 P25 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
House Inventory, Society Members, etc. for the BRIGUS Wesleyan Circuit 1821-1854 (includes
Bull Cove, now Georgetown, and Cupids).
St. Matthews Presbyterian Church Records (GRAND FALLS) 1911-1986: Baptisms, Marriages,
Deaths.
Basement (Microfilm Cabinet) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Moravian Church Books (LABRADOR). (5 reels)

Reel #1 Hopedale, Zoar, Ramah, Killinek
Reel #2 Nain, Makkovik
Reel #3 North West River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Reel #4 Okak, Hebron
Reel #5 Nain
Accounts of the Diocesan Synod of NEWFOUNDLAND with the List of Subscribers to the
General Church Fund (1898, 1901-1907).
283.71 C47 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
Parish of Port Rexton, PORT REXTON, Newfoundland and Labrador: Index of Parish Registers
(1843-1944) / by R. Hurdle.
General Record Book of the Congregational Church of ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, 1775-1932.
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, TRINITY, Newfoundland: Index of Names, Baptisms, Marriages and
Burials, 1753-1867 [and] 1867 to early 1900's / by Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society.
(2 vol.)
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CEMETERY RECORDS
(arranged alphabetically by Community and Region)
Gravestone Inscriptions from the CUPIDS U.C. Cemetery (Elsa Hochwald)

731.76 H65 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Gravestone Inscriptions from the Town of FORTUNE: Anglican Church Cemetery, Salvation Army
Cemetery and the United Church Cemetery.
731.76 IN7 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Laid To Rest: the First Cemetery (United Church) in HICKMAN’S HARBOUR, Newfoundland: circa
1850 to 1940 / by W.B.W. Martin.
Gravestone Inscriptions from the LABRADOR (NLGS & Them Days)

731.76 C33 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Gravestone Inscriptions from the NORTHERN PENINSULA (Mildred Howard)

Interments in the General Protestant Cemetery, ST. JOHN’S, 1889-1912 (2 vols.)

929.3 IN8 NR (Not for Loan)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, ST. JOHN’S, 1941-1972.

Gravestone Inscriptions from the TOPSAIL Anglican Cemetery. (Edward V. Chafe)

McQuade, D.: The Conservation of Cemeteries.

Pocius, G.L.: Newfoundland Gravestones (Lecture to the Newfoundland Historical Society).

Pocius, G.L.: The Place of Burial (Spatial Focus of Contact of the Living with the Dead in Eastern
Areas of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland).
393.1 P75 VT (Not for Loan)
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CENSUS MATERIAL IN NOMINAL FORM

Sir John Berry’s Complete Census of Newfoundland from CAPE RACE to CAPE BONAVISTA,
1675. (Found in All About Pirates, compiled by H.F. Shortis)
971.8 SH8 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Census Material 1675, 1677 and part of 1681. (Includes Sir John Berry Census, 1675, BONAVISTA to
TREPASSEY; Sir William Poole’s Census, 1677, CAPE BONAVISTA to TREPASSEY; Capt. James
Story’s Census, 1681, TREPASSEY to BONAVISTA - St. John’s only)
Thomas Ruck Collection: 1713-1718 Ledger. (List of names from the communities of BAY BULLS,
PETTY HARBOUR, QUIDI VIDI, TORBAY, FERRYLAND, WITLESS BAY, CAPE BROYLE,
BRIGUS BAY SOUTH, CONCEPTION BAY)
971.8 T36 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
TRINITY, 1753.
971.8 SM6 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Old Properties and Early Residents of ST. JOHN’S, 1780-1781.

Census of ST. JOHN’S for 1794-1795 (includes neighbouring communities of Petty Harbour, Torbay,
Portugal Cove and Bell Island).
Old ST. JOHN’S: Partial Census, 1796-1797.

971.8 PAMP N6 CR (copy also shelved in NR) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Return for TRINITY of the Number of Houses, Inhabitants, Fishing Rooms, in the Winter of 1800-
1801, with the Number of Servants and Total of Wages Given.
Register of Fishing Rooms, etc. in BONAVISTA BAY for 1805-1806.

639.2 R26 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Number of Inhabitants in the Harbours of BRIGUS, CUPIDS, BARENEED, PORT DE GRAVE for
1817 (Ledger gives information on number in family, servants, supplier’s name, etc.)
317.18 N66 NR (Folder) (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN’S, 1833: This is a list of names of prominent people at the time Newfoundland was granted
Representative Government.
List of Inhabitants, 1838: WESTERN SHORES of Newfoundland.

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DIRECTORIES OF RESIDENTS
(including Names, Occupations and Addresses where applicable)
1864-65: All of Newfoundland (Hutchinson’s)

917.18058 H97 NR (Not for Loan)
1870-71: All of Newfoundland (McAlpine’s)

917.18058 M11 NR (Not for Loan)
1871: All of Newfoundland (Lovell’s)

917.18058 L94 NR (Not for Loan)
1877: All of Newfoundland (Rochfort’s)

917.18058 R58 NR (Not for Loan)
1885-86: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear (Sharpe’s)

917.18058 SH2 NR (Not for Loan)
1890: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear - in 3 vols. (Might’s)

1892: St. John’s (A Directory containing names and present addresses of professional men,
merchants and shopkeepers, burnt out by the general conflagration of July 8th, 1892 / by
W.J. Kent).
1894-97: All of Newfoundland (McAlpine’s)

1898: All of Newfoundland - in 3 vols. (McAlpine’s)

1904: All of Newfoundland - in 4 vols. (McAlpine’s)

1908-09: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear (McAlpine’s)

1913: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Bell Island - in 3 vols.

917.18058 N45 NR (Not for Loan)
1915: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Bell Island - in 3 vols. (McAlpine’s)
1924: St. John’s - in 2 vols.

917.18058 SA2 NR (Not for Loan)
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DIRECTORIES OF RESIDENTS (continued)
1928: St. John’s, Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Bay Roberts, Burin West - in 3 vols.
1932: St. John’s

917.18058 B98 NR (Not for Loan)
1936: All of Newfoundland - in 6 vols.

1957: Chinese Directory for the Maritime Provinces.

1960-2000: St. John’s (Polk’s and Henderson’s City Directories); includes Mount Pearl from 1965,
Kilbride and Paradise from 1993, and Goulds from 1995.
917.18058 SA2 PC (1960-1999); NR (2000) (Not for Loan)
1972-2000: Corner Brook (Polk’s City Directories)

917.18058 C81 PC (1972-1999); NR (2000) (Not for Loan)
1996-2000: Gander (Polk’s City Directories)

917.18058 G15 PC (1996-1999); NR (2000) (Not for Loan)
1996-2000: Grand Falls-Windsor (Polk’s City Directories)

917.18058 G76 PC (1996-1999); NR (2000) (Not for Loan)
1999-2000: Newfoundland Criss-Cross (Polk’s Directories); excludes St. John’s, Gander, Grand
Falls-Windsor, Bishop’s Falls and Corner Brook
917.18058 N45 PC (1999); NR (2000) (Not for Loan)
Most of the above contain Business and/or Street Directories as well. 1877 is a Business Directory.
Some, especially the earlier ones, have Indexes and Appendixes with information. 1871 is a Directory,
Almanac and Gazetteer, all in one. The Polk’s Directories for St. John’s, Corner Brook, Gander and
Grand Falls-Windsor contain the entire adult population.
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VOTERS’ LISTS, or Official Lists of Electors

(arranged chronologically) (Not for Loan)
1908: St. John’s East (VT - Rare Book Cabinet)
1913: Bay de Verde; Burin; Trinity
1917: St. John’s East; Placentia & St. Mary’s
1928: Fogo
1932: Harbour Main-Bell Island
1941: St. John’s Municipal Election (324.64 SA2)
1948: All of Newfoundland and Labrador
1987: Exploits; Grand Falls; Kilbride; Mount Pearl
324.64 N45 PC (Not for Loan)
2002: Sheshatshiu & Mushuau (Davis Inlet) Innu First Nation Bands Registration List
971.004 SH5 NR (Not for Loan)
2004: Voters’ List for Ratification of Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement
324.64 OF2 NR (Not for Loan)
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DOCUMENTS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

(arranged chronologically by federal electoral district)
1956: Householder Directory for:

Bonavista-Twillingate
Burin-Burgeo
Grand Falls-White Bay-Labrador
Humber-St. George’s
St. John’s East
St. John’s West
Trinity-Conception
1959: Rural Directory for:

Burin-Burgeo
St. John’s East
St. John’s West
Trinity-Conception
1964: Rural Directory for:

Burin-Burgeo
St. John’s East
St. John’s West
Trinity-Conception
917.18058 C16 PC (Not for Loan)

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TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
(arranged chronologically) (Not for Loan)
- 1931: St. John’s
- 1942: St. John’s
- 1944: St. John’s
- 1946: St. John’s
- 1952: Bell Island
- 1954: Bell Island, St. John’s
- 1954: Clarenville (384.6 C54 VT Folder)
- 1956: St. John’s
- 1957: Eastern
- 1958: Eastern, Central, Western
- 1959: Eastern
- 1960: Eastern, Western
- 1961: Eastern
- 1962: Eastern
- 1963: Eastern, Central, Western, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories*
- 1964: Eastern, Northeastern Territories
- 1965: Eastern, Central, Western, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories
- 1966: Eastern, Western
- 1967: Eastern, Central, Western, CN Tel.
- 1968: Eastern, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories
- 1969: Eastern, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories
- 1970: Eastern, Central, Western, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories

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TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (continued)
- 1973: Eastern & Central, CN Tel., Northeastern Territories
- 1974: Eastern, Central, Western, CN Tel., Labrador, Sept-Iles

(includes Labrador City and Wabush)
- 1975: CN Tel., Labrador
- 1976: Eastern & Central, Western, CN Tel.
- 1977: Eastern & Central, Western, CN Tel.
- 1978: Eastern & Central, Western, CN Tel., Labrador
- 1979: Eastern & Central, Western, TN Tel., Labrador
- 1980: Eastern & Central, TN Tel., Labrador
- 1989: Eastern & Central, Western, Central, Labrador
- 1990-: Eastern, Central, Western, Labrador (some years are missing)
- 1999: Newfoundland & Labrador Retriever:

Eastern & Central
- 2006-: Valley Connection: Community Directory of the Exploits Valley

(384.6 V24 PC)
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TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (continued)
- 2009/10-: The Humber Connection: Community Directory of the Humber Region

(384.6 H88 PC)
* Northeastern Territories includes parts of Labrador
384.6 (Not for Loan)

Provincial Collection
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WHO’S WHO
Medicine in Newfoundland c. 1497 to the Early 20th Century: the Physicians and Surgeons:
Biographical Gleanings / compiled by N. Rusted.
Matthews, K.: A “Who Was Who” of Families Engaged in the Fishery and Settlement of
Newfoundland, 1660-1840.
920 M43 VT (Not for Loan)
Mott, H. Y.: Newfoundland Men. (A Collection of Biographical Sketches, 1894)

Cole, D.: Rhodes Scholars of Newfoundland. (1904-2000)

Murphy, J.: Newfoundland Heroes of the Sea. (1923)

920 PAMP N3 CR (Not for Loan)
Murphy, J.: Newfoundlanders Who Held and Who Hold High Positions in Other Lands. (1923)
Condon, M. E.: The Fisheries and Resources of Newfoundland, “the Mine of the Sea”: National,
International and Co-operative. (Commercial and Empire Builders of Newfoundland 1925)
Hibbs, R.: Who’s Who in and from Newfoundland. (1927, 1930, 1937)
920.0718 W62 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
From the Voices of Nurses: an Oral History of Newfoundland Nurses Who Graduated Prior to
1950 / compiled by M. Beaton & J. Walsh.
Newfoundland Who’s Who. (1952, 1961, 1967-68, 1974)

Kerr, J. E.: Imprint of the Maritimes: Highlights in the Lives of 100 Interesting Americans Whose
Roots are in Canada's Atlantic Provinces. (1959)
920.0715 K46 PC (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
St. John’s Local Council of Women: Remarkable Women of Newfoundland and Labrador. (1976)
920.72 PAMP N NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Pumphrey, R.: Who’s Who and Why. ( Newfoundland and Labrador; 7 vol., 1981-90)
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WHO’S WHO (continued)
White, M.: A Woman’s Almanac. (Voices from Newfoundland and Labrador: 1987-88, 1990-96 ; 9
vol.)
Cuff, R. H.: Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography. (1990)

920.0718 D56 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Pumphrey, M.: Who’s Who and Why. (Newfoundland Women; 1991)

The Finest Kind: Voices of Newfoundland and Labrador Women / compiled by M. White. (1992)
Adams, F.: Interesting People of Newfoundland. (1994)

920.9718 AD1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
First: Aboriginal Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador / coordinator, J. Evans. (1996)

Newfoundland Who’s Who 1998 / editor, P. Mitchelmore.

Pumphrey, M. and R.: Who’s Who in and from Newfoundland and Labrador. (1998)
Abbott, B.: Herder Memorial Trophy: a History of Senior Hockey in Newfoundland and
Labrador. (2000)
796.962 AB2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Our First Thousand Years: Including the Vikings 1000th Anniversary and the Newfoundland and
Labrador Who’s Who Millennium Edition 2000 / editor, J. R. Thoms.
971.8 OU7 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Newfoundland Rangers / compiled by D. McGrath, R. Smith, C. Parsons & N. Crane. (2005 &
2008)
Edward, J.: This is Our Place, This is Our Home. (2006)

917.18 ED9 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Sullivan, J. M.: Newfoundland Portfolio: a History in Portraits. (2006)

971.8 SU5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Brown, E. S.: Labours of Love: Midwives of Newfoundland and Labrador. (2007)

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WHO’S WHO (continued)
Smith, L. A.: North American Woman. (2007)

305.4 SM6 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Dodd, G.: Rock & Roll Comes to Newfoundland & Labrador: an Archive. (2008)
Evans, C. D.: Silk Sails: Women of Newfoundland and their Ships. (2008)
338.372 EV1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
O'Dea, S.: Orations: a Selection of Orations from Memorial's Convocations. (2009)

378.718 OD2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Johnson, R.J.: ...And I Owe It All to Bridget and John. (2010) (Includes short biographies of
musicians, politicians and more)
B J63 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Murphy, D.: Our Sports: the Games and Athletes of Newfoundland and Labrador. (2010)
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FAMILY TREES AND FAMILY HISTORIES

(a. arranged alphabetically by Family Surname)
ADAMS Family / by F.G. Adams.

929.2 AD1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Basic Settlement Pattern of the ARMSTRONG Family / by F.G. Hollohan.

Billowing Sails and Mares’ Tails (BAGGS Family) / by W. Baggs.

B B14B NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The BARBOUR Family (photographs only) / by C. Barbour.

929.2 B23 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
The BARBOURs of Bonavista Bay North: Family Cemetery in Newtown.

929.2 B23 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The BARBOURs of Newtown Family Tree / by C. Barbour.

Coming Home (BARBOUR/BURRY Families) / by C.L. Barbour.

B B23 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Exploits and Anecdotes of the BARBOURS of Bonavista Bay / by C.C.M. Barbour.
Capt. Samuel BARNES of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Waltham, Massachusetts: and Some of
his Descendants / by M.D. Mason.
920 PAMP N CR (Not for Loan)
The BARRY/ROWSELL Family Saga: Forbears and Descendants of Walter Edward Barry
(1757-1805) and His Links with Samuel Rowsell (1777-1858) and His Family / compiled by K.
Adkins.
The Diary of Thomas L. BLAKE, 1883-1890 / by T.L. Blake.

The BLUNDONS of Notre Dame Bay & Beyond: Carmanville, Stag Harbour, Seldom, Gander
Bay, etc. / by F.B. Cowan.
The BLUNDONS of Shoal Harbour & Beyond: Shoal Harbour, George’s Brook, Clarenville,
Glenwood, etc. / by F.B. Cowan.
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FAMILY TREES AND FAMILY HISTORIES (a) (continued)
Benjamin BOWRING and his Descendants / by A. C. Wardle.

929.2 W21 PC (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The BOWRING Story (1962) / by D. Keir.

929.2 K26 PC (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The BOWRING Story (1966) / by D. Keir.

929.2 K26 VT (Not for Loan)
One Pilgrim's Journey (BUCKLE Family) / by F.G. Buckle.

The BURKE Family History: from County Cork, Ireland to Brigus, Newfoundland, Canada and
unto Valley Stream, L.I., New York, from 1756 to 1999 / by J.F. Burke.
The Family of BUTLER in the New-founde-land / by A.M. Butler (Article from the Journal of the
Butler Society: Vol. 5, 1973/74).
920 PAMP N3 CR (copy also shelved in NR) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The BUTT Family of Newfoundland and Labrador / by W.J. Butt.

The BUTT Family of the West Coast of Newfoundland, Descended from GI John Butt of
Conception Bay / by C.B. Tyrell.
Keepers of the Light: the CANTWELLS of Cape Spear, Newfoundland: a Family History / by I.
Collins.
COATES of the Shore / by R.J. Coates.

COISH Family Tree / by R. Peach.

929.2 P31 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
Calling all CONDONS / by A.C. Delaney and J.P. Baird.

A Life of Joy: the COURTNEYS of Petites / by J. Courtney Taylor.

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“A South Coast Saga”: Two Families of Early Great Jervais, Newfoundland and their Migration
to Ramea (CRANT/HANRAHAN/PENNY Families) / by W.J. Crant and G. Hanrahan.
“A South Coast Saga”: Two Families of Early Great Jervais, Newfoundland and their Migration
to Ramea and Halifax (CRANT/HANRAHAN/PENNY Families) / by G. Hanrahan and W.J. Crant.
(New edition)
The CROSBIES of Newfoundland / by H. Bruce.

Rare Ambition: the CROSBIES of Newfoundland / by M. Harris.

The CROUCHERS of Newfoundland Prior to 1900 / by A. van Kesteren (2 vols., one in alphabetical
order, the other in chronological order).
929.2 V32 VT (Folders) (Not for Loan)
The Descendants of Thomas CULLETON / by R. Sullivan.

929.2 SU5 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Descendants of John DAVIDGE and Sarah Jane Guy Who Were Married September 1848 in
Burgeo, Newfoundland (revised ed.) / by M. Davidge.
The Lives of the DELUREY Family / by T. Delurey.

The Railway Ties that Bind (DICKS Family) / by B.D. Dicks.

385 D56 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The DUDER Family in New Zealand / by M. Philson.

Snippets in Time (DUDER Family) / by C.R. Chaulk.

For Love of a Woman: the EVANS Family and a Perspective on Shipbuilding in Newfoundland /
by C.D. Evans.
Oh Gloria: the FAGAN Family and St. Mary’s History / by W.T. Fagan.
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From Island to Island: or, From Sea to Shining Sea (FOOTE Family) / by P. Kelley.
971.8 K28 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Descendants of John FORD, Kingsbridge, Devon / compiled by M.C. Buckner.

An Introduction to the FOX Family of Ninemilehouse, Tipperary, Ireland; Harbour Grace, and
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada / by D.J. Fox.
929.2 F83 VT (Not for Loan)
From Devon to Newfoundland (FRAIZE Family) / by G.R. Fraize.

929.2 F84 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
GANGE (GENGE) Families / by M. Shaw-Guisset. (4 vols.)

929.2 SH2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Danger Tree: Memory, War, and the Search for a Family’s Past (GOODYEAR Family) / by
D. Macfarlane.
My Family History: the Story of Two Newfoundland Families (GOSS & HARTLEY Families) / by
E.J. Goss.
Diary of John GRANDY (Garnish) / by J. Grandy.

971.8 G76 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
The HALFYARD Family Register: the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Halfyard (1744-
1815) and Elizabeth Churchill (1752-1828) / by R. Halfyard.
A Long Way from Tipperary: a HALLEY Family History 1600-2000; a Report on the HALLEY
and HAWE Families of St. John’s, Newfoundland / by I. Collins.
Via Cape Race: the Titanic, Marconi, Shipwrecks and the Lighthouse People; a History of Cape
Race, Newfoundland (HALLEY, MYRICK & COLLINS Families) / by I. Collins.
Morgan HANAM (1846): Genealogical History / by F. Hanam.

929.2 H19 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
They Came from Ireland: HANLEY-MURPHY / by P. Hanley.

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Genealogical Histories: the Samuel HARRIS Family and the Percy Lee CARR Family of Grand
Bank, Newfoundland / by J.A. Harris Carr.
The Legacy of William HAYNES (HYNES) / by D. Bennett.

Descendants of William HAYWARD, Barrister / compiled by A. Van Kesteren.

Bridging Atlantic Waters: a Commercial and Genealogical History of the HENLEYS of Devon
and Newfoundland and Labrador, 1538-2008 / by J.C. Greene.
The HUMPHR(EYS)IES of Dorset, England and Cape Freels, Newfoundland / by C. Andrews.

929.2 AN2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Just Peter: the Family of Peter JACKMAN, Woody Point, Bonne Bay / by D. Jackman.
929.2 J13 VT (Not for Loan)
John JOB’S Family (Devon-Newfoundland-Liverpool, 1730-1953 / by R.B. Job.

929.2 J57 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Looking for Captain Robert: the JONES Family of Trinity East, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland /
F.I.W. Jones.
They Were Pioneers of the Town of Conception Bay South: a Legacy of Five Generations of
Ancestors (JONES Family) / by L. Moores.
929 M78 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Descendants of Sylvester KEOUGH / by R. Sullivan.

Descendants of Sylvester KEOUGH of Sunny Hill, Ferryland, Newfoundland / by C. Moore LeBre.

929.2 L49 VT (Not for Loan)
My Father's Footsteps (LETTO Family) / by G. Letto.

929.2 L56 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Connecting Past and Present: Genealogical Presentation and Biographical Notes on Ancestors and
Descendants of Hickman’s Harbour MARTINs / by W.B.W. Martin.
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In Search of my Father (MARTIN/MARTEN Family) / by M.E. Fawkes.

It’s Like a Dream To Me: Paddy ‘Iron’ MCCARTHY of Renews Relives His First Hundred Years
/ by B. Thorne.
B M13T NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The MCCARTHY Family Tree / by R. and R. Sullivan.

A ‘Room’ for One More: the MOORES of Pouch Cove: a Genealogy and Family History / by
Rubina (Moores) Williams.
929.2 W67 VT (Not for Loan)
“They Done Alright”: a History of the MUDGE Family Fishery at Broom Point, Newfoundland,
1941-1975 / by J.E. Candow.
The MUNROS of Glenwood, Newfoundland: a History of the Family of Alexander Munro and
Julia PELLEY / by J. Munro.
Us MURRAYS / by A.G. Murray.

The NEWHOOKS of Norman’s Cove: “a Family Tree” / by B. Power.

The OKE Tree: a Family History of England and Newfoundland / by J. Templeton.

The PARROTTS of Scilly Cove, Winterton / by W.C. Parrott.

The Story of John PENNEY & Sons, Ltd. (Ramea).

923.8 ST7 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
PENNY and FRAIZE: Two Men from the West Country / by G.R. Fraize.
A Goodly Heritage: the Story of my Family PETERS and those Related by Marriage / by M. Peters
Scott.
929.2 SCO8 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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Family Ties, 1993 (PIKE Family) / edited and published by Wayne Pike.
Periodical CR (Folder - Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
Descendants of George PIPPY / compiled by A. Van Kesteren.

The Silent Ancestors: the Forebears of E.J. PRATT / by M.C. Pratt.

929.2 P88 PC (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Ancestor Story and How It Grew (REYNOLDS Family) / by C.J. Reynolds.
And It Grew Some More (REYNOLDS Family) / by C.J. Reynolds.

From Ireland with Fear: a Story of the RICE/VEY Family Escape from Ireland and their Lives in
Newfoundland / by L. Vey.
929.2 V64 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Glimpse into the Past: the Life and Love of Richard and Elizabeth RICE / by J. Templeton
Gillett.
GIL NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The RICE Family of Twillingate: a Family History of Devonshire and Newfoundland / by J.

Templeton.
A Genealogy of the RUSSELL & RATTE Families / by P.J. Hanley.

The SANGER Family in Newfoundland: Timothy and Violet, Roots and Offshoots / by D.S. Sanger
and C.W. Sanger.
929.2 SA5 VT (Not for Loan)
The Descendants of John SHANAHAN / by R. Sullivan.

History of the SHEPPARD Family of Stag Harbour, Fogo Island (1850-1950) / by M.H. Sheppard.
929.2 SH4 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
From SNOW to SNOW / by J.G. Snow.

929.2 SN6 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
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Memories, Whistling Wind and Snow Flurries (SNOW and BUSSEY Families of St. Lunaire-
Griquet) / by F. Snow.
929.2 SN6 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Brief History of Butter Cove and its People (SPURRELL Family) / by E. Spurrell.
971.8 SP9 VT (Not for Loan)
The STONE Heritage.

929.2 ST7 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
The STUCKLESSes of Newfoundland: Our Story / T. Stuckless & R. Stuckless.

929.2 ST9 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Our SULLIVAN Ancestors and their Descendents / by L.J. Sullivan.

929.2 SU5 VT (Not for Loan)
Our SULLIVAN Ancestors and their Descendants / by R. and R. Sullivan.

Episodes in the Life of a Newfoundland Family (TARRANT FAMILY): a Memoir / by M.

Banfield.
The Threepwood TEMPLETONS: a Family History of Scotland and Newfoundland / by J.F.

Templeton.
We VEITCHES, VEATCHES, VEACHES, VEECHES: an Historical Treasury of the

Descendants of James Veitch, the Sheriffe / by W. Veatch Clark. (Vol. 2 & 3)
Product of a Baker’s Dozen (VOKEY Family) / by J. Johnson.

Some Particulars Concerning our Family History (WATTS): the Chief Cause of so Many
Shipwrecks on our South East Coast, etc. / by C. Watts.
929.2 W34 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Century on Bonne Esperance: the Saga of the WHITELEY Family / by A.S. Whiteley.
971.9 PAMP N CR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Making Connections: a Fictional and Factual Account of my Ancestors (WICKS) and How They
Lived in Bonavista Bay North / by E. Wicks Mullett.
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The WIN(D)SOR Family (Greenspond, Swain’s Island, Wesleyville) / by C.K. Andrews.

The WIN(D)SORS of Bonavista Bay / by C.K. Andrews.

929.2 AN2 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
Seldom (WISEMAN Family) / by D.R. Downton.

WOODS Family Memorial / by Rev. A. Woods.

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FAMILY TREES AND FAMILY HISTORIES

(b. arranged alphabetically by Title)
Ancestors Found / by N.C. Crewe.

And They Stayed (a Selection of ST. JOHN’S Family Histories) / by M. Mullins.

Early Settlers of BAY ST. GEORGE: the Inner Bay, volume 1 / by K. R. Butt.
Families of County WEXFORD / by H. Murphy.

The Families of ELLISTON (formerly Bird Island Cove): a Referenced Genealogy / by D. Cole.
The Families of FORT AMHERST / by R. Power.

Families of the South-Arm of BONNE BAY (1800's-1930) / by R.M. Osmond.

929.2 OS5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
FORTUNE Families & Connections Circa 1763-1900 / by M. Mullins.

929.2 M91 NR (Not for Loan) (CD-ROM version is available for loan)
From English Roots: BARR’D ISLANDS / by E. R. Witcher.

Of Fish and Family: Family Trees and Family Histories of TILTING, Set Against the Background
of Historical Developments in the Newfoundland Fisheries, 1700-1940 / by J.C. Greene.
Our Ancestors: a Genealogy of BAY DE VERDE Families from Earliest to More Recent Times /
B.E. Doyle.
The Pioneering Families of ELLISTON / by D. Cole.

RAMEA’s Family Tree / by V.G. Kendall and V. Kendall.

RED ISLAND (Placentia Bay) Family Tree / by B. Hennessey.

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FAMILY TREES AND FAMILY HISTORIES (b) (continued)
South West Family Histories: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
(WEST COUNTRY) / by S. A. Raymond.
They Lived by the Sea (CARBONEAR) / by M. E. Squires.

929.2 SQ5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Trail of French Ancestors (BAY ST. GEORGE / PORT AU PORT) / by D. Bennett.
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COMMUNITY AND FAMILY REUNIONS

(arranged alphabetically by Community/Family)
Memories of FLAT ISLANDS, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, 1806-1958 (NORTH ISLAND,

BERRY HEAD, FLAT ISLAND & COWARDS ISLAND) / by Flat Islands Reunion '92 Committee.
Looking Back: Stories of FORT AMHERST / by Fort Amherst Reunion Committee.

Back in Time in ‘99: Prepared for the GREAT PARADISE Reunion 1999.
Dogfish and Apricots: a Treasury of GREENSPOND’S Three Hundred Years, 1697-1997 /

Greenspond Come Home Year Committee.
HARBOUR BUFFETT-PORT ROYAL Reunion: Spirit of 93.

HAYSTACK Reflections: a Project of the Haystack Reunion Committee.

Reconciling with Memories: a Record of the Reunion at HEBRON 40 Years After Relocation / by
C. Brice-Bennett.
In ‘97 Come to Heaven: LITTLE PARADISE Reunion, July 25th-August 3rd, 1997.
971.8 IN1 VT (Not for Loan)
MERASHEEN: Reunion - 1980 / by L. Pomroy and W.J. Wilson.

971.8 P77 NR(Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Come Home Year PACQUET 1997: Then and Now / Come Home Year Committee.
971.8 C73 NR(Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
PAYNE Reunion, 1992: Edward and Catherine Payne, Winter House Brook / by A. Nicolle.
An Arm Full of Memories: Bond’s Path and Southeast (PLACENTIA) Come Home Year 2006 / by
Bond’s Path and Southeast Come Home Year Book Committee.
971.8 AR5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
PORT ELIZABETH Reunion 1994 / by B. (Senior) Rowe.

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COMMUNITY AND FAMILY REUNIONS (continued)
Kind Hearts and Gentle People: Celebrating PORT KIRWAN in Words & Images for Come
Home Year 2010 / edited by E. O'Neill.
Keeping the Bond Alive: Sharing Our Memories (RENEWS-CAPPAHAYDEN Come Home Year
2008) / by N. Brazil and H. Lawlor.
Welcome to the RIVERHEAD (HARBOUR GRACE) Reunion '09 / by the Riverhead Reunion
Committee.
Tapestry of Memories: TILT COVE Reunion, 1967-1992 / by D. (Boone) Rogers.

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PLACE NAMES AND STREET NAMES

(arranged alphabetically by Author)
Ayre, A.M.: Newfoundland Names.

929.4 PAMP N CR (copy also shelved in NR) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Fosnaes, T.: Where Once They Stood: a Gazetteer of Abandonment.

Hamilton, W.B.: Place Names of Atlantic Canada.

Howley, M.F.: Newfoundland Name-Lore.

Keenleyside, H.L.: Place-Names of Newfoundland.

917.18 PAMP N6 CR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Office of Chief Electoral Officer (Nfld.): Directory of Streets, Towns and Settlements in
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Rayburn, A.: Dictionary of Canadian Place Names.

Rayburn, A.: Place Names of Canada (2nd ed.).

Seary, E.R.: French Element in Newfoundland Place Names.

Seary, E.R.: Place Names of the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland.
Seary, E.R.: Place Names of the Northern Peninsula.

Seary, E.R.: Toponomy of the Island of Newfoundland.

St. John’s City Street Guide.

Tibbo, F.: The Streets of Gander.

Walden, S.: Places Lost: In Search of Newfoundland’s Resettled Communities.

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PLACE NAMES AND STREET NAMES (continued)
White, J.A.: Streets of St. John’s (Vols. 1-3)

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MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, CULTURE

Bassler, G.P.: Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bennett, M.: The Last Stronghold - Scottish Gaelic Traditions in Newfoundland.

Borlase, T.: The Labrador Settlers, Metis and Kablunangajuit.

Bristol and America: a Record of the First Settlers in the Colonies of North America, 1654-1685.
Campey, L.H.: Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers: English Settlers in Atlantic Canada.
Charbonneau, P.M. (with L. Barrette): Against the Odds: a History of the Francophones of
Newfoundland and Labrador. (Companion edition in French also available)
Chinese Association of Newfoundland & Labrador: Reflections of the Chinese Community on the
Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Chinese Association of Newfoundland & Labrador, 1976-
2006.
Chinese Directory for the Maritime Provinces (1957).

Evans, C.D.: Silk Sails: Women of Newfoundland and their Ships.

Fitzhugh, L.D.: The Labradorians: Voices from the Land of Cain.

Handcock, W.G.: Patterns of English Migration and Settlement in Newfoundland.

Handcock, W.G.: “Soe Longe as there Comes noe Women”: Origins of English Settlement in
Newfoundland.
Horwood, H.: The French in Newfoundland.

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MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, CULTURE (continued)
Hutchings, J. and S. Buehler: Early Settlers on the Southwestern Shore of Newfoundlandland’s

Northern Peninsula.
Kahn, A.: Listen While I Tell You: a Story of the Jews of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Kennedy, J.C.: People of the Bays and Headlands: Anthropological History and the Fate of
Communities in the Unknown Labrador.
Keough, W.G.: The Slender Thread: Irish Women on the Southern Avalon, 1750-1860.
Magord, A. (ed.): Les Franco-Terreneuviens de la Peninsule de Port-au-Port: Evolution d’une

Identite Franco-Canadienne.
Mannion, J.J.: The Irish Migrations to Newfoundland.

Mannion, J.J.: Irish Settlements in Eastern Canada: a Study of Cultural Transfer and Adaptation.
Mannion, J.J.: The Peopling of Newfoundland: Essays in Historical Geography.

Matthews, K. and others: Our Newfoundland and Labrador Cultural Heritage.

McCarthy, M.J.: The Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900: Their Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs.
McCarthy, M.J.: The Irish in Newfoundland, 1623-1800.

McGrath, R.: A Brief History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador.

McGrath, R.: Salt Fish and Shmattes: the History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador from
1770.
M.U.N. Chinese Student Society: Chinese Community in Newfoundland.

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MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, CULTURE (continued)
Nemec, T.F.: The Irish Emigration to Newfoundland.

Newman, H.W.: The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate (includes accounts of Lord Baltimore’s
settlement at Avalon)
975.5 N45 VT (Not for Loan)
O’Driscoll, R. and L. Reynolds: The Untold Story: the Irish in Canada. (2 vol.)
971.8 UN8 VT (Not for Loan)
Ommer, R.E.: The Scots in Newfoundland (Lecture delivered to the Newfoundland Historical Society,
1980)
971.8 OM5 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Punch, T.M.: Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858.

Punch, T.M.: Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853 (2 vol.).
Rompkey, R.: Terre-Neuve: Anthologie des Voyageurs Francais, 1814-1914.

Stewart, D. and M. Companion: The Micmac Shore: Micmac Family History on the West Coast of
Newfoundland.
970.1 ST4 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Turk, M.G.: The Quiet Adventurers in Canada.

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COURT RECORDS
BURIN (1825)
340.9 N45 VT (Rare Book Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
FERRYLAND (1774-1786; 1789-1796)

FERRYLAND (1818-1819)
HARBOUR GRACE (1765-1774)

Basement (Microfilm Cabinet - Miscellaneous materials - 1 reel) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
PLACENTIA (1757-1806) (3 vols.)

ST. JOHN’S (1758-1759)

TREPASSEY, ST. MARY’S, BAY BULLS (1789-1804)

An Analysis of Criminal and Civil Cases in the FERRYLAND and PLACENTIA Court Records /
by B.M. Payne (1972).
Decisions of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland: Law Reports 1817-1946. (4 reels)

Basement (Microfilm Cabinet - Miscellaneous materials) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS

(arranged alphabetically by Title)
Anglican Life in Newfoundland & Labrador, 2000 - .

Newspaper of the Anglican Church
Conservation Room (Not for Loan)
Atlantic Advocate, 1957-1992.

Periodical Room (Not for Loan)
Atlantic Guardian, 1945-1957.

Periodical Room (917.18 AT6) (Not for Loan)
The Caribou: the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Journal, 1977-1978.

Conservation Room (355 PAMP N) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Decks Awash Magazine, 1964-1993 (Microfilm).

Diocesan Magazine, 1889-1958 (Microfilm).

Superseded by the Newfoundland Churchman (Newspaper of the Anglican Church)
Family Ties, 1993 / Wayne Pike.

Newsletter devoted to the Pike name
Conservation Room (Folder - Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
Flambro Head Chronicle, 1993.

Genealogical Newsletter for Descendants of Lower Island Cove
Fogo Island Flame, [2005 - ].

Goulds Historical Society Newsletter, 1985-1996.

Greenspond Letter, 1994 - .

Halfyard Heritage, 1985-2009.

The Link, [1994-1995] / Wessex Newfoundland Society.

Conservation Room (Folder - Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
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PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS (continued)
Methodist Monthly Greeting, 1888-1895, 1909-1913, 1915-1937 (Microfilm).

Magazine of the Methodist, later United Church.
Monitor, 1934-1995 (Microfilm); 1996-2003 (Original newspaper).

Newspaper of the Catholic Church.
Microfilm - Basement (Microfilm Cabinet) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Original newspaper - Conservation Room (Not for Loan)
Newfoundland Ancestor, 1984 - / Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Formerly the Newfoundland & Labrador Genealogical Society Newsletter.
Newfoundland Churchman, 1959-1993 (Microfilm); 1994-2000 (Original newspaper).

Superseded by Anglican Life in Newfoundland & Labrador.
Microfilm - Basement (Microfilm Cabinet) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Original newspaper - Conservation Room (Not for Loan)
Newfoundland Government Bulletin, November 1968-1971.

Contains photographs of children available for adoption.
Newfoundland Lifestyle Magazine, 1983-1994.

Newfoundland Quarterly, 1901 - .

Newfoundland Room (Not for Loan)
Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 1985 - / Dept. of English Language & Literature, MUN.
Them Days Magazine (Labrador), 1975 - .

Tilting Expatriate, [1993 - ].

Tilting Expatriates Association Newsletter, [1991- ].

Veteran Magazine, 1920-1949.

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COMMUNITY HISTORIES AND MEMOIRS (with substantial Genealogical Content)

(arranged alphabetically by Community Name)
Uprooted!: the ARGENTIA Story / by E. Houlihan.

ARNOLD’S COVE: a Community History / by K.A. Tulk.

Snippets in Time (ASPEN COVE) / by C.R. Chaulk.

From English Roots: BARR’D ISLANDS / by E.R. Witcher.

Catucto: BATTLE HARBOUR, Labrador, 1832-1833 / by C.J. Poole.

Linking the Generations: a Collection of Oral Histories Excerpts from the BATTLE HARBOUR
REGION / Battle Harbour Literacy Council.
97l.8 L64 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Our Time - Our Story: Seniors Profiles and Oral Histories Excerpts from Lodge Bay - Paradise
River (BATTLE HARBOUR REGION) / Battle Harbour Literacy Council.
Twinelofts and Pantries: More Oral Histories Excerpts from the BATTLE HARBOUR REGION /
Battle Harbour Literacy Council.
Trail Wanderings: a Folk History of BAY BULLS, Newfoundland / by M.E. (Queen) Maloney.
Stories of BAY DE VERDE, 1612-2000 / by G.J. Riggs.

The Islands of the BAY OF EXPLOITS / by K. Horwood.

Got a Story to Tell Ye (BAY OF ISLANDS) / by J.B. Hackett.

Heartbeat: BAY OF ISLANDS, Newfoundland / by J.B. Hackett.

The Legacy of James Cook: the Story of the BAY OF ISLANDS / by B.J.S. Harley.
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(continued)
Early Settlers of BAY ST. GEORGE: the Inner Bay, volume 1 / by K.R. Butt. (3 editions)
Early Settlers of BAY ST. GEORGE: the Outer Bay, volume 2 / by K.R. Butt.
The Beautiful Isles (BELL ISLAND) / by Rev. J.W. Hammond.

“The Cross on the Rib”: One Hundred Years of History, BELL ISLAND, Newfoundland / by K.
Coxworthy.
In the Centre of the Forest... I Remain: a History of the Town of BISHOP’S FALLS,
Newfoundland and Labrador / by G. Saunders.
BONAVISTA: 500 Years of Legends, Heroes and Traditions / by G. Whiffen.

Prime Berth: an Account of BONAVISTA’S Early Years / by B. Whiffen.

Through My Grandfather’s Eyes: a View of BONAVISTA from Bygone Times / L.C. Little.
BONAVISTA BAY Revisited / by J. Feltham.

The Islands of BONAVISTA BAY / by J. Feltham.

The BONAVISTA PENINSULA of Days Gone By / by C.D. Cook.

BRIGUS: Past Glory, Present Splendour / by J .N. Leamon.

The BUCHANS Miners: a Mining and Hockey Legacy / by G. Cranford.

The Hardrock Miners of BUCHANS 1926-1985: 60 Year Payroll of Buchans Mining Company
Limited, American Smelting and Refining Company Limited, ASARCO Inc. / by G. Neary.
622 N27 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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(continued)
Khaki Dodgers: the History of Mining and the People of the BUCHANS Area / Red Indian Lake
Development Association.
The History of BURIN / by Its Senior Citizens.

Rumrunners: the Smugglers from St. Pierre and Miquelon and the BURIN PENINSULA from
Prohibition to Present Day / by J.P. Andrieux.
The Lives We Lived: the History of BURLINGTON / compiled by J. Thomas & A. Kelly.
A Brief History of BUTTER COVE and Its People / by E. Spurrell.

971.8 SP9 VT (Not for Loan)
Nestled Between the Hills: a History of CANNING’S COVE / by A.E. Penney.

Via CAPE RACE: the Titanic, Marconi, Shipwrecks and the Lighthouse People; a History of
Cape Race, Newfoundland / by I. Collins.
"Memories of a Former Era": from CARBONEAR to BATTLE HARBOUR to FRENCHMAN'S

ISLAND / by H. McGurk.
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Parish and the Early People of CARBONEAR, Nfld. / by J.M.
Fleming.
Stories of CARBONEAR / by C. Rolton.

Stories from Shirley’s Haven (CATALINA) / compiled by S. Lee.

[Diary, Commencing July 16, 1915 and Ending March 17, 1923] (CENTRAL
NEWFOUNDLAND) / by W. Martin.
CHAPEL ARM: Past and Present 1838-1994 / by B. Power.

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(continued)
Journeys Through Time: CLARENVILLE, Hub of the East Coast / by B. Hyslop.

Vernacular Architecture in the CODROY VALLEY / by R. MacKinnon.

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH Past and Present: a History of Conception Bay South / by E.
Hochwald and J. Smith.
A Place to Grow: Agricultural History of CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH / Conception Bay South
Parks Commission.
They Were Pioneers of the Town of CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH: a Legacy of Five Generations
of Ancestors / by L. Moores.
929 M78 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Profile of... Our People: a Collection of Stories of Older Residents of the CONNAIGRE
PENINSULA (Vol. 1) / reprinted from the Coaster.
Profile of... Our People: a Collection of Stories (CONNAIGRE PENINSULA) (Vol. 2) / reprinted
from the Coaster.
COTTLE’S ISLAND - COTTLESVILLE: Memories of Yesterday.

Can Any Good Thing Come Out of CROCKER’S COVE (Carbonear)? / by G. W. Clarke.
A History of CURLING: the Gem of Newfoundland / by J.P. Bradford.

Two Outports: a History of DILDO-NEW HARBOUR / W.P. Martin.

Home of Wooden Boats and Iron Men: a Local History of DUNVILLE, ARGENTIA and FOX
HARBOUR (including Ancient PLACENTIA) / by the Dunville Branch of the Women’s Institutes of
Newfoundland and Labrador.
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(continued)
The EASTPORT PENINSULA: a People of the Sea and Soil: Celebrations 2000 / edited by D.B.
Hynes.
971.8 EA7 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Newfoundland Outport in the Making: the Early History of EASTPORT together with an Eye-
Witness Account of the Greenland Disaster / by Harold Squire.
ELLISTON: the Story of a Newfoundland Outport / by D. Cole.

A Measure of Success: the Story of ELLISTON / by N.K. Tucker.

Of Boats on the Collar: How it Was in One Newfoundland Fishing Community (ELLISTON) / by
H.C. Murray.
FERRYLAND: the Colony of Avalonia / B.D. Fardy.

Memories of FLAT ISLANDS, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, 1806-1958 (NORTH ISLAND,

BERRY HEAD, FLAT ISLAND & COWARDS ISLAND) / by Flat Islands Reunion '92 Committee.
Telling It As It Was: a Brief History of FLAT ISLANDS and an Autobiography / by A.S. Butt.
Brimstone Head: a Collection of Short Stories about Growing Up in the 1950's and 60's (FOGO
ISLAND) / by K. Penton.
Brimstone Head: More Short Stories (FOGO ISLAND) / by K. Penton.

Town of FOGO, Newfoundland: a History / by P. Pickett

FORT AMHERST: St. John’s Nearest Outport / by R. Power.

Hiking the East Coast Trail Guidebook and Maps: FORT AMHERST to PETTY HARBOUR-
MADDOX COVE / edited by P. Gard and L. Creelman.
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(continued)
FORTUNE Families & Connections Circa 1763-1900 / M. Mullins.

929.2 M91 NR (Not for Loan) (CD-ROM version is available for loan)
FOX HARBOUR Memories: a History of Fox Harbour from Memories of its People / compiled by
E. Barron, M. King.
FRESHWATER / Freshwater Come Home Year Book Committee.

Growing Up with Verse: a Child’s Life in GALLOWS HARBOUR / L. Harris.

B H24 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Where Once They Stood (GAMBO) / A. Goulding.

I Remember When... : Stories of Early GANDER / compiled by C. Flynn.

428.62 IR2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
GANDER BAY Remembered / by the Holy Trinity Fundraising Committee & the residents of Gander
Bay.
The Munros of GLENWOOD, Newfoundland: a History of the Family of Alexander Munro and
Julia Pelley / by J. Munro.
GLOVERTOWN in Pictures (4 vol.) / compiled by S. Sparkes.

971.8 SP2 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Unto the Sea: a History of GRAND BANK / by G. Fizzard.

Vignettes of a Small Town (GRAND BANK) / by R.C. Parsons.

GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR: the Place and its People / Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society Inc.
Moments in Time: a Cultural Portrait of GREEN BAY, Newfoundland.

The GREENSPOND Saga in History, Song and Story / by R. Saunders.

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(continued)
From Cod to Crab: Stories and History of HANT’S HARBOUR / by G. Cranford and E. Janes.
Looking Through My Father’s Eyes (HANT’S HARBOUR) / by H.J. Short.

B SH8 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Little Nord Easter (HARBOUR BUFFETT and PLACENTIA BAY) / by V. Butler.

The HARBOUR GRACE Volunteer Fire Brigade: 175 Years of Service and Dedication, 1830-2005
/ by Harbour Grace Tourism.
HARCOURT: a Historical Profile / by P. Small.

971.8 SM1 VT (Not for Loan)
Connecting the Continents: HEART'S CONTENT and the Atlantic Cable / by T. Rowe.
I Have Touched the Greatest Ship: a Saga of HEART’S CONTENT / by M. Rowe.

Laid To Rest: the First Cemetery (United Church) in HICKMAN’S HARBOUR, Newfoundland:
circa 1850 to 1940 / by W. B. W. Martin.
On the Toe of the Boot: a History of HIGH BEACH / by R. Hillier.

Come Ashore to HOLYROOD: a Folk History of Holyrood, Newfoundland / by M.G. Veitch.

HOPEDALE: Three Ages of a Community in Northern Labrador / by C. Brice-Bennett.

Always a Straight Shooter (INDIAN ISLANDS) / by H. Collins.

B C69 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Uprooted People: the INDIAN ISLANDS / by D. Downer.

Eye your Roots (and more): the Chronicles: IRELAND’S EYE and RISE’S HARBOUR: Ivanhoe,
Traytown, King’s Cove, Black Duck Cove, Shave a’ Starn Cove / by E. Toope.
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(continued)
History of IRELAND'S EYE ISLAND, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland / by C. Miller.

A Lingering Look Behind: Growing Up in JOE BATT'S ARM on Fogo Island / by L.R. Brown.
KINGWELL: Snaps and Memories of the Dear Old Times / by R. Wareham and M. Boutcher.
People of the Bays and Headlands: Anthropological History and the Fate of Communities in the
Unknown [Southeastern] LABRADOR / by J.C. Kennedy.
Heads and Tails: a Collection of Stories and More (LABRADOR SOUTH COAST) / compiled by
A. Cadwell.
The Crooked Top of a Safety Pin and other Stories: Excerpts from the Oral History of the
LABRADOR STRAITS / compiled by C. Gibbons for the Partners in Learning Oral History Program.
In Cain’s Footsteps: People of the LABRADOR STRAITS / D. Letto.

Just One Interloper after Another: an Unabridged, Unofficial, Unauthorized History of the
LABRADOR STRAITS / D.J. Whalen.
Old Ways - Busy Days: a Collection of Profiles and Stories from Seniors in the LABRADOR
STRAITS / Partners in Learning.
920.0718 OL1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
My Father's Footsteps (L'ANSE-AU-CLAIR) / by G. Letto.

100 Years and More: a History of St. James Church and the Communities of LARK HARBOUR
and YORK HARBOUR / by D. and W. Childs.
Effie’s Angels: a Memoir (LEADING TICKLES) / by C.H. Parsons.

B P25 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Looking Out: Three Score and Ten (LEADING TICKLES) / by L. Rowsell.

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(continued)
LITTLE BAY ISLANDS, Past, Present, and Future: an Historical Review / by United Church
School Pupils.
971.8 UN3 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Tribute to a Sailor: the Story of Duncan John Gates (LITTLE BAY ISLANDS) / by S. Gates.
B G22G NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Product of a Baker’s Dozen (LITTLE HARBOUR, SMITH SOUND, TRINITY BAY) / by J.

Johnson.
LOMOND: the Life and Death of a Newfoundland Woods Town / by J.E. Candow.
Black Duck Brook, Mainland, Three Rock Cove, West Bay, LOURDES / by members of “Tap-
Roots”.
The Never Forgotten Days at Miller’s Passage, Sagona and Harbor Breton: the Resettlement
Program of 1934-36: from Fortune Bay to LOURDES / by B. O’Gorman.
307.2 OG6 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Cat Harbour - LUMSDEN / by L. L. Hatcher.

Heave Out: MILLERTOWN, a History of Logging / Red Indian Lake Heritage Society.
MILLERTOWN: a Pictorial Review of One Hundred Years of Logging History / by A.W. Taylor.
History of MORTIER BAY / by J.L. Keating.

MOUNT MORIAH and the BAY OF ISLANDS: Memories of John Allan Critch / compiled by L.
Elkins-Schmitt and U. Schmitt.
B C86 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Pearl, the Man and the Place: the Origin of MOUNT PEARL / by D.L. Hutchens & L. Ross.
History and Tales of MUSGRAVETOWN / Town of Musgravetown.

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(continued)
Capturing an Era: History of the NEWFOUNDLAND Cottage Hospital System / by E. F. J. Lake.

Killer Snow: Avalanches in NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR / by D.G.E. Liverman.

Light at Last: Triumph Over Tuberculosis 1900-2005, NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR / by

E. House.
Lives and Landscapes: a Photographic Memoir of Outport NEWFOUNDLAND and

LABRADOR, 1949-1963 / by E. Harp.
Our Lives (NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR) / by G. Cranford.

Reminiscences of Forty-two Years of Exploration in and about NEWFOUNDLAND / by J.P.

Howley; edited by W.J. Kirwin & P.A. O'Flaherty.
971.8 H84 PC (Not for Loan)
Take a Deep Breath: Reflections - Lives Touched by Tuberculosis (NEWFOUNDLAND and

LABRADOR) / edited by H. Cuff.
The Water Nipper from NEWPORT (Bonavista Bay) / by A. Collins.

History of NIPPER’S HARBOUR: “Just Havin’ a Yarn” / by B. Hoyles.

NORTH BAY (Southwest Coast) Narrative: One Hundred Years of a Newfoundland Outport
Village / by W. Staples.
Hardships and Blessings: Seniors Tell Their Stories: NORTH HARBOUR to ADMIRAL’S
BEACH / by U. Hynes.
A History of Corpus Christi Parish, NORTHERN BAY (Communities of the North Shore of
Conception Bay from Kingston to Lower Island Cove) / by E.V. Chafe.
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(continued)
Early Settlers on the Southwestern Shore of Newfoundland’s NORTHERN PENINSULA / by J.

Hutchings and S. Buehler.
A Brief History of the OFFER WADHAM ISLAND, Newfoundland / by R.W. Abbott.

As We Are: an Historical Perspective of OLD PERLICAN, 1950-2000 / by E. F. Cram.

As We Were: an Historical Perspective of OLD PERLICAN, 1568-1968 / by E. F. Cram.

The Undaunted Pioneer (OLD PERLICAN) / by W.J. Bursey.

OLD SHOP: Past and Present.

971.8 OL1 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Hard and the Aisey: a History of OPEN HALL, RED CLIFF and TICKLE COVE, Bonavista
Bay / E.J. Long.
PETERVIEW: History & Recollections / by A. Wurdeman.

Hiking the East Coast Trail Guidebook and Maps: PETTY HARBOUR/MADDOX COVE to
BAY BULLS / by P. Gard.
Tapestry of Yesteryear: Growing Up on PILLEY'S ISLAND / by G. Poole Molnar.

B P78 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
An Arm Full of Memories: Bond’s Path and Southeast (PLACENTIA) Come Home Year 2006 / by
Bond’s Path and Southeast Come Home Year Book Committee.
971.8 AR5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Adapting to a Changing Situation in PLACENTIA BAY, Newfoundland / by J.L. Ennis.

971.8 EN6 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Chronicles of PLUM POINT / by E.H. Spence.

971.8 SP3 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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(continued)
Heritage of a Newfoundland Outport: the Story of PORT DE GRAVE / by G. Andrews. (1997 &
2006 editions)
A Heritage Guide to PORTUGAL COVE-ST. PHILLIP’S / by R. McGrath.

A History of the Town of POUCH COVE / by M. Sullivan and K. Billard.

A History of QUIDI VIDI / by J.E. Stacey.

Grandpa, Tell Me a Story (QUIRPON & GRIQUET) / by W.D. Bartlett.

The Flower that Bloomed on RAGGED ISLAND / by J. Johnson.

B M61J VT (Not for Loan)
Out of the Sea: a History of RAMEA / by V. Kendall and V.G. Kendall.

RANDOM Reflections: Stories from Outport Newfoundland / by L. Vey.

RANDOM ISLAND and Beyond / by W.B.W. Martin.

RANDOM ISLAND Pioneers / by W.B. W. Martin.

RANDOM ISLANDERS on Guard / by W.B.W. Martin.

It’s Like a Dream to Me (RENEWS) / by Paddy (Iron) McCarthy as told to B. Thorne.

B M13T NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
ROCK HARBOUR: a Chronicle of a Placentia Bay Community / by G. Withers.

The Shores of SALMONIER / by J.A. Dobbin.

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(continued)
A Life of Challenge: One Labradorian’s Experiences (SANDWICH BAY, LABRADOR) / by

E.C.G.K. Lethbridge.
B L56 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Stories of the Past: their Contributions to Society Will Not Be Forgotten (SANDWICH BAY,
LABRADOR) / E.C.G.K. Lethbridge.
A Legacy of Memories: SANDY POINT, Bay St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador / Sandy
Point Heritage & Development Foundation.
Memories of SANDY POINT, St. George’s Bay, Newfoundland / by P. Pieroway. (1996 & 2004
editions)
Turbulent Tides: a Social History of SANDY POINT / by D. Downer.

The Parrotts of SCILLY COVE, Winterton / by W.C. Parrott.

SHEA HEIGHTS: the Real Story of Our Home / by M. Earles-Druken and R. Wilkins.
971.8 EA7 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Where I First Saw the Light: SHEARSTOWN and BUTLERVILLE and St. Mark’s Anglican
Church, 1898-1998 : a Personal, Spiritual and Temporal Memoir / by J. Parsons and various other
writers.
The People of SHESHATSHIT: in the Land of the Innu / by J. Mailhot.

(Available in English and French)
From Base to Bay (SIBLEY’S COVE) / by K. Kelleher.

They Survived by the Sweat of their Brows: the Story of SILVER FOX ISLAND (1836-1961) / by
S.D. Button.
A Look Back in Time: History of SMITH’S HARBOUR / by G. Foster.

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(continued)
The Settling of SPANIARD’S BAY / by E.M. Gosse.

SPANIARD’S BAY, 300 Years of Memories: Three Hundred Years Looking Back, 1705-2005 / by
Spaniard’s Bay Tri-Centennial Steering Committee.
ST. ALBAN'S: a Spirited Community in a Bay of Hope / Youth Heritage Collection Project.
My Town, My Province, My Country and I (ST. ANTHONY) / by W. Biles.

Schooners, Skippers & Sharemen of ST. BRENDAN'S / by M.J. Croke.

The Splendour of ST. JACQUES / by A. Evans.

Oh, How I Long for Those Bright Days ... (ST. JACQUES-COOMB’S COVE, comprising the
communities of English Hr. West, Boxey, Wreck Cove, Mose Ambrose, St. Jacques and Coomb’s
Cove) / compiled by D. Petite.
971.8 OH1 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Corner Boy Remembers: Growing Up in ST. JOHN’S / F.J. Kennedy.

B K38 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Cows Don’t Know It’s Sunday: Agricultural Life in ST. JOHN’S / by H.C. Murray.
Georgestown: an Historic Corner of Old ST. JOHN’S / by W. Furlong.

Noble To Our View: the Saga of St. Bonaventure’s College, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada: the First 150 Years, 1856-2006 / by J.B. Darcy.
Olde ST. JOHN’S: Stories From a Seaport City / by F. Galgay and M. McCarthy.
The Oldest City: the Story of ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland / by P. O’Neill.

971.8 ON2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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(continued)
ST. JOHN’S: City of Fire / by P. Butler.

Water Street (ST. JOHN’S) in the Sixties (1860's) from the “Colonial Commerce Magazine” 1916-
18 (7 issues).
Uncatalogued: Box 3, No. 1. PC (Cabinet) (Not for Loan)
ST. LAWRENCE and Me / by E. Edwards.

971.8 ED9 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Backward Glance: Historical ST. LEWIS, LABRADOR / by C.J. Poole.

St. Lewis Heritage Society Presents Stories & Snaps: a Collection of Oral Histories and
Photographs (ST. LEWIS, LABRADOR) / St. Lewis Heritage Society.
Let Me Tell You a Story: a Collection of Memories (ST. MARY’S BAY - RIVERHEAD, ST.
MARY’S, etc.) / compiled by S. Lee.
Let Me Tell You Another Story: a Collection of Memories (ST. MARY’S BAY - RIVERHEAD,
ST. MARY’S, etc.) / compiled by S. Lee.
More Stories to Tell: a Collection of Memories (ST. MARY’S BAY - RIVERHEAD, ST. MARY’S,
etc.) / compiled by S. Lee.
The Town of STEPHENVILLE: the First 50 Years / 50th Anniversary Celebrations Committee.
From the STRAIGHT SHORE / by R.W. Guy.

From Out of the Past (SUMMERFORD) / by H. Bulgin.

Up to the Islands: Memories of TACK’S BEACH / by H.C Brown and P.R. Hollett.
971.8 UP1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
When We Worked Hard: TICKLE COVE, Newfoundland / by D. Duke.

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(continued)
Tapestry of Memories: TILT COVE Reunion, 1967-1992 / by D. (Boone) Rogers.

TILTING: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching, and other Tales from a
Newfoundland Fishing Village / by R. Mellin.
A Heritage Guide to TORBAY / by R. McGrath.

A History of TORBAY / by B. Codner

Aspects of the History of TRINITY / by E. Hunt.

The Story of TRINITY / by G. Handcock.

Reflections Through Time 1836-2002: Town of TRITON, Newfoundland / by J. Vincent.

History of a Harbour (TROUTY) / by C.B. Dewling.

971.8 D51 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
“Memories” in the Life of a “TWILLINGATE” (Crow Head, Twillingate Island) Man / by C.

Sharpe.
The Sea, Our Life-Blood: a History of WESLEYVILLE, Newfoundland (a Project of the “Ocean
View” Senior Citizens) / by N. Winsor.
Memories of WESTERN BAY: a Collage of Vignettes of Newfoundland Outport Life (Conception

Bay North Shore, circa 1930) / by M. Kennedy.
WHITBOURNE - Newfoundland’s First Inland Town: Journey Back in Time (1884-1984) / by

J.S.R. Gosse.
An Historical and Sociological Study of WINTERTON / Young Canada Works Program.

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In addition to the above, we have numerous community histories written by undergraduate university
students. The originals are on deposit at the Maritime History Archive.
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CHURCH HISTORIES (with substantial Genealogical Content)

(arranged alphabetically by Denomination and Community)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (Anglican)
The Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland: Being an Illustrated
Historical Sketch of the Church of England in Canada, as Traced Through her Episcopate / by
C.H. Mockridge.
922.3 M71 PC (Not for Loan)
Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the “Hawk” Church Ship on the Coast of Labrador, and
Round the Whole Island of Newfoundland, in the Year 1849 / by E. Feild. (Church in the Colonies
Series, No. XXV)
283.718 SO1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Six Months of a Newfoundland Missionary’s Journal, from February to August 1835 / by E. Wix.
Surviving on the Headland (St. Barnabas Parish, BAY DE VERDE) / by D. Barter.

St. Martin’s Pro-Cathedral, GANDER, Newfoundland: a Twenty-Five Year History 1959-1984

and in addition 1936-1959 / compiled by F. Eveleigh.
The Ruby Church (GOULDS) / by W. Ruby.

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, GRAND BAY: Our Memories / compiled by D. Dowding.
100 Years at Holy Trinity (GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR), 1907-2007 / edited by M. Taylor and M.
Saunders.
283.718 ON2 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A History of the Anglican Church in GRAND FALLS / by M. Taylor.

Good Workmanship and Lasting Devotion: a History of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church at
GREENSPOND, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland 1810-1925 / by N. Winsor.
Through Peril, Toil and Pain: the Story of the First One Hundred Years (1825-1925) of the
Church of England in the Northern Settlements of GREENSPOND MISSION, Bonavista Bay,
Newfoundland / by N. Winsor.
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CHURCH HISTORIES (continued)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (Anglican) (continued)
Short History of St. Paul’s, HARBOUR GRACE Parish and Church 1764-1935 / by T.G. Ford.
200 PAMP N CR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
St. James Anglican Church, KING’S COVE, Newfoundland / by R.K. Brown.

283.718 SA2 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
The Anglican Church in LABRADOR: 1848-1998 / by F. Buckle.

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Parish of LAMALINE: 1849-1963, Part of the Story of 114 Years /
by S. Hillier.
100 Years and More: a History of St. James Church and the Communities of LARK HARBOUR
and YORK HARBOUR / by D. and W. Childs.
The Church between the Tickles: a History of St. James’ Anglican Church, POOL’S ISLAND,
Bonavista Bay / by N. Winsor.
283.718 W73 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Paving the Way: ROCKY HARBOUR and NORRIS POINT, Newfoundland / by A. Nicolle.
Where I First Saw the Light: SHEARSTOWN and BUTLERVILLE and St. Mark’s Anglican
Church, 1898-1998 : a Personal, Spiritual and Temporal Memoir / by J. Parsons and various other
writers.
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, 1859-1959: the Story of 100 Years.
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, 1859-1984: 125 Years of Service.
In Fields Afar: a Review of the Establishment of the Anglican Parish of ST. JOHN’S and its
Cathedral / by C.F. Rowe.
St. Michael and All Angels 1885-1985 [ST. JOHN’S] / by J. Nevitt.

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CHURCH OF ENGLAND (Anglican) (continued)
History of St. Thomas’ Church, ST. JOHN’S 1836-1961.

200 PAMP N2 CR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury [STEPHENVILLE]: Its History, November 30, 1952-
February 15, 1978.
St. Nicholas Anglican Church of TORBAY: 50th Anniversary 1924-1974 and One Hundred Fifty-
Five History of the Congregation 1819-1974 / by G. Hayes.
St. Peter’s Anglican Church TWILLINGATE: One Hundred and Twenty-Five Year History 1845-
1970: with Supplementary Material from 1970 to 1983 and in Addition Early History of the
Church since 1813 / E. M. Manuel.
CONGREGATIONAL
The Dissenting Church of Christ at St. John’s 1775-1975: a History of St. David’s Presbyterian
(formerly Congregational) Church, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland.
Historical Account of the Congregational Church in TWILLINGATE.

285.2 H62 NR(Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
MORAVIAN
LABRADOR Through Moravian Eyes: 250 Years of Art, Photographs & Records / by H.
Rollmann.
Moravian Beginnings in LABRADOR: Papers from a Symposium Held in Makkovik and

Hopedale / edited by H. Rollmann.
MAKKOVIK (Moravian Church): 100 Years Plus / by J. Andersen.

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PENTECOSTAL
History of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland / by B.K. Janes.

The Joyful Sound: a History of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador / by
J.W. Hammond.
Some Have Fallen Asleep / by S. Bursey.

Our Year of Jubilee, 1931-1981: 50th Anniversary Bethel Pentecostal Church, BAY ROBERTS,
Newfoundland.
The Ancient Landmarks of Happy Cove and the Faithful Seven: the History of Beacon
Tabernacle, BIRCHY BAY, Newfoundland / by B.K. Janes.
First Pentecostal Church (CORNER BROOK): Our Year of Jubilee, 1925-1975.

From Hinder’s Hall to Emmanuel (Emmanuel Pentecostal Church, DEER LAKE) / by B.K. Janes.
From the Cottage to the Tabernacle: the History of Glad Tidings Tabernacle, EMBREE, NL / by
B.K. Janes.
Calvary Pentecostal Temple, GRIQUET, Newfoundland: Souvenir Booklet.

Reflections from Ship Cove Pond to the Harbour Hills: the History of the Pentecostal Tabernacle,
PORT DE GRAVE, Newfoundland, Celebrating 75 Years of Preaching Jesus, 1925-2000 / by B.K.
Janes.
The Jug in the Window: the History of the Pentecostal Church, SPRINGDALE, Newfoundland
and Labrador / by B.K. Janes.
Pentecostal Church SPRINGDALE, Newfoundland: Our 50th Year 1926-1976.

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PENTECOSTAL (continued)
Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle: ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland.

289.94 EL4 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
WINDSOR Pentecostal Tabernacle: King Street, Windsor, Newfoundland Souvenir Booklet.

289.94 W72 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
PRESBYTERIAN
St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Church of GRAND FALLS (50th Anniversary 1910-1960).

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) of ST. JOHN’S 1842-1942 / by R. Duder.
The Dissenting Church of Christ at St. John’s 1775-1975: a History of St. David’s Presbyterian
(formerly Congregational) Church, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Chronological History of the Irish Catholic Church in Newfoundland and Labrador: the
Important Church Events of the Parishes, Bishops, Priests, and Religious on the Island / by J.M.
Fleming.
Dr. Fleming’s Visitations [1834-1836] as contained in Chapter 23 of the Ecclesiastical History of

Newfoundland / by the Very Reverend M.F. Howley, D.D.
Weavers of the Tapestry / by K.E. Bellamy. (Sisters of Mercy in NL)

The South Coast Pioneers: 150 Years in the Growth of St. Patrick’s Parish, BURIN,
Newfoundland 1833-1983 / by F. Marshall.
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Parish and the Early People of CARBONEAR, Nfld. / by J.M.
Fleming.
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ROMAN CATHOLIC (continued)
All Hallows Parish: 25th Anniversary (CORNER BROOK).

282.715 AL5 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
Centenary of the Diocese of HARBOUR GRACE 1856-1956.

A History of the Roman Catholic Church in HARBOUR GRACE / by R.J. Connolly.

The Story of the Roman Catholic Dioceses of HARBOUR GRACE & GRAND FALLS,
Newfoundland / by J.M. Fleming.
Our People... Our Church: Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, HARBOUR MAIN, CHAPEL’S COVE,
LAKEVIEW (1857-1922).
A History of Corpus Christi Parish, NORTHERN BAY / by E.V. Chafe.

A Pilgrimage of Faith: a History of the SOUTHERN SHORE from Bay Bulls to St. Shott’s / by F.
Galgay and others.
Our Memories and Favorite Recipes (St. Joseph's Church, ST. GEORGE'S, NL) / St. Joseph's
Church Centennial.
641.5 OU7 VT (Not for Loan)
The Mustard Seed: the Story of St. Clare's Mercy Hospital (ST. JOHN'S) / by K.E. Bellamy.
Noble To Our View: the Saga of St. Bonaventure’s College, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada: the First 150 Years, 1856-2006 / by J.B. Darcy.
St. Pius Xth: Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1962/1987 Parish Directory (ST. JOHN'S).
282.718 SA2 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
St. Teresa’s Parish 1930-1980, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland.

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SALVATION ARMY
His Promises are Sure: the Salvation Army ST. JOHN’S Citadel (Number Two Corps) 1888-1988 /
by W. Harbin and others.
A Hundred Anthems Rise: Reflections on the ST. JOHN’S No. 1 Corps / Salvation Army Temple
Corps.
The Salvation Army in Newfoundland: its History and Essence / by R.G. Moyles.
UNITED (formerly METHODIST) CHURCH
Onward and Upward: a History of the Newfoundland and Labrador Conference of the United
Church Women 1962-1987 / by M.G. Winsor.
Shouting, Embracing, and Dancing with Ecstasy: the Growth of Methodism in Newfoundland,
1774-1874 / by C. Hollett.
287 H72 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
BAY ST. GEORGE Wesleyan Methodists, the United Church of Canada: Mission Centennial
1883-1983.
287 B34 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The Story of Methodism in BONAVISTA and of the Settlements Visited by the Early Preachers /
by C. Lench.
287 L54 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
A Souvenir of the BRIGUS Methodist Jubilee of the Opening of the Church 1875-1925 / by C.
Lench.
287 L54 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
“BLACKFOOTS” - Bethany and Park Avenue United Churches of CARBONEAR: Our History
1788-1988 / by B. Parsons.
An Historical Sketch of the CARMANVILLE Congregation / by D.G. Mundy.

287 M92 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
CHANGE ISLANDS United Church 1896-1996: 100th Anniversary.

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UNITED (formerly METHODIST) CHURCH (continued)
A Narrative of God’s Love to William Thoresby, Methodist Missionary to CONCEPTION BAY

1796-1798.
A Pilgrimage of Faith: a History of the Methodist Church 1814-1925 and the United Church of
Canada 1925-1990 in ELLISTON, Newfoundland / by M. & N. Winsor.
287 W73 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Centennial Review: 100 Years of Service of the GLOVERTOWN United Church.

An Account of the Rise and Progress of Methodism on the GRAND BANK and FORTUNE
Circuits from 1816 to 1916 / by C. Lench.
Resounding God’s Praises on Islands, in Coves: a History of the Methodist Church 1862-1925 and
the United Church of Canada 1925-1990 in Settlements from GREENSPOND to DEADMAN’S
BAY, except Wesleyville / by N. Winsor.
Laid To Rest: the First Cemetery (United Church) in HICKMAN’S HARBOUR, Newfoundland:
circa 1850 to 1940 / by W.B.W. Martin.
Memorial United Church, LETHBRIDGE, 1896-1996 / by F.B. Cowan.

United Church in LEWISPORTE: 100 Years 1876-1976 / by W.A. Taylor.

George Street United Church of ST. JOHN’S: One Hundred Years of Service 1873-1973 / by G.M.
Story.
Goodly Heritage: a Centennial History of the Congregation of Wesley United (formerly Alexander
Street Methodist) Church, ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland 1884-1984 / by D.G. & M. Pitt.
287 P68 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The History of St. James United Church (ST. JOHN’S) / by K. Bennett.

Wesley United Church, 1985-1998 (ST. JOHN’S): the Journey Continues / by C.L. Snook.
287.1 SN5 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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UNITED (formerly METHODIST) CHURCH (continued)
Windows of Agates: a Short History of the Founding and Early Years of Gower Street Methodist
(now United) Church in ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland / by D.G. Pitt.
Windows of Agates: the Life and Times of Gower Street United (formerly Methodist) Church in
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland: 1815-1990 / by D.G. Pitt.
A Century of Methodism in TWILLINGATE and NOTRE DAME BAY / by W.E. Mercer.

287 M53 NR (Folder) (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
“By Their Works”: a History of the WESLEYVILLE Congregation (Methodist Church 1874-
1925, United Church 1925-1974) / by N. Winsor.
The History of the Rise and Progress of Methodism on the WESTERN BAY Circuit..., with a
Bird’s Eye View of Carbonear, Freshwater, Blackhead, Lower Island Cove and Old Perlican
Circuits / by C. Lench.
MISCELLANEOUS
Churches of Newfoundland and Labrador: Out of our Hearts (v.1) / edited by G.E. Benson.
Churches of Newfoundland and Labrador (v. 2) / edited by G.E. Benson.

Faith Bible Chapel History: a Nondenominational, Evangelical, Bible-believing Church from

1964-2007 / edited by P. Herbert.
Fight the Good Fight: a History of the CHURCH LADS BRIGADE in Newfoundland (100th
Anniversary 1892-1992) / by S. D. Pritchett.
God is Our Guide: a Brief History of the District Grand Lodge of Newfoundland of the United
Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of England, 1870-1970 / by J.R. Thoms.
VOWR: the Unfolding Dream / by H.K. Swain.

384.5453 SW1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
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MILITARY HISTORY
All the Luck in the World: a Newfoundland Airman Escapes from the Enemy During the Second
World War / by A.M. Ogilvie.
Battlefront Newfoundland: Britain's Oldest Colony at War, 1939-1945 / by J. Fitzgerald.

The Best Small-boat Seamen in the Navy: the Newfoundland Division of the Royal Naval Reserve,
1900-1922 / by W.D. Parsons and E. Parsons.
The Caribou: the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Journal. (1977-1978)

Comrades in Arms: [a History of Newfoundlanders in Action, Second World War] / by H. Wells.

(2 vol.)
The Fighting Newfoundlander: a History of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment / by G.W.L.

Nicholson.
355 N52 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The First Five Hundred: Being a Historical Sketch of the Military Operations of the Royal
Newfoundland Regiment in Gallipoli and on the Western Front During the Great War (1914-
1918) / by R. Cramm.
Forget-Me-Not: Fallen Boy Soldiers, Royal Newfoundland Regiment World War One / by G.
Browne.
A Friendly Invasion: the American Military in Newfoundland, 1940-1990 / J.N. Cardoulis.

A Friendly Invasion II: a personal touch / J.N. Cardoulis.

Grand Bank Soldier: the War Letters of Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey / by C. Forsey.
Gunners, World War II: 166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment Royal Artillery / by E.W. Chafe.
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MILITARY HISTORY (continued)
An Introduction to the Military History of Newfoundland, [1775 to 1945]: Army, Navy, Airforce /
by J. Shields.
Known Unto God: in Honour of Newfoundland's Missing During the Great War / by F. Gogos and
M. MacDonald.
Last Dance: the Knights of Columbus Fire / by D. McGrath.

Lest We Forget: Volume 1 / Royal Canadian Legion, Newfoundland and Labrador Command.
Lest We Forget: Volume 2 / Royal Canadian Legion, Newfoundland and Labrador Command.
Lest We Forget: the Life and Times of Veterans from the Port au Port Peninsula, World War I, a
Tribute / by B. O'Gorman.
Memoirs of a Blue Puttee: the Newfoundland Regiment in World War I / by A.J. Stacey and J.E.
Stacey.
More Fighting Newfoundlanders: a History of Newfoundland’ Fighting Forces in the Second

World War / by G.W.L. Nicholson.
Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Histories / by H. Luffman and
W. Childs.
Newfoundland First Four Hundred Royal Artillery, 1940 / by W.T.B. Harris.

Newfoundland - Her Contribution: World War I, 1914-1918 [and World War II, 1939-1945] /
Government of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit, 1939-1946 / by T. Curran.

The Newfoundland Regiment (1939-1946): War “On the Home Front” / by G.C. Wells.
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Newfoundland’s Role in the Historic Battle of Lake Erie: September 10th, 1813, with Pictures,
Annotations and Remarks on its Origins and its Results / by R. Saunders.
Occupied St. John's: a Social History of a City at War, 1939-1945 / edited by S. High.
971.8 OC1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Pilgrimage: a Guide to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in World War One (1st & 2nd editions)
/ by W.D. Parsons.
Report of the Department of Militia: Covering its Work from the Inauguration of the Department
up to the 31st of March, 1919.
Rifle Range Register: March 25, 1916 to August 22, 1918 / First Newfoundland Regiment, Reserve
Force, 3rd Battalion.
355.547 G79 VT-Oversize (Not for Loan)
S.S. Eagle: the Secret Mission 1944-45 / by H. Squires.

A Safe Haven: Sixty Years at the Crow’s Nest / edited by S.M. Lewis.
Skinner’s Fencibles: the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1795-1802 / by D.A. Webber.

Soldier Priest: in the Killing Fields of Europe / by G. Browne & D. McGrath.

B N15B NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
St. John's and the Battle of the Atlantic / edited by B. Rompkey.

[Statement on the Organization of the Association, 1916] / by Patriotic Association of the Women of
Newfoundland. (List of committees and members)
They Also Served: the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit, 1939-1945 / T. Curran.
To Employ and Uplift Them: the Newfoundland Naval Reserve, 1899-1926 / by M.C. Hunter.
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"To Serve and Protect": the Newfoundland Constabulary on the Home Front, World War II / by
G.F. Browne.
Under the White Ensign / by H. Wells.

Voices of World War II / by G. Quigley.

940.548171 Q4 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The War Dead of the Commonwealth, 1914-1918: Beaumont Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial,
France / Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The War Dead of the Commonwealth, 1914-1918: Newfoundland Forestry Corps, Newfoundland
Mercantile Marine, Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve / Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The War Dead of the Commonwealth, 1914-1918: Royal Newfoundland Regiment / Commonwealth
War Graves Commission.
What Became of Corporal Pittman? / by J.B. Cave.

Winds of Fate: Memoirs / by R.C. Sheppard.

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SCHOOL YEARBOOKS
BELL ISLAND: - Voled (District Vocational School): 1968, 1969

374.013 B41 PC (Not for Loan)
BONNE BAY: - Bonne Bay Achievements (Anglican School of the Epiphany, Woody Point & United
Church School, Curzon Village): 1959
373 B64 PC (Not for Loan)
BOTWOOD: - Nautilus (Botwood Collegiate): 1969, 1970-71, 1987

BOTWOOD: - Trilogy (Memorial Academy, Botwood Academy & Peterview Academy): 1970-71
373 T73 PC (Not for Loan)
BUCHANS: - Further Education (Adult Education Centre): 1950-51, 1951-52

BURIN: - Yearbook (District Vocational School): 1979-80, 1980-81

374.013 B91 PC (Not for Loan)
CAMPBELLTON: - Greenwood Diary (Greenwood Central High School, Greenwood Integrated

Elementary School & Comfort Cove Elementary School): 1986-87
373 G86 PC (Not for Loan)
CAPE BROYLE: - Abrolho Annual (Sacred Heart School): 1972

373 SA1 PC (Not for Loan)
CARBONEAR: - Beacon (District Vocational School): 1967, 1968

CARTWRIGHT: - Labradorite V (Henry Gordon Academy): 1979

373 H39 PC (Not for Loan)
CATALINA: - Reflector (T.A. Lench Memorial Regional High): 1971

373 R25 PC (Not for Loan)
CHANNEL-PORT-AUX-BASQUES: - Portal (St. James Regional High School and elementary

schools in area): 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974
CHURCHILL FALLS: - Pichitawno (Eric G. Lambert School and Churchill Falls High School): 1974,
1975, 1982-83
373 ER4 PC (Not for Loan)
CLARENVILLE: - Trader (District Vocational School): 1967, 1968, 1969

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SCHOOL YEARBOOKS (continued)
CORNER BROOK: - Beginnings (Western Memorial Hospital School of Nursing): 1972

CORNER BROOK: - Humber (District Vocational School): 1968, 1970, 1971

CORNER BROOK: - Reginian (Regina High School): 1961

373 R26 PC (Not for Loan)
CORNER BROOK: - Summit (Herdman Collegiate): 1967 (Centennial Edition), 1974

CORNER BROOK: - Yearbook (Amalgamated Regional High School): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964
373 AM1 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
DEER LAKE: - Elwood (Deer Lake Amalgamated Regional High School): 1969
373 D36 PC (Not for Loan)
FERRYLAND: - Troika (Baltimore Regional High School): 1973-74, 1978, 1979

FOGO ISLAND: Succession (Fogo Island Central High School): 1977

373 F68 PC (Not for Loan)
FORTEAU: - Nascopi (Mountain Field Central High): 1978, 1979

373 M86 PC (Not for Loan)
FOXTRAP: - Pioneer (Queen Elizabeth Regional High School): 1959

373 Q3 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
FOXTRAP: - Queen Elizabeth Regional High School, 1954-2004: 50th anniversary / by C. Boone.
373 B64 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
GANDER: - Crossroads (District Vocational School): 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72,
1980-81
374.013 G15 PC (Not for Loan)
GLOVERTOWN: - Glovertonian (Glovertown Regional High): 1973

GOOSE BAY: - Flight (Goose Air Base Dependents’ School): 1962

GOULDS: - Hibernian (St. Kevin's School): 1977-78, 1978-79

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GRAND BANK: - The United Church School Record (Grand Bank United Church School): 1940-41
373.238 UN3 PC (Not for Loan)
GRAND FALLS: - Andopian (Grand Falls Academy): 1956, 1958-1960 (Souvenir Edition), 1974,
1978-1981, 1984-1986, 1989, 1997-98
GRAND FALLS: - Exploits (District Vocational School): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1970-
71
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR: - Reaching for the Sky (F.G. Bursey Memorial Collegiate): 1978-79,
1980
373 F1 PC (Not for Loan)
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR: - Talon (Exploits Valley High School): 1999

373 EX7 PC (Not for Loan)
HARBOUR GRACE: - Memories (St. Paul's High School): 1957-1987 (1 vol.)

HARBOUR GRACE: - Yearbook (St. Francis High School): 1973, 1974/75, 1976/77
HERMITAGE: - Oceana (St. Saviour’s School): 1969

HOPEDALE: - Reflections (Amos Comenius Memorial): 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80

373 AM6 PC (Not for Loan)
LABRADOR CITY: - Collegian (Labrador City Collegiate): 1975, 1980, 1988

373 L11 PC (Not for Loan)
LABRADOR CITY: - Viking (Notre Dame Academy): 1977/78, 1980/81, 1982/83

373 N84 PC (Not for Loan)
LEWISPORTE: - Focus (Lewisporte Integrated Central High School): 1971

LEWISPORTE: - Tradewinds (District Vocational School): 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
374.013 L58 PC (Not for Loan)
LUMSDEN: - CHS Graduation Day Yearbook (Lumdsen Central high School): 1979
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MILLTOWN-HEAD, BAY D'ESPOIR: - Adventure (Greenwood Academy): 1978, 1979, 1986, 1987
MOUNT PEARL: - Grad Star (Mount Pearl Central High): 1977, 1978, 1980
MOUNT PEARL: - Memory Book Grade 9 (St. Peter's Elementary): 1986-87, 1989-90, 1990-91,
1995-96
MUSGRAVETOWN: - Apex (Integrated Central High School): 1970-71, 1971-72, 1977

373 IN8 PC (Not for Loan)
NAIN: - Yearbook (Jens Haven Memorial School): 1979

373 J45 PC (Not for Loan)
NEW WORLD ISLAND: - Islander (Coaker Academy): 1970, 1975, 1980

373 C63 PC (Not for Loan)
PETERVIEW: - Trilogy (Memorial Academy, Botwood Academy & Peterview Academy): 1970-71
373 T73 PC (Not for Loan)
PILLEY'S ISLAND: - Memories (Dorset Collegiate): 1979

373 D73 PC (Not for Loan)
PORT AUX BASQUES: - Gateway (District Vocational School): 1974-75, 1979-80

374.013 P83 PC (Not for Loan)
ROBERT'S ARM: - Crescent Echo (Crescent Collegiate): 1975-77

SEAL COVE: - Bedlamer (District Vocational School): 1971-72

ST. ALBAN’S: - Holy Cross Annual (Holy Cross Academy): 1951, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954, 1955-56,
1989
ST. ANTHONY: - Grenfell School Echoes (W.T. Grenfell Amalgamated School): 1961
ST. BRENDAN'S: - Yearbook (St. Gabriel's All Grade School): 1988

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ST. JOHN’S: - Adelphian (St. Bonaventure’s College): 1903, 1904-1907, 1908 (2), 1909, 1911-1914,
1915 (3), 1916 (3), 1917 (2), 1919, 1925-1926, 1929-1930, 1931 (Diamond Jubilee Number), 1933-
1935, 1939, 1941, 1945-1947, 1949-1953, 1957 (100th Anniversary), 1958, 1960-1962, 1977-78, 1982
(125th Anniversary, 1857-1982; shelved in Vault, not Folder), 1984
373 SA2 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN'S: - Beacon (Booth Memorial Regional High School): 1978, 1979
ST. JOHN’S: - Cap and Gown (Memorial University College, later Memorial University of
Newfoundland): 1936 - 1938, 1940, 1943, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972,
1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
ST. JOHN’S: - Caritas (Brother Rice High School): 1963, 1966, 1976
ST. JOHN’S: - Claretian (St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital School of Nursing): 1959, 1966, 1969, 1974
ST. JOHN’S: - Collegian (Newfoundland College of the United Church, formerly the Methodist
College): 1910, 1925, 1926 (2), 1927 (2), 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935
ST. JOHN’S: - Collegian (Prince of Wales College and Holloway and Harrington Schools): 1940 (3),
1941, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 (Centenary Issue), 1962-63, 1968-69
ST. JOHN'S: - Commerce Yearbook (Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Business

Administration and Commerce): 1978, 1979
ST. JOHN'S: - Coughlan College Yearbook (Memorial University of Newfoundland Coughlan

College): 1979, 1987-88, 1988-89
ST. JOHN’S: - Crest (Salvation Army College): 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
ST. JOHN'S: - Crusader (Holy Cross Boys' School): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
ST. JOHN’S: - Curtis Academy Magazine (Curtis Academy): 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956,
1957, 1958
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ST. JOHN’S: - Diamond Jubilee (General Hospital School of Nursing): 1906-1981

ST. JOHN’S: - Feildian (Bishop Feild College): 1907-08, 1908-09 (2), 1909 (2), 1909-10 (3), 1910-11,
1912, 1913, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1915-16, 1920 (2), 1921 (3), 1935-36, 1937, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948,
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59
ST. JOHN’S: - Flotsam (Memorial University of Newfoundland): 1970

ST. JOHN’S: - Fugue: Medical School Yearbook (Memorial University of Newfoundland): 1980
ST. JOHN’S: - Hilltopper (College of Trades and Technology): 1964

ST. JOHN’S: - Inter Nos (Academy of Our Lady of Mercy): 1923

373 IN8 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN’S: - Log (College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics): 1970-71,
1971-72
ST. JOHN'S: - Patrician (St. Patrick's Hall School): 1930 (Souvenir of St. Patrick's Hall School Sports)
373 P27 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN’S: - Patrician (St. Patrick’s Hall School): 1956-57, 1980, 1985-86
ST. JOHN'S: - Pharmacy (Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Science): 1979

ST. JOHN’S: - Pink Stripe (General Hospital School of Nursing): 1952, 1959, 1962
ST. JOHN'S: - Q (Queen's College): 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974

378 Q3 PC (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN’S: - Red and White Review (Bishops College): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969
ST. JOHN'S: - Souvenir Book (St. John Bosco School): 1969

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ST. JOHN’S: - Spencerian (Bishop Spencer College): 1929, 1930, 1932, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956,
1957, 1958, 1959
373 B54 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
ST. JOHN’S: - St. Michael’s Shield (School of St. Michael): 1951, 1953, 1955
ST. JOHN’S: - Treck (College of Trades and Technology): 1967

ST. JOHN’S: - Yearbook (Holy Heart of Mary Regional High School): 1983-84, 2008 (50th
Anniversary, 1958-2008; 3 copies in Folder)
ST. JOHN'S: - Yearbook (St. Paul's Elementary School): 1985-86

ST. JOHN'S: - Yearbook (St. Pius X Boys' School): 1979

STEPHENVILLE: - Centre (Stephenville Adult Centre): 1970, 1971

374.013 ST4 PC (Not for Loan)
STEPHENVILLE: - Integrated (Stephenville Integrated High School): 1978-79

373 ST4 PC (Not for Loan)
STEPHENVILLE: - Spartan (St. Stephen’s High School): 1979-80, 1980-81

STEPHENVILLE CROSSING: - Crossroad (District Vocational School): 1967, 1969, 1970

374.013 ST4 PC (Not for Loan)
TREPASSEY: - The Best of Years (Stella Maris High School): 1986

373 ST3 PC (Not for Loan)
TROUT RIVER: - Progress (Salvation Army School): 1946

373 SA3 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
TWILLINGATE: - Reflections (Central Elementary School): 1975, 1977

WABUSH: - Collegiate (J.R. Smallwood Collegiate): 1977

373 J11 PC (Not for Loan)
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WESLEYVILLE: - As Seniors We Remember (Lester Pearson Memorial High): 1988

WINDSOR: - Booth Images (W. Bramwell Booth Memorial High): 1987/88, 1988/89
373 W11 PC (Not for Loan)
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STORIES OF THE SEA

(with substantial Genealogical Content)
(arranged alphabetically by Author)
Abbott, R.W.: The Three Seas.

Andrieux, J.P.: Marine Disasters and Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, 1822-
1938.
910.452 AN2 VT (Not for Loan)
Andrieux, J.P.: Marine Disasters and Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1. (Revised
& enlarged 2004 ed.)
1989.
910.452 AN2 VT (Not for Loan)
1980.
Andrieux, J.P.: Marine Disasters of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Baehre, R.K. (ed): Outrageous Seas: Shipwreck and Survival in the Waters off Newfoundland,
1583 - 1893.
Brown, C.: The CARIBOU Disaster and other Short Stories.

Brown, C.: Death on the Ice: the Great NEWFOUNDLAND Sealing Disaster of 1914.
Brown, C.: Standing into Danger: a Dramatic Story of Shipwreck (POLLUX and TRUXTUN) and
Rescue.
Brown, C.: A Winter’s Tale: the Wreck of the FLORIZEL.

Brown, C.: Writing the Sea.

Butler, L.: The Schooner MARION RODGERS and her Crew: Lost to the North Atlantic.
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STORIES OF THE SEA

(with substantial Genealogical Content) (continued)
Cranford, G.: Sea Dogs and Skippers.

Cranford, G.: Tidal Wave: a List of Victims and Survivors.

Croke, M.J.: Schooners, Skippers & Sharemen of St. Brendan's.

Currey, J.E.: Sailors and their Ships.

Drodge, E.: Peril on the Sea: the Trinity Bay Disaster of 1892.
DRO NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Feltham, J.: Setting Sail for Bonavista Bay: the Story of Nine Schooners Driven Out to Sea in the
Fall of 1929.
Fitzgerald, J.: Newfoundland Adventures: in Air, on Land, at Sea.

Galgay, F.: Rocks Ahead! Wrecks, Rescues and a Coffin Ship.

Galgay, F. & M. McCarthy: A Sea of Mothers’ Tears: Sea Stories from Atlantic Canada.
Galgay, F. & M. McCarthy: Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador (Vols. 1,2,3,4,5). (There are
important appendices in these volumes).
Gibbons, H.K.: Four Newfoundland Sea Stories.

Hanrahan, M.: The Alphabet Fleet: the Pride of the Newfoundland Coastal Service.
Hanrahan, M.: Domino: the Eskimo Coast Disaster.

Hanrahan, M.: Tsunami: the Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster.

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STORIES OF THE SEA

Harrington, M.: Sea Stories from Newfoundland.

Kelly, Mike: The August Gale.

910.453 K29 VT (Folder) (Not for Loan)
King, C.L.: The VIKING’s Last Cruise.

Murphy, J.: Newfoundland Heroes of the Sea.

Parsons, C.: Molded by the Sea.

Parsons, R.: Between Sea and Sky: Strange and Unique Stories of the Sea.
Parsons, R.: Born Down by the Water: the Collected Stories of Robert C. Parsons.
Parsons, R.: Collision at Dawn: and other Thrilling Stories of the Sea.
Parsons, R.: Committed to the Deep: Stories and Memoirs.

Parsons, R.: Courting Disaster: True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea.
Parsons, R.: Lost at Sea: a Compilation. (Schooners from Grand Bank and area)
Parsons, R.: The Mighty Ocean Deep: Sea Stories from Newfoundland and Labrador, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Parsons, R.: Notable Shipwrecks Off and Near Newfoundland Labrador (Map).
910.45 P25 No. 2 Drawer #6 VT (Not for Loan)
Parsons, R.: Raging Winds, Roaring Sea.

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STORIES OF THE SEA

Parsons, R.: Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe: from the Shipping Files of Robert Parsons.
Parsons, R.: Salt Water Tales: the Strange and Tragic, Illustrated. (2 vol.)
Parsons, R.: Survive the Savage Sea: Short Tales from our Ocean Heritage.
Parsons, R.: Survivors and Lost Heroes: the Sea from Cape Race to Cape Ray.
Parsons, R.: Toll of the Sea: Stories from the Forgotten [South] Coast. (There are important
appendices in this volume).
Parsons, R.: Wind and Wave: Sea Tales from Around Our Coast.
Parsons, R.: Wake of the Schooners: from Placentia to Port aux Basques. (There are important
appendices in this volume).
Parsons, R.: Wrecked and Ruined: True Sea Disasters from the Eastern Edge.
Parsons, R.: Wrecks of South Coast Schooners (Map).

910.45 P25 No. 1 (Drawer #6) VT (Not for Loan)
Pope, R.: Leo Pope: a Life at Sea.

Power, R.: A Narrow Passage: Shipwrecks and Tragedies in the St. John’s Narrows.
Prim, J. & M. McCarthy: The Angry Seas: Shipwrecks on the Coast of Labrador.
Prim, J. & M. McCarthy: Men Against the Sea: Ships Lost in the Newfoundland Foreign Trade.
Robillard, M.: A Hundred Years of Remorse: When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual
Odyssey.
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STORIES OF THE SEA

Ryan, S.: The Ice Hunters: a History of Newfoundland Sealing to 1914. (DISASTERS, Chapter 5.
There are many names in the notes to this Chapter, as well as in Chapter 6 and the Appendix).
Rycroft, N.: Captain James Fairweather, Whaler and Shipmaster: His Life and Career 1853-1933.
B F16R NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Squire, H.: A Newfoundland Outport in the Making: the Early History of Eastport, together with
An Eye-Witness Account of the GREENLAND Disaster.
Stagg, B.: The Blackwood Schooner: [the Story of the ELLA M. RUDOLPH].
Vautier, C.: Beneath the Waves: Newfoundland Sea Stories.

Vautier, C.: The Coast of Newfoundland: the Southwest Corner.

Vessels in Newfoundland Gulf and Coastal Service: a Chronological List 1898-1987.

Wellman, J.: Final Voyages (4 vol.).

Wellman, J.: Lighthouse People: Stories of Men, Women and Children Who Worked and Lived on
Lightstations in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Winsor, N.: Stalwart Men and Sturdy Ships: a History of the Prosecution of the Seal Fishery by
the Sealers of Bonavista Bay North, Newfoundland. (Chapter 5: SEALING DISASTERS).
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RAILWAY HISTORY
All Aboard! [Newfoundland Railway] / by B. Baggs. (3 vol.)

The Newfie Bullet: the Story of Train Passenger Service in Newfoundland / by M. Lingard.
The Newfoundland Railway, 1898-1969: a History / L. Harding.

Next Stop, Gaff Topsail: Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland Railway / by M. Lingard.
Next Stop, St. John’s: Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland Railway / by M. Lingard.
Next Stop, Trinity Loop: More Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland Railway / by M.
Lingard.
Next Stop, Wreckhouse: More Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland Railway / by M.
Lingard.
The Railway Ties that Bind / by B.D. Dicks.

385 D56 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
The School Car: Bringing the Three R’s to Newfoundland’s Remote Railway Settlements, 1936-
1942 / by R. Noseworthy.
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YEARBOOKS, GAZETTEERS, MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORIES

Year Book and Almanac of Newfoundland (also known as Newfoundland Almanack or Almanac):
1841 (VT Folder) , 1849, 1858, 1877-1878, 1880, 1882, 1884-1886, 1888-1891, 1893-1898, 1901-1902,
1904-1932
Lovell’s Gazetteer of British North America: 1873, 1874, 1881

917.1 L94 VT (Not for Loan)
Blue Book of Newfoundland: 1897/98-1899/1900 (similar to Year Book and Almanac)

McAlpine’s Maritime and Newfoundland Gazetteer: 1898, 1904

Lovell’s Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada: 1908

917.1 L94 NR (Not for Loan)
The Mercantile Agency Reference Book (and Key) Containing Ratings of Merchants,
Manufacturers, and Traders, Generally Throughout the Dominion of Canada, New Foundland,
Magdalen Islands, St. Pierre et Miquelon ... 1922 / R.G. Dun & Co.
The Civil Service of Newfoundland from a Denominational Standpoint at November 1st, 1928 /
Department of the Colonial Secretary.
The Mercantile Agency Reference Book (and Key) Containing Ratings of Merchants,
Manufacturers, and Traders, Generally Throughout the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland and
St. Pierre et Miquelon ... 1934 / Dun & Bradstreet.
Newfoundland Handbook, Gazetteer, and Almanac / by J. R. Smallwood: 1940, 1941

917.18 SM1 NR (Available through Interlibrary Loan)
Motor Licence Directory 1941

343.094 PAMP N CR (Not for Loan)
Gazetteer of Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador): 1968, 1983

917.18 C16 NR (Not for Loan)
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MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
VERTICAL FILE material under the following Headings:
Names, Personal
Towns & Villages
Place Names
St. John’s - Streets
Ships & Shipwrecks
Heraldry
History & Historic Sites
French, Irish, Scottish, Chinese, Ethnic Groups
Other useful materials include Biographies, Autobiographies, Maps, Photographs & Postcards,
School Reports, Colonial Records (1780-1825), Newspapers from 1810, Journals of the Legislative
Council from 1834, and Statistical Censuses from 1836.
DVDs and VIDEOS
The CBC Land and Sea DVD and VIDEO Collection provides a rich resource of people who worked
the land, sea and air throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Captured in these dvds/videos are the
stories of strong and independent individuals who were, and in some cases continue to be, the backbone
of their communities. Here you can see where people lived, how they worked and entertained
themselves in communities from Indian Islands to Silver Fox Island to the Labrador Straits and many
more.
The Collection contains over 200 dvds/videos which can be found in our online catalogue.
(Available for loan within Newfoundland and Labrador)

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GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL

ST. JOHN’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES

David Leamon & Brenda Parmenter

Newfoundland and Labrador Collection

Web Site: http://www.nlpl.ca

For further information:

—Cover design and document layout by John Griffin.

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CENSUS MATERIAL IN NOMINAL FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

DOCUMENTS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

FAMILY TREES & FAMILY HISTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

COMMUNITY & FAMILY REUNIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PLACE NAMES & STREET NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

MIGRATION, SETTLEMENT, CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

COMMUNITY HISTORIES & MEMOIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

STORIES OF THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

YEARBOOKS, GAZETTEERS, MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORIES . . . . . . . . . . . 86

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES

Bourrie, D.: Researching Canadian Census Records.

Christensen, P.: Finding Your Irish Ancestors.

Christensen, P.: Finding Your Scottish Ancestors.

Christensen, P.: Research at the Family History Center.

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES (continued)

Ellison, S.: Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers (1807-1996).

Family History Seminar: Newfoundland’s First Genealogical Seminar (1987).

Genealogists’ Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research / edited by T.M. Punch.

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES (continued)

Index to Decks Awash Magazine.

Index to Diocesan Magazine (1889-1958).

Morgan, G.C.: How To Do Everything with Your Genealogy.

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES (continued)

Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Handbook for Recording Inscriptions in

Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Newfoundland Ancestor Index. (1984-2004)

Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society: Newsletter Surname Index.

Punch, T.M.: Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858.

St. Denis, L.: A Canadian Directory for Genealogists.

HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, INDICES (continued)

St. Denis, L.: Your Heritage to Discover, to Share.

Taylor, R.: The Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook.

Thomas, G.: French Family Names of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Turk, M.G.: The Quiet Adventurers in North America.

Two-Tray Card Index to Ye Olde St. John’s: 1750-1936 / by P.K. Devine.

Vessels in Newfoundland Gulf and Coastal Service: a Chronological List 1898-1987.

White, S.A.: Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes (2 vol.).

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS IN NEWFOUNDLAND NEWSPAPERS

Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers (1807-1996) / by S. Ellison.

Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers (1825-1890) (13 vol.) / compiled by

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS IN NEWFOUNDLAND NEWSPAPERS (continued)

Deaths (Necrology) & Fatalities - from 1913

Available on Microfilm only, one reel per year every year.

ARGENTIA RC Parish Records 1835-1941 / by B. Hennessey. (5 vol.)

Moravian Church Books (LABRADOR). (5 reels)

Gravestone Inscriptions from the CUPIDS U.C. Cemetery (Elsa Hochwald)

Gravestone Inscriptions from the LABRADOR (NLGS & Them Days)

Gravestone Inscriptions from the NORTHERN PENINSULA (Mildred Howard)

Interments in the General Protestant Cemetery, ST. JOHN’S, 1889-1912 (2 vols.)

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, ST. JOHN’S, 1941-1972.

Gravestone Inscriptions from the TOPSAIL Anglican Cemetery. (Edward V. Chafe)

McQuade, D.: The Conservation of Cemeteries.