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Indexes and Databases to Atlantic Canadian Newspapers

These are some of the indexes we have here at the Harriet Irving Library for Atlantic Canadian newspapers only. Click on a title to skip to a particular Province.

The indexes are in different formats and several different locations in the library. Please note that only material with the locations HIL-STACKS, HIL-MIC, and HIL-MMI may be borrowed.

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New Brunswick Newspapers [back to top]

General Indexes
  • Title: New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers
  • Author: Johnson, Daniel F.
  • Period of Coverage: 1784-1895
  • Call Number: HIL-REF FC2471.1 .A1 N48 1982
Campbellton
  • Title: Inventaire de L'Aviron de Campbellton, N.B.
  • Author: Lacerte, Roger
  • Period of Coverage: April 1962 - July 1973
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD AI21 .A9 L32 1973
Caraquet
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 2 July, 1999 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: L'Acadie Nouvelle
  • Location: Online Index: Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
Edmundston
  • Title: Le Madawaska, Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1913-1974
  • Call Number: HIL-MIC AN .M22
Fredericton
  • Title: Canadian News Facts: The Indexed Digest of Canadian Current Events
  • Period of Coverage: 1967-2001
  • Titles Indexed Include: Daily Gleaner
  • Call Number: HIL-REF FC1 .C366
  • Title: Daily Gleaner, Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1968-1981
  • Call Number: HIL-MIC AN .D27 1982
  • * Note: A print copy is available in the Microforms Office.
  • Title: Index : Daily Gleaner*
  • Author(s): Reference Dept., Harriet Irving Library
  • Period of Coverage: 1968-1981
  • Call Number: HIL-MMI E78 .N46 I49
  • * Note: Indexes topics on Natives and Natives of New Brunswick.
  • Title: Sunbury County Happenings
  • Author: Seeley, Janice L.
  • Period of Coverage:vol.1 1853-1878; vol.2 1879-1889; vol.3 1890-1896; vol.4 1897-1900
  • Titles Indexed Include: Religious Intelligencer vol. 4; Gleaner (Fredericton), 26 Nov. 1889-22 May 1890.
  • Call Number: HIL-SPECAR FC2495 .S89 S96 1995 vol. 1 - 4
  • HIL-MICGD FC2495 .S89 S96 1995 vol. 1 - 2
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 2 July, 1998 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: Fredericton Daily Gleaner
  • Location: Online Index:Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
  • Title: Royal Gazette Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1785-1865
  • Call Number: HIL-MIC AI21 .R56 1978
Moncton
  • Title: Inventaire de L'Evangéline.
  • Period of Coverage: 1976-1977
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD AI21 .E9
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 2 March, 1998 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: Moncton Times and Transcript
  • Location: Online Index: Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
Newcastle
  • Title: North Shore Leader
  • Period of Coverage: 22 June, 1906-1917
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD AN .N592
Saint John
  • Title: Canadian News Facts: The Indexed Digest of Canadian Current Events
  • Period of Coverage: 1967-2001
  • Titles Indexed Include: Telegraph Journal
  • Call Number: HIL-REF FC1 .C366
  • Title: Yesteryear: Index to Death Roll of the St. John Globe, Some Residents and Former Residents
  • Author: Cusack, Ruby, M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1897-1926
  • Call Number: HIL-SPECAR CS88 .S24 C87 1987
  • Title: Sunbury County Happenings
  • Author: Seeley, Janice L.
  • Period of Coverage:vol.1 1853-1878; vol.2 1879-1889; vol.3 1890-1896; vol.4 1897-1900
  • Titles Indexed Include: Religious Intelligencer vol. 4; Gleaner (Fredericton), 26 Nov. 1889-22 May 1890.
  • Call Number: HIL-SPECAR FC2495 .S89 S96 1995 vol. 1 - 4
  • HIL-MICGD FC2495 .S89 S96 1995 vol. 1 - 2
  • Title: Early marriage records of New Brunswick : Saint John City and County from the British Conquest to 1839
  • Author: Wood-Holt, B.
  • Period of Coverage: 1784-1812.
  • Titles Indexed Include: New Brunswick Chronicle, 1804; Royal Gazette, 1786-1813; Saint John Gazette, 1796-1798, 1800-1807; Times; or, True Briton, 1808-1810.
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL/HIL-STACKS CS88 .S24 E27 1986
  • Title: Royal Gazette Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1785-1865
  • Call Number: HIL-MIC AI21 .R56 1978
  • Title: People Places Things in New Brunswick: An Index to The Royal Gazette
  • Author: Grant, B.J.
  • Period of Coverage: 1784-1809
  • Call Number: HIL-REF/HIL-MICGD FC2471 .G72 1990
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 2 January, 1998 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: The New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
  • Location: Online Index: Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
Shediac
  • Title: Inventaire du Moniteur Acadien
  • Author: Leblanc, Ronald
  • Period of Coverage: 1867-1926.
  • Call Number: MIL-MICGD/HIL-REF AI21 .M65 L42 1970
Tracadie
  • Title: "Le Reflet de Nord" ; "L'Analyste" ; "Le Journal Acadien" ; "Le Pari": Inventaire.
  • Author: DeGrâce, Eloi.
  • Period of Coverage: 1969-1972
  • Call Number: HIL-SPECAR AI21 .R4 1975
Woodstock
  • Title: A Nominal Index to: The Woodstock Times ( 2 Feb., 1839-13 June, 1840) and The Woodstock Reformer (3 June, 1853)
  • Author: Bell, D.G.
  • Period of Coverage: 1840; 1853
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD PN4919 .W66 B34 1981
  • Title: Carleton Sentinel, July 1867-Dec. 1870 : Births, Deaths, Marriages
  • Author: Kimball, Carroll
  • Period of Coverage: July 1867-Dec.1870
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD CS88 .W66 K55
  • Title: Carleton Sentinel, Index
  • Author: University of New Brunswick Library
  • Period of Coverage: 1849-1867
  • Call Number: HIL-MIC AN .C29

Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers [back to top]

General Indexes
  • Title: Vital Statistics and Items from Newspapers of Newfoundland
  • Author: Howard, Mildred
  • Period of Coverage: 1831-1872
  • Titles Indexed Include: Times; Royal Gazette; Harbor Grace Standard & Conception Bay Advertiser; Weekly Herald & Conception Bay Advertiser; Harbor Grace Weekly and Conception Bay Advertiser; The Newfoundlander
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD CS88 .N5 V57 1983

Nova Scotia Newspapers [back to top]

General Indexes
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Punch, Terrence M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1769-1812.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Free Press; The Halifax Journal; The Nova Scotia Gazette and The Weekly Chronicle; The Nova-Scotia Magazine: and Comprehensive Review of Literature, Politics and News; The Nova-Scotia Packet and the General Advertiser; Nova Scotia Royal Gazette; The Novator: and Nova Scotia Literary Gazette; The Port-Roseway Gazetteer, and the Shelburne Advertiser; Royal Gazette and New Brunswick Advertiser; The Royal Gazette and the Nova Scotia Advertiser; The Weekly Chronicle
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88 .N6 N678 1981
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Punch, Terrence M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1813-1822.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian Recorder; Halifax Journal; Nova Scotia Royal Gazette; and Weekly Chronicle
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88.N6 N679 1978
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers
  • Author: Holder, Jean M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1823-1828.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian Recorder; Free Press; Halifax Journal; Nova Scotia Royal Gazette; Nova Scotian; Philanthropist; and Weekly Chronicle
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88 .N6 N68 1980
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Holder, Jean M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1829-1834.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian; Acadian Recorder; Free Press; Nova Scotian; Nova Scotia Royal Gazette; The Times
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88 .N6 N682 1982
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Holder, Jean M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1835-1839
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian Recorder; Halifax Journal; Halifax Pearl; Nova Scotia Royal Gazettte; Times
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88 .N6 N683 1984
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Holder, Jean M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1840-1843.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian Recorder; Christian Messenger; Colonial Pearl; Halifax Journal; Halifax Morning Post; Morning Herald; Novascotian; Nova Scotia Royal Gazette; Royal Gazette; Times
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGDL CS88 .N6 N684 1985
  • Title: Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
  • Author: Holder, Jean M.
  • Period of Coverage: 1844-1847.
  • Titles Indexed Include: Acadian Recorder; Halifax Journal; Halifax Morning Post; Morning Chronicle; Morning Herald; Novascotian; Royal Gazette; Sun; Standard and Conservative Advocate; Times
  • Call Number: HIL-MCGDL CS88 .N6 N685 1986
  • Title: New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers*
  • Author: Vital Statistics Committee, New Brunswick Genealogical Society
  • Period of Coverage: 1784-1895
  • Call Number: HIL-SPECAR/HIL-REF FC2471.1 .A1 N48 1982 vol. 1 - 84
  • * Note: Includes statistics from Nova Scotia newspapers.
Digby
  • Title: Surname Index to the Digby Courier
  • Author: Marshall, Luella
  • Period of Coverage: 1877 - 1895; 1906 - 1917
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD AN .D52
Halifax
  • Title: Canadian Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1993-1999
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle-Herald
  • Call Number: HIL-REFAB AI3 .C2334
  • Title: Canadian News Facts: The Indexed Digest of Canadian Current Events
  • Period of Coverage: 1967-2001
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle Herald
  • Call Number: HIL-REF FC1 .C366
  • Title: Canadian News Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1980-1992
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle-Herald
  • Call Number: HIL-REFAB AI3 .C238
  • Title: Canadian Newspaper Index
  • Period of Coverage: 1977-1979
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle-Herald
  • Call Number: HIL-REFAB AI3 .238
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 16 August, 1999 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle-Herald
  • Location: Online Index: Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
  • Title: Newscan
  • Period of Coverage: 22 August, 1999 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: Sunday Herald
  • Location: Online Index: Newscan.
  • Note: Fulltext
  • Title: Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Fulltext Reference
  • Period of Coverage: 1982 - present
  • Titles Indexed Include: Chronicle-Herald
  • Location: Online Index CBCA
Sydney
  • Title: Up Country Cape Breton: An Index to Events in Rural Cape Breton as Reported by "The Sydney Record."
  • Author: Williams, Fred.
  • Period of Coverage: 1900-1930
  • Call Number: HIL-REF AI21 .S92 W54 1995

Prince Edward Island Newspapers [back to top]

Tignish
  • Title: Inventaire de l'Impartial
  • Author: LeBlanc, Gabrielle
  • Period of Coverage: 1893-1915
  • Call Number: HIL-MICGD AI21 .I4 1980