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Child's Forename:
Father's Surname:
Father's Forename:
Father's Title:
Mother's Surname:
Mother's Forename:
Mother's Title:
Year of Birth		+/-	0 1 2 5 10
Month & Day of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Year of Baptism		+/-	0 1 2 5 10
Month & Day of Baptism:
Parish of Baptism:
Child's Sex:
Child's Age:
Father's Occupation:
Family's Religion:
Baptized By:
Remarks:
FHSNL Notes:
Vital Stats Volume No.:
Volume Denomination:	Church of England Congregational Methodist Presbyterian Reformed Episcopal Roman Catholic
Vital Stats Page Number:
Number on Page:
FHSNL Transcriber:
Date Transcribed (YYYYMMDD):
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The pre-1892 Registers of Vital Statistics are government records that were collected in an effort to gather information from before the start of civil registration (which commenced in 1891). These handwritten registers are open to the public at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, where they are sometimes referred to as the "black books" on account of their black binding.

Note that these records were provided by clergy on a voluntary basis, which is to say that not all clergy submitted copies of the records in their custody to the government. A guide to the records that are available has been made available by PANL in the form of a Community Index that indicates which volumes contain references to particular communities.

These Vital Statistics records constitute a valuable collection of information, especially in cases where the original church records are not available. In addition to being available at PANL, many of these records have been digitised and placed online at FamilySearch.org.

FHSNL is in the process of building a database which can be searched using the form that appears on this webpage.

The number of entries that are currently in the database is: 79397

The following Vital Stats records are currently in the process of being transcribed and added to our database:

Vol. No.	Place	Years	Religion
47	Carbonear	1870-1891	Roman Catholic
49	Carbonear	1848-1870	Methodist
86	Moreton's Harbour	1842-1892	Church of England
86	Tilt Cove	1868-1892	Church of England
91	Little Bay Islands	1873-1891	Church of England

The following Vital Stats records have been fully transcribed and entered into our database:

Vol. No.	Place	Years	Religion
26B	St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist	1796-1848	Church of England
26C	St. John's, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist	1753-1791	Church of England
29	Quidi Vidi, Christ Church	1856-1875	Church of England
30	St. John's, St. Thomas Church	1830-1840	Church of England
31	Petty Harbour	1824-1891	Church of England
31	Witless Bay	1884-1891	Roman Catholic
32	Pouch Cove	1842-1891	Church of England
32	Pouch Cove	1882-1891	Methodist
33	Foxtrap	1875-1891	Church of England
33	Topsail	1880-1891	Church of England
33	Topsail	1884-1887	Methodist
40	Bay Roberts	1859-1891	Church of England
41	Spaniard's Bay	1860-1891	Church of England
45	Upper Island Cove	1882-1891	Church of England
46	Carbonear	1860-1890	Church of England
48	Carbonear	1794-1848	Methodist
56	Bay de Verde	1860-1893	Church of England
57	Bay de Verde	1880-1892	Roman Catholic
58	Old Perlican	1816-1892	Methodist
59	Hant's Harbour	1875-1891	Methodist
59A	Hant's Harbour	1824-1875	Methodist
60	Heart's Content	1869-1892	Church of England
60	Heart's Content	1877-1884	Methodist
61	Green's Harbour	1867-1890	Methodist
61	Heart's Delight	1884-1892	Church of England
61	New Harbour	1885-1891	Reformed Episcopal
61	Whitbourne	1889-1891	Church of England
62	New Harbour	1861-1891	Church of England
63	Trinity	1859-1891	Church of England
64	Trinity	1823-1860	Church of England
64A	Trinity	1753-1823	Church of England
66	Catalina	1864-1892	Methodist
67	Catalina	1834-1892	Church of England
68	Bird Island Cove	1890-1891	Methodist
68	Britannia	1883-1891	Methodist
68	Random	1880-1891	Church of England
69	Bonavista	1869-1891	Methodist
71	Bonavista	1786-1845	Church of England
71A	Bonavista	1845-1892	Church of England
72	Bonavista	1817-1869	Methodist
73	King's Cove	1847-1892	Church of England
73A	King's Cove	1834-1849	Church of England
74	Brooklyn, Bonavista Bay	1879-1891	Church of England
79	Badger's Quay	1862-1892	Church of England
80	Musgravetown	1872-1892	Methodist
80	Wesleyville	1884-1891	Methodist
81	Salvage	1865-1893	Church of England
82	Fogo	1860-1892	Church of England
83	Change Islands	1856-1891	Church of England
83	Fogo	1841-1860	Church of England
84	Carmanville	1888-1891	Methodist
84	Fogo	1862-1892	Methodist
84	Musgrave Harbour	1874-1891	Methodist
85	Herring Neck	1850-1891	Church of England
86	Twillingate	1879-1893	Church of England
88	Twillingate	1842-1891	Methodist
89	Herring Neck	1878-1890	Methodist
89	Moreton's Harbour	1874-1892	Methodist
90	Nipper's Harbour	1874-1891	Methodist
92	Exploits	1860-1893	Methodist
94	White Bay	1864-1892	Church of England
95	Bonne Bay	1874-1891	Methodist
95	Flowers Cove	1874-1893	Methodist
95	North West River	1884-1892	Methodist
97	Channel	1862-1891	Methodist
99	Rose Blanche	1860-1892	Church of England
102	Hermitage	1875-1891	Church of England
103	Pool's Cove	1875-1891	Congregational
105	Fortune	1877-1892	Methodist
105	Sound Island	1850-1891	Methodist
106	Grand Bank	1859-1892	Methodist
108A	Grand Bank	1817-1860	Methodist
109	Greenspond	1862-1892	Methodist
110	Harbour Grace	1775-1807	Church of England
111	Harbour Grace	1807-1830	Church of England