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This is just to pass on info gathered from various sources. I am not related in any way to Colford's.
Early in June 2002 Terry Punch (see below for more info about him) was on CBC (Canadian public radio) out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, doing his monthly phone-in genealogy show. One question was about the COLFORD name. Terry said he was quite sure it came from the Wexford/Waterford areas in south-east Ireland (nearest part to Wales and England). He said he would not be surprised if it arrived in Ireland via England, and if it originated long ago in France. Speculation could be that "col-ford" refers to coal found near a river ford, or perhaps (rom French) a "hill near a river ford". It could even mean "coal" or "hill" where a "fort" was built. BOttom line - it seems to be a 'geographic' surname showing where the original people once lived. People in Europe only started giving themselves surnames between 1250-1400 when (who else?) the taxman wanted to keep better track of who everybody was.
"Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia" by Terrance Punch - ISBN 1-55109-235-2 - Terry is a professionally accredited Canadian genealogist who specializes in immigration from Ireland, Germany and Montbéliard (Huguenot Protestants French-Swiss border area). Terry also investigates the origins of surnames. He hosts a program on CBC (public radio) once a month (check the site for next actual date) and will answer questions by E-Mail to - marnoon@halifax.cbc.ca - or check out the Website at - http://www.halifax.cbc.ca - Terry Punch's next date on CBC Radio is Tues, June 25, 2002.
In the Miramichi Region (Northumberland, Kent, and Gloucester County), Roxanne L. Leadlay is a member of the NB Genealogical Association. Check out the newspaper, guestbook and "Gateway" genealogical forum at - http://www.mibc.nb.ca - (this may be somewhat awkward to access).
Website for Kent County, NB - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/ - has cemetery listings in Harcourt, Richibucto and Weldford Parishes. Pre-1826 records for Kent County may be included with the (original) Northumberland County records.
George Hayward - ghayward@nbnet.nb.ca - a certified genealogist from Fredericton NB wrote a book on the BUBAR family published in 1998. It has extensive coverage of Bubars in both Maine & NB. Bubar is a very old name in NB and not uncommon today. It was originally French 'Bubier' (Huguenot or French Protestant), and came to NB with the Planter migration from New England in the 1760s. One branch settled in Carleton County, along the ME border.
NB consolidated most provincial records at the capital city, Fredericton, in the late 1960's. Former counties and their county seats (where records were kept) are: Albert (Hopewell Cape), Carleton (Woodstock), Charlotte (St. Andrews), Gloucester (Bathurst), Kent (Richibucto), Kings (Hampton), Madawaska (Edmundston), Northumberland (now Miramichi City, was Newcastle), Queens (Gagetown), Restigouche (Dalhousie), Saint John (Saint John), Sunbury (Burton), Victoria (Perth), Westmorland (Dorchester), and York (Fredericton).
New Brunswick Provincial Archives - http://www.gov.nb.ca/supply/archives/ENGLISH - go to the NB county you are researching, and you will have the records the archives have (and can lend) on this county, including birth, marriages, marriage bonds, deaths, probate records, wills, etc. Contact your local library and ask them if they can order the microfilms from the NB archives. This site also has LINKS to:
National Archives of Canada
Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
The Genealogy Home Page
Canadian Heritage Gallery
The National Archives of Ireland
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Public Record Office (UK)
- http://gov.nb.ca/archives/e/index.htm - You can now search online in New Brunswick for parents and births of their children.
The New Brunswick census records are available for purchase or on-line, as follows:
For printed transcriptions, see the publications page - http://www.gnb.ca/archives/e/tree/publications.htm - on the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick site and click on the PUBLICATIONS pdf file. It has a thorough list of transcriptions, mainly for 1851 and 1861 and done by county, with prices and ordering information.
There are many on-line transcriptions for individual parishes and counties, but no single transcription for the whole province in a given year. For individual transcriptions, see the census records page on the NB Gen Links site - http://nbgenlinks.new-brunswick.net/NBCensus.htm - and click either on the appropriate county or use the search feature.
IRISH FAMINE & IMMIGRATION - New Brunswick, Canada, has an "Irish Famine Database" as well as Hutchinson and Lovell Directories. It's an excellent site if you have ancestors from New Brunswick.
Most Irish immigrants, Protestant and Catholic, came to Canada through the Grosse Isle quarantine station below Quebec City or via Partridge Island in Saint John, New Brunswick. See: - http:/ww.parcscanada.gc.ca/parks/quebec/grosseile/en/index.html - or - http:/ww.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/~Heritage/PartridgeIsland/Immigrants.htm -
Cumberland County NS - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nscumber/ - on the border with Province of New Brunswick, only land link from NS to rest of North America. The Tantramar Heritage Trust hosted "Yorkshire 2000", a gathering of the descendants of Yorkshire settlers who emigrated from northern England, going to Nova Scotia during the period 1772-1775. Go to - http://www.tap.nb.ca/tht/york2000.html - or access it through Cyndi's List for Nova Scotia. Also, have a look at the "The Chignecto Isthmus And Its First Settlers" by Howard Trueman at - http://www.intranet.ca/~mmackay/chignecto.html -
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