Conception Bay North

CBN Books and Historical Newspapers

 
Books about Conception Bay North

Do you know of other publications helpful to the CBN genealogist?  
Please forward the titles and publishing information to me, Bonnie Hickey, 
and I will add them to this list.

Raging Winds, Roaring Seas
by Robert Parsons

Howard Warren has offered to do lookups from this book.

Where I First Saw the Light
by John Parsons
ISBN # 0-9866096-0-x
Contains information on Shearstown and Butlerville families.
Colleen Gosse has offered to do lookups from this book.

Can Any Good Thing Come out of Crocker's Cove?
by George W. Clarke
ISBN 0-921191-73-1
Harry Cuff Publications Ltd.,
94 Le Marchant Road
St. John's, NF  A1C 2H2


Heritage of A Newfoundland Outport-The Story of Port de Grave
by Gerald Wilfred Andrews
ISBN 0-921692-81-1
Jesperson Publishing 
39 James Lane
St. John's, NF  A1E 3H3
Maxine Edwards has offered to do lookups from the book.

Brigus Past Glory, Present Splendour
by John Northway Leamon 
A private printing, 413 pages.  Available from Gladys C. Leamon, PO Box
208 Shenstone, Brigus, NF Canada A0A 1K0
$35.50 Canadian includes airpost to US
Index of people mentioned and lookups available at:
http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/brigus.htm

By Great Waters
Edited by Peter Neary and Patrick O-Flaherty.
A collection of writings from various people giving us an insight on
life and events in NF beginning with Johan Day's Letter (1497).
ISBN (casebound) 0-8020-2125-5
ISBN (paperback) 0-8020-6233-4
Published by the University of Toronto Press 1974.

The Peopling of Newfoundland - Essays in Historical Geography
Edited by John J. Mannion
Nine essays including English Migration to Newfoundland by W. Gordon
Handcock; Population Dynamics in NF: The Regional Patterns by Michael
Steveley; The Development of Folk Architecture in Trinity Bay by David
S. Mills.
ISBN 0-919666-17-5

Irish Settlements in Eastern Canada: a study of cultural transfer and adaptation  
by John Mannion.
ISBN 0-8020-5303-3 

The Halfyard Family Register
by Robert R. Halfyard, B.A.
The Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Halfyard (1744-1815) and
Elizabeth Churchill (1752-1828) of Ochre Pit Cove.
ISBN 1-921971-04-4
Halfyard Heritage, 
11 Timber Lane, 
St. Catharines, ON L2N 7R7 Canada

Fifty-two Years at the Labrador Fishery
by Nicholas Smith
Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd.,
29 Ludgate Hill, E.C.4., 1936
[No ISBN]
Index of Persons and Vessels

The Settling of Spaniard's Bay
by Eric Martin Gosse
ISBN 0-921191-25-1
Harry Cuff Publications Ltd.,
94 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NF A1B 2H2
Individuals listed in book

A History of Corpus Christi Parish Northern Bay
by Edward V. Chafe
ISBN 0-920884-41-5
Robinson-Blackmore Books
PO Box 8660
St. John's, NF A1B 3T7

History & Folklore of Western Bay
by Maxwell Kennedy
A Collage of Vignettes of Newfoundland Outport Life
With a Forward by Patrick O'Flaherty, Ph.D
[No ISBN]

Exploring the Avalon
by Les Harding
ISBN 0-921692-87-0
Jesperson Publishing
39 James Lane
St. John's, NF A1E 3H3

The Second Time Around
by Jack Hambling
Growing Up in Bay Roberts
ISBN 0-921191-76-6
Harry Cuff Publications Ltd.,
94 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NF A1B 2H2

Sailing Vessels and Crews of Carbonear
by Frank Saunders
Printed by Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd.,
PO Box 8660 
St. John's, NF A1B 3T7
[No ISBN]

The Mate Just Took a Bearing
by Frank Saunders
Stories of Great Carbonear Ships and the Men Who Sailed Them.
Town Crier Publishing Company Ltd.,
St. John's, NF
[No ISBN]

So longe as there comes noe women
by W. Gordon Handcock
Origins of English Settlement in Newfoundland
ISBN 0-920911-55-2 (paper); 0-920911-80-3 (bound)
Breakwater Books,
277 Duckworth Street, PO Box 2188
St. John's, NF A1C 6E6

Blackfoots - Our History
by Bert Parsons
History of the United Church, Carbonear, Newfoundland
[No ISBN]

Hope and Deception in Conception Bay
by Sean T. Cadigan
Merchant-Settler Relations in Newfoundland, 1785-1855
ISBN 0-8020-0469-5 (cloth); 0-8020-7568-1 (paper)
University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 1995
Toronto, Buffalo, London
Individuals listed in book
Judy Balen has offered to do lookups from the book.

 
Historical Newspapers for Conception Bay North

For further information about publishing history and availability of 
microfilm copies please visit "Historical Directory of Newfoundland 
and Labrador Newspapers". Special thanks to Suzanne Ellison 
for allowing us to link to this information.  


AVALON GUARDIAN, Bay Roberts 1952-1958

BAY NEWS, Bay Roberts 1958-1959

BAY ROBERTS GUARDIAN, Bay Roberts 1909-1949

BAY ROBERTS OUTLOOK
   see NEWFOUNDLAND OUTLOOK

BELL ISLAND AND CONCEPTION BAY REPORTER, 
St. John's, 1959-1959

BRIGUS VINDICATOR
     see  VINDICATOR AND BRIGUS REPORTER

CARBONEAR HERALD AND OUTPORT TELEPHONE
     see  CARBONEAR HERALD AND RAILROAD JOURNAL

CARBONEAR HERALD AND RAILROAD JOURNAL, 
Carbonear 1879-1882

CARBONEAR SENTINEL AND CONCEPTION BAY ADVERTISER
     see  SENTINEL AND CONCEPTION BAY ADVERTISER

CARBONEAR STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY JOURNAL 
     see  STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY JOURNAL

CEE BEE TIMES
     see  CONCEPTION BAY TIMES

COMPASS, Carbonear 1968-

CONCEPTION BAY COURIER, Bay Roberts, 1991-1993

CONCEPTION-BAY MAN, Harbour Grace 1856-1859

CONCEPTION-BAY MERCURY, Harbour Grace 1829-1834

CONCEPTION BAY TIMES, St. John's and Clarke's Beach, 
1961-1969

GUARDIAN
     see  BAY ROBERTS GUARDIAN

HARBOR GRACE AND CARBONEAR WEEKLY JOURNAL 
AND GENERAL  ADVERTISER FOR  CONCEPTION BAY, 
Harbour Grace 1828-1829

HARBOR GRACE STANDARD, Harbour Grace 1859-1936

HARBOR GRACE STANDARD AND CONCEPTION-BAY ADVERTISER
     see  HARBOR GRACE STANDARD

HARBOR GRACE STAR
     see  STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY SEMIWEEKLY ADVERTISER
            STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY WEEKLY REPORTER

HARBOR GRACE WEEKLY HERALD
     see  WEEKLY HERALD AND CONCEPTION BAY GENERAL ADVERTISER

INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATOR, Carbonear 1924

MERCURY AND GENERAL ADVERTISER, Carbonear 1846-1846

NEWFOUNDLAND OUTLOOK, Bay Roberts 1903-1904

REVIEW AND BAY ROBERTS ADVERTISER, Bay Roberts 1934

RISING SUN AND CONCEPTION-BAY ADVERTISER, 
Harbour Grace 1823

SENTINEL AND CONCEPTION BAY ADVERTISER, 
Carbonear 1836-1845

STANDARD AND CONCEPTION-BAY ADVERTISER
     see   HARBOR GRACE STANDARD

STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY JOURNAL, Carbonear 
and Harbour Grace 1833-1840

STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY SEMI-WEEKLY ADVERTISER, 
Harbour Grace 1872-1873

STAR AND CONCEPTION BAY WEEKLY REPORTER, 
Harbour Grace1874-1875

TIMES
     see   CONCEPTION BAY TIMES

VINDICATOR AND BRIGUS REPORTER, Brigus  1898-1903

WEEKLY HERALD AND CONCEPTION-BAY GENERAL 
ADVERTISER, Harbour Grace 1842-1854

WEEKLY NEWS, Carbonear 1892