Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society has a number of resources, which include information regarding English, Irish and Scottish Emigrants to the Island and Cemetery Transcripts.
The 1881-1901 Census Returns are also available in paper and disk form.
The association also has a Computerised Master Name Index, which is a Surname Index of people found in records including:
- Cemetery Transcripts
- Census Returns
- Emigration Records
- Index of the 1870 Commissioners of Public Lands
- Patriot Fund 1855
- PEI Inquests
- PEI Past and Present
- PEIGS Newsletters
Sources included in the Computerised Master Name Index include:
- Chappell Daybook 1775-1788 and 1797-1818
- Death Notices from the Guardian 1920-1939
- Deaths of Islanders in Massachusetts 1889-1900
- Government Grants
- Montague Funeral Home Records
- Obituaries in PEI Newspapers 1982-1985 and 1987-1999
- Royal Agriculture Society
- Rustico List of Petitioners
Publications available for sale include:
- 1881-1901 Census Indexes
- Back Issues of the Society’s Newsletter
- Benjamin Chappell’s Daybooks
- Deaths of Prince Edward Islanders in Massachusetts
- Emigration Records
- Government Grants
- Index to the Past and Present of PEI
- Master Index
- Monumental Inscriptions
- Patriot Fund 1855
- Strays in the 1881-1901 Census Returns
Newsletter Indexes are available on the site.
Website:
http://www.peigs.ca