Monica, New Brunswick became a Canadian province in 1867. Immediately prior to that it was a British colony. It has never been part of the US. Try the provincial archives at http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?L=EN. St. Andrews is located in Charlotte County, so make sure you read its "County Guide" (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/CountyGuides.aspx?L=EN). Civil registration started in 1888, but many earlier births were officially registered in later years. If you fail to find anything relevant through civil registration, your best bet may be the 1861 census. Good luck, Kevin On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:35:32 -0000, Monica Baldwin <monicam@sagainternet.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monica Baldwin" <monicam@sagainternet.co.uk> > To: "SOG-UK-L" <SOG-UK-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:40 PM > Subject: Records for New Brunswick > > >> An entry in the 1871 Census for Colchester states that John EDKINS was > born >> in "N.America - New Brunswick, St.Andrews". Having found him after >> searching for years, how do I continue the search for his birth in > 1858/59? >> As New Brunswick is now a province of Canada, do I look there or in the >> United States? >> >> Monica in Luton. >> -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/