The Provincial Archives Division of The Rooms has numerous documents in its collection that are of interest to genealogists and family historians. Copies of some of these records are available to FHSNL members via the links below. Church records are excluded from this digitisation initiative (largely because the Provincial Archives does not own the church records, and therefore cannot grant consent for them to be copied). However, there are many government-owned records that are of genealogical value, such as the collection of Newfoundland passports, various court records, census records, etc., which we will be able to make available via the FHSNL website. Look for this online collection to grow over time.

The most recent additions and updates to this online collection are as follows:

  • 09 Sept 2023 ... GN 5/4/B/1 - Box 177 - Court records from Harbour Grace 1812-1814 and Northeast Coast 1812
  • 09 Sept 2023 ... GN 43/7 - Box 25 - voters lists from 1924: Bay de Verde, Port de Grave
  • 03 Sept 2023 ... GN 43/7 - Box 25 - voters lists from 1924: Carbonear, Harbour Grace, Twillingate
  • 02 Sept 2023 ... GN 5/4/B/1 - Box 177 - Court records from Harbour Grace, 1812-1815
  • 26 Aug 2023 ... GN 43/7 - Box 24 - voters lists: Carbonear 1923, Port de Grave 1923, Fortune Bay 1926
  • 26 Aug 2023 ... GN 5/4/B/1 - Box 177 - Court records from Harbour Grace, 1799-1808
  • 19 Aug 2023 ... GN 43/7 - Box 23 - voters lists for Harbour Grace 1918, and accounts from Burin for 1919,1923,1924,1928
  • 19 Aug 2023 ... GN 5/4/B/1 - Box 177 - Court records from Harbour Grace, 1790-1791, 1793-1799
  • 12 Aug 2023 ... GN 43/7 - Box 22 - voters lists from 1917: Port de Grave, St. John's East, St. John's West
  • 12 Aug 2023 ... GN 5/4/B/1 - Box 177 - Court records from Harbour Grace, 1794-1798
  • 05 Aug 2023 ... GN 5/2/A/7 - Box 82 - Estate of Richard Penney of Poole
  • 05 Aug 2023 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - Files 12 and 13
  • 29 Jul 2023 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - File 11
  • 22 Jul 2023 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - Files 9 and 10
  • 13 May 2023 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - File 8
  • 04 Mar 2023 ... MG 955 - 5 more items from Box 10
  • 25 Feb 2023 ... MG 955 - 2 more items from Box 10
  • 12 Feb 2023 ... MG 955 - 19 items from Box 9
  • 14 Jan 2023 ... MG 955 - 8 items from Box 10
  • 24 Dec 2022 ... MG 955 - 14 more items from Box 8
  • 23 Dec 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - File 7
  • 20 Nov 2022 ... MG 955 - two items from Box 8
  • 20 Nov 2022 ... GN 43/7 - Box 22 - voters lists: Fortune Bay 1917, St. John's East Volunteers 1919
  • 20 Nov 2022 ... GN 43/7 - Box 21 - several voters lists from 1919
  • 19 Nov 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - Files 5, 6
  • 12 Nov 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - File 4
  • 30 Oct 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 54 - Files 1, 2, 3
  • 29 Oct 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - Files 5, 6, 17, 18, 19
  • 20 Oct 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - Files 3, 4, 14, 15, 16
  • 19 Oct 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - Files 1, 2, 7
  • 19 Oct 2022 ... MG 955 - 15 more items from Box 7
  • 02 Jul 2022 ... MG 955 - six items from Box 7
  • 26 Jun 2022 ... MG 955 - five more items from Box 6
  • 24 Jun 2022 ... MG 955 - six more items from Box 6
  • 18 Feb 2022 ... MG 955 - more items from Box 5
  • 29 Jan 2022 ... MG 955 - an item from Box 6
  • 29 Jan 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - Files 8, 9, 12, 13
  • 22 Jan 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - Files 10 and 20
  • 16 Jan 2022 ... MG 955 - selected items from Box 5
  • 15 Jan 2022 ... GN 5/3/B/19 - Box 47 - File 11
  • 14 Jan 2022 ... MG 955 - selected items from Box 4
  • 07 Jan 2022 ... MG 955 - selected items from Box 3
  • 04 Jan 2022 ... GN 5/2/A/1 - Box 47 - Supreme Court (central circuit) records from 1892 and 1899
  • 03 Jan 2022 ... GN 43/7 - Box 20 - several voters lists from 1913
  • 02 Jan 2022 ... GN 43/7 - Box 19 - pre-1909 voters lists from the Twillingate district
  • 01 Jan 2022 ... GN 43/7 - Box 18 - additional voters lists from 1908

Some of the files are large and may take several minutes to download. Trying to view them within a web browser is not recommended. Instead, it may be better to download and save them for viewing with software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Using a reliable high-speed internet connection is also recommended.