Ancestral Lines

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Ancestral Lines

Members are invited to submit descendant reports, in “register” format, for any New Brunswick family. This is an opportunity to share your research with other members and to expand our collective knowledge of New Brunswick families and their many connections.

See the submission guidelines at the bottom of this page.

The indexes in the descendant reports have been combined into a master index showing the following:

SURNAME GIVEN NAMES DOCUMENT PAGE

The index has been split into alphabetical sections. Find the name in the index (files coming soon), then go to the report (document) and page as indicated in the index.

A few reports do not have indexes and are not in the master index.

Ancestral Lines - The Indexes

The Indexes

Ancestral Lines - The Reports

Hayward Collection

This collection is available to the public, courtesy of George Hayward.

File Name

Other Contributors

This collection is available to members only.

About Ancestral Lines

Project Background

A number of years ago, Capital Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society launched a project to promote the sharing of genealogical research by NBGS members. Members were invited to submit descendant reports, in “register” format, for a few generations of any New Brunswick family.

A descendant report, in register format, uses the genealogical numbering system developed by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society and starts with a particular ancestor, who is given the Arabic number 1. Each child of this ancestor is then numbered in birth order with a lower-case Roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv, etc.). If the birth order is not definitively known, children are listed in the most likely order. Any of these children who have descendants included in the report are also assigned an Arabic number (2, 3, 4, etc.) and they appear later in the report with their children listed as descendants. Children who do not have descendants listed in the report are only assigned a lower-case Roman numeral. Only the primary ancestor (number 1 in the report) and the primary ancestor’s descendants are assigned numbers. Non-descendants of the primary ancestor, such as spouses and partners, are not assigned numbers.

Submission Guidelines

Members may submit descendant reports, in “register” format, for any New Brunswick family. Most genealogical software will produce such reports with little effort. These guidelines are general in nature. Specific instructions for RootsMagic and Family Tree Maker are provided in other articles.

Number of generations - Include at least 3 generations in your report. You might want to start at the oldest ancestor for whom you have solid documentation and end at the generation that includes your great-grandparents, or, possibly, your grandparents.
Privacy - Exclude living persons from your report. In addition, exclude details about any person born in the last 95 years. Likewise, details about burials and marriages within the last 50 years must be excluded.

Font - We suggest that you use a font like Arial or Verdana, with a font size of 12.

Title page - Show the name of the ancestor and his/her date range and give some indications of locations. Include the submitter's name and the date the report was published.

Introduction - If possible, include an introduction that outlines your approach to genealogical research and your reasons for submitting the report. You could also set out any disclaimers and talk about the reliability of the information in the report.

Sources - You should cite your sources - any information without a source is little more than hearsay. We prefer that sources be shown as endnotes, rather than footnotes, if your software will allow that approach.

Index - It is very important to include an index, which should be in the following format:
Surname, Given Names…………...page

Submitter details - Include your name and, if possible, your contact information.

Send to: Send your completed report by email to: webmanager@nbgs.ca