Discussion Forum of the Upper St.John River Valley website / Forum de discussion du site web de la Vallée Supérieure de la Rivière St-Jean

Just stumbled across a relatively new website maintained by the University of New Brunswick. They have scanned an enourmous amount of paper regarding the very earliest development of the Province. It is called the Winslow papers and please check out this link. It is a searchable database so try word...

Cyndee Try the following site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/ This is the county that Woodstock is located in. The message board on this page may be able to help if you post your message there. I'm not sure if you are aware of this little fact. Willie O'Ree was the first black man to break the c...

Hi Cyndee Try this link. http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/NBHistory/Chipman/biography.html I'm not sure if it will be any help at all but I did notice some great resources at the bottom of the page in the bibliography. I think I know where Elm Hill is. I believe it is in Queens County just south of prese...

Kings Landing Historical Settlement is putting on a re-creation of the events known as the Aroostook War. I have heard it is a interesting day for anyone interested in this event. It is suppose to be unbiased and takes into account American views, as well as New Brunswick's. For more information ple...

Please be careful when assuming that a person is actually "Dutch" when taking this from the early New Brusnwick census information. A common occurence at this time was to call German speaking/background people "Dutch" based on the German word "Deutch" (or like spelling)...

http://www.kingslanding.nb.ca/englishwhatis.htm Who were the Loyalists? They were refugees from the American Revolution who had courageously and steadfastly held to their beliefs in the face of overwhelming opposition. They came from each of the Thirteen Colonies and from all walks of life. At war’s...