Hi Jim, If you believe a man b. 1794 fathered a child in 1884, I think, blind faith or not, you'd better invest in some DNA testing.<g> Did you mean to type that Joshua was b.c. 1844 and not c. 1884? If the family had moved to Maine by the 1840s, they will not be on a NB census. The first was 1851. I, too would like to know where the 1861 census is available through PANB. Did you find transcripts somewhere else? For 1861, there is a transcript of one small ward in (now) west Saint John on the NB GenWeb site, but that's it. I'd like to know where the original was found because to my knowledge, that is the only part of the Saint John Co. census that is known to exist. Why did it, alone, survive? Bill jim roaix wrote: > What is the Earliest Census in New Brunswick? > > I have a James MERRILL, born ca 1794 in "New Brunswick," (according to the > cemetery records) who was married to Anne unknown, (born "Canada"). > > They had at least two children, Joshua, born, 1884-ish, (in Cary, ME) and > Sarah (Sally) born 23 December, 1846 (in Washington County, ME) > > Any clues greatly appreciated ... > > Jim Roaix