Bonavitsa Archives
Bonavista Historical Society Collection

The following is a list of family history files that have been compiled by the archives. The files include a variety of information including, but not limited to, births, deaths and marriages on individuals and families within the Bonavista area.

Please check with the archivist for any new updates.


The archives currently has genealogy files on the following surnames:

Abbott
Abbott’s of Newman’s Cove
Abbott’s of Musgrave Harbour
Ackerman
Addy - see Eddy
Ady - see Eddy
Aidey - see Eddy
Akerman - see Ackerman
Alexander
Avery
Ayles
Babstock
Baker
Bartlett
Basha
Bayley
Beauman - see Beaumont
Beaumond - see Beaumont
Beaumont
Bedlecombe - see Biddlecombe
Benger
Best
Biddlecombe
Bishop
Bland
Bradley
Bright
Brown
Brushett
Burge
Burton
Butler
Butt
Candow
Carpenter
Carroll
Caufield
Chalk - See Chaulk
Chant
Chard
Chaulk
Chawk - see Chaulk
Church
Churchill
Clake
Clouter
Coal - see Cole
Cole
Cole
Coles - See Cole
Collins
Connel
Cool - See Coole
Coole
Cooper
Cox
Crewe
Crocker
Cross
Cuff
Curtis
Daley
Daly - see Daley
Dare - see Deir
Davis
Deer - see Deir
Degrish
Deir
Diamond
Dolomont
Domine - see Dominey
Dominee - see Dominey
Dominey
Domoney - see Dominey
Doody
Durdle
Dyke
Eady - see Eddy
Eddy
Edgecombe
Edmans - see Edmonds
Edmonds
Elliott
Estell
Faulkner
Fennell
Fifefield - Fifield
Fifield
Fisher
Fitzgerald
Fleming
Fling - see Flinn
Flinn
Flyn - see Flinn
Ford - also see Ford, Harris & Templeman
Ford, Harris & Templeman
Frazer
Fry
Gaylor
Gibbs
Goodland
Goodyear
Gosling
Grant
Green
Greenan - see Greening
Greening
Groves
Gullage
Guy
Hacket
Hailey - see Hayley
Hallett - see Elliott
Hampton
Hancock
Hann
Hapgood
Harris - also see Ford, Harris & Templeman
Hawk - see Hawkins
Hawkins
Hayley
Hayley
Haynes
Hayward
Hebbard
Heppard - see Hebbard
Hibbard - see Hebbard
Hicks
Hicks- also see Hick & Little
Hobbs
Hollett - see Elliott
House
Humby
Humphries
Hunt
Ivany
Iveny - see Ivany
Jestican
Johnson
Joy
Keats
Keel
Keough
Kiel - see Keel
King
Kirby
Lander
Lane
Lash
Lawrence
LeDrew
Lewis
Linthorne
Little
Little- also see Hick & Little
Long
Lush
Mackey
Manuel
Marchant
Marsh
Marshfield
Martin
Mason
McGrath
Merchant - see Marchant
Mesh - see Marsh
Mifflin
Miles
Miller
Miscellaneous
Molloy
Morey
Mouland
Murphy
Nebuckett
Newhook
Newman
Oakley
Oldford
Pardy
Paul
Payman
Pearce
Pearse - see Pearce
Pelley
Phillips
Philpott
Pierce - see Pearce
Powell
Power
Randell
Rayn - Birchy Cove
Reader
Reed - see Reid
Ried
Rind - see Ryan
Rinds - see Ryan
Rine - see Ryan
Robbins
Rolls
Rolls’ of Newman’s Cove
Romaine
Rumbolt
Russell
Ryan
Saint
Sellars
Sexton
Sharonge - see Shirran
Sharpe
Shearen - see Shirran
Shears
Shepherd - see Sheppard
Sheppard
Sherring - see Shirran
Shirran
Shirran
Short
Skelton
Skiffington
Snook
Soper
Squires
Stabb
Stagg
Strathie
Street
Sweet
Sweetland
Swires - see Swyers
Swyers
Syer - see Swyers
Templeman
Templeman - also see Ford, Harris & Templeman
Thompson
Thorne
Tibbett - see Tippett
Tilley
Tilley
Tippett
Treblett - see Tremblett
Tremble - see Tremblett
Tremblett
Tucker
Turner
Vokey
Walsh
Way
Wells
Whiffen
White
Wiseman