Researching Ancestors
How to locate your ancestors
Provincial Contacts that may assist you in your search:
The Rooms Provincial Archives Division is available at the following address to assist you in locating your ancestors.
The Rooms Provincial Archives Division
The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador
9 Bonaventure Avenue
P.O. Box 1800, Station C
St. John's, NL, Canada A1C 5P9
Telephone: (709) 757-8030
Fax: (709) 757-8031
E-mail: information@therooms.ca
Vital Statistics is available to assist you in obtaining a birth, marriage or death certificate for any resident of the province from 1892 to present. If you are looking for an ancestor that lived before 1892 please contact the Provincial Archives.
You may apply in person at any of the following places:
- Government Service Centre, 5 Mews Place, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Rockwood Realty Building, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
- 2 Masonic Terrace, Clarenville, Newfoundland
- Buffett Building, Main Street, Grand Bank, Newfoundland
- McCurdy Complex, Gander, Newfoundland
- 9 Queensway, Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland
- The Noton Building, 1 Riverside Drive, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
- 35 Alabama Drive, Stephenville, Newfoundland
- Viking Mall, St. Anthony, Newfoundland
- Thomas Building, 13 Churchill Street, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador
- 118 Humphrey Road, Bruno Plaza, Labrador City, Labrador
If you apply for the birth certificate in St. John's, there is about a 20 minute waiting period. If you apply in Gander or Corner Brook, you are still able to get the information the same day. If you apply at any of the remaining offices, there is about a three day waiting period.
You may also apply for a birth certificate by sending a signed letter or application.
Send letter or form to Vital Statistics at the following mailing address:
Vital Statistics, Government Service Centre
Department of Government Services and Lands5 Mews Place, P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1B 4J6
Telephone: (709) 729-3311
Be sure to include:
- Name
- Date of Birth
- Place of Birth
- Name of Birth Parents (including mother’s maiden name)
- Complete mailing address and telephone number (state your relationship to the person named on the certificate if you are not that person).
Birth Certificates are available in wallet size and long form, framing size.
Wallet size certificates do not contain parent's names.
Please be sure to specify the number and type of certificate you require.
Generally, birth certificates cost $20. Cheques or money orders may be made payable to the Newfoundland Exchequer Account. If you are paying by credit card, Visa and Mastercard are accepted. Please include the card number, expiry date and signature of the cardholder. However, if the birth occurred after March 27, 1991, and was registered within one year from the date of birth, the first certificate is free.
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Aboriginal status - how to register
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Website: www.inac.gc.ca
Aboriginal Status Inquiries 1-800-299-8750
Registration application process:
Forms that you will need for registration can be picked up at:
- Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (address below)
- First Nations or Aboriginal associations
- Aboriginal Friendship Centres
If you were born on or after:
- Obtain a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate indicating parents’ names. This document can be obtained from the Provinces’ Vital Statistics Division.
- Write a letter which states that you want to register the child as an Indian. Give the names of the parent with whom the child should be registered (children are registered with only one parent). Both parents must sign the letter.
- Send the copy of the birth certificate and the letter to your First Nations office or to DIAND (address below).
If you were born before:
- Obtain and fill out the following forms:
- "Application for Registration of an Adult under the Indian Act": for a person who is 18 or older;
- "Application for Registration of Children under the Indian Act": for a person who is under 18 or for a person who is intellectually impaired.
- Include as much information as you can about the applicant’s Aboriginal background and the name or location of the First Nation or First Nations to which the applicant’s ancestors belonged. If you know the names of relatives who have been registered, you should include these also.
- Send the completed form to:
Registrar
Indian Registration and Band Lists
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H4
You will be contacted by telephone or mail if further information is needed.
National office:
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Publications & Public Enquiries
Room 1415, Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington St., Hull, Quebec
K1A 0H4
Enquiries: (819) 997-0380
Regional office:
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
Atlantic Regional Office
40 Havelock Street
PO Box 160
Amherst, N.S.
B4H 3Z3
Enquiries: (902) 661-6200
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Other contacts that may assist you in your search
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Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
www.fhsnl.ca
657 Topsail Road
Waterford Valley Plaza
St. John's, NL, Canada A1E 2E3
Telephone: 709-754-9525
Facsimile: 709-754-6430
Email: fhs@fhsnl.ca
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Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries - Updated genealogy guide of publications.
genealogy.nlpubliclibraries.ca
Newfoundland Collection,
St. John's Public Libraries,
Provincial Resource Library,
Arts & Culture Centre ( Third Floor),
Allandale Road
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1B 3A3
Telephone: (709) 737-3955
Fax: (709) 737-2660
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Aosamiaji’jij Miawpukek Reserve (Conne River)
www.mfngov.ca
Conne River Mi’kmaq Office
Conne River, NL
A0H 1J0
Telephone: (709) 882-2470
Fax: (709) 882-2292
Email: rjeddore@writeme.com
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Maritime History Archive (Memorial University)
www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/genealog.php
Maritime History Archive
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1C 5S7
Telephone: 709-737-8428/9
Fax: 709-737-3123
Email: mha@mun.ca
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Innu Nation
www.innu.ca
P.O. Box 119
Sheshatshiu, NL
A0P 1M0
Telephone: (709) 497-8398
Fax: (709) 497-8396
Email: innuenv@web.net
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation
P.O. Box 160
Sheshatshiu, NL
A0P 1M0
Telephone: (709) 497-8522
Fax: (709) 497-8757
Mushuau Innu First Nation
P.O. Box 109
Natuashish, NL
A0P 1A0
Telephone: (709) 478-8902
Fax: (709) 478-8841
- Labrador Inuit Association
www.nunatsiavut.com
Membership Clerk, Labrador Inuit Association
P.O. Box 70,
Nain, Labrador
AOP 1LO
Telephone 709-922-2942
Fax 709-922-2931
Email: membership@nunatsiavut.ca
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Federation of Newfoundland Indians
http://www.fni.nf.ca/
P.O. Box 956
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
A2H 6J3
Telephone: (709) 634-0996
Fax: (709) 634-0997
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Labrador Métis Nation
www.labmetis.org
P.O. Box 460, Stn. C
Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL
Canada A0P 1C0
Telephone: 709-896-0592
Toll Free: 1-877-896-0592
Fax: 709-896-0594
Email: admin@labmetis.org
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