Prince Edward Island Family History Societies


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

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