The 1851 census images are on line at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html According to Craig Walsh's site http://webhome.idirect.com/~cpwalsh/nb/censusacts.htm#1824 there were earlier census in NB . . . *1824, 1834, 1840 Censuses of New Brunswick* (Click here <http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Ecpwalsh/nb/acts/5GeoIVc21.htm> for text of 1824 Act.) The first three acts - 1824, 1834, and 1840 - were virtually identical. They instructed the Justices of the Peace in each county to appoint one or more enumerators for each civil parish. If a parish had more than one enumerator, then the parish was to be divided into districts. The enumerators were to count the number of people of each sex, age group, and race, and return their figures to the county's Clerk of the Peace. No fixed date was specified to conduct the census, but December 1 was the deadline for returning the forms. The acts only required aggregate figures for each parish and did not make any explicit demand for a list of names of inhabitants. In looking through the Charlotte County Guide as to what is available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives (PANB), I don't see any enumerations listed for these years. However, I do know that Grand Manan had a census for 1821 and is available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbgrandm/Census/1821pg1.htm Marilyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AEP wrote: > The earliest NB census is 1851 (not yet on-line).