Getting Started With Prince Edward Island Research
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The province of Prince Edward Island holds a wide variety of records and resources for family historians. The smallest province in Canada, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Prince Edward Island is nearest to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. From 17th-century records of Acadia to the 1931 Canadian Census, there are countless resources available online and on site at libraries and archives, including the Brim-DeForest Library at American Ancestors.
This guide provides tips on how to search church records, civil records, and census records.
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