Hi John, So they're online?? I know of the Service New Brunswick site that you speak of but I didn't realize how extensive the records are. The write-up on John Giggey was great... you are always so thorough when you answer peoples' queries... thanks again. Shirley On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:19 PM, John Elliott <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi again, Shirley, > > The registers were at the Court House until the new Service New > Brunswick building was built in Hampton a few years ago when they were > moved > there. Within the last couple of years all the old registers were taken to > Fredericton and digitized. Although I have not used them since, I > understand that the digital images can be accessed online - for a fee. I > believe the access would be through the Service New Brunswick system. The > provincial archives in Fredericton also holds microfilms of all these old > registers, including the indices. I don't believe the actual originals are > accessible any longer. The items I cited were taken from my own personal > transcripts (which I had done several years ago from the microfilm). > Consequently they are subject to double checking. > > I realized that I forgot to look for the Guiggey/Guiggie/Guiggy > spellings. When I went back I found another document which may help to > explain a bit about what he was up to. In Register G-1, pp205-8 on 8 Nov. > 1800, is a mortgage from John Guiggy of Westfield, yeoman, and Mary his > wife > to Munson Jarvis & William Whitlock, merchants of Saint John (who held a > lot > of mortgages!) for the following property: > 2 lots on west side of Grand Bay in Par. of Westfield, lots #10 & 15 - > #10 having been purchased by Colonel David Fanning of Jacob Dill & Thomas > Hale the original grantees & #15 by said David Fanning of the original > grantees, John P. Lynch & Daniel Watters & by said David Fanning conveyed > to > said John Guiggy - ea. lot 200 acres m/l - also the claim of John Guiggy & > Mary his wife have by virtue of a quit claim from said David Fanning to a > tract of ungranted land in Par. of Westfield #12 in 2nd range of what is > called Campbells Survey on W side of Grand Bay of 200 acres m/l in rear of > #10 in Bedells Survey > > I also discovered that the purchase from David Fanning dated the same > day (8 Nov. 1800) was registered just before the mortgage (pp 203-4) under > the apparent spelling "Quiggy" (no wonder I didn't find it originally!!) > So . . . this pushes him back to at least 1800 in Westfield. > > Apparently John had financial problems, for in Register L-1, pp 176-184, > I found that Munson Jarvis & William Whitlock recovered debts against him > in > court in 1813 and consequently the above named lots #10 & 15 were seized by > the Sheriff and sold by auction on 20 Jan. 1814. > > Hope this helps a bit. > > John > > > > > >