Abbreviations: B

Great Britain. Court of Bankruptcy. B 3, Vol. 700. Files

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Bay de Verde, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Bonavista Methodist Church Records, Newfoundland

Bonavista, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Bonavista Parish Records, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Bonavista Anglican Parish Records, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Great Britain. Colonial Office. CO 199, Vol. 18. Newfoundland. Plantation Book. Bonavista Bay

Baine Johnston Mercantile Records, Newfoundland

Baltimore, Maryland, USA or Baltimore, co. Cork, Ireland

public announcement, especially in church, of a proposed marriage

Barnstaple, Devon, England

Battle Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland

Bay Bulls, Newfoundland

Bayleys Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Bideford, Devon, England

Bideford, Devon Parish Records, England

Beaminster, Dorset, England

Beaminster, Dorset Parish Records, England

Bears Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Beer, Devon, England

Beer, Devon Parish Records, England

Bellas, author (p. 438, book unknown)

Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Berry, Devon, England

Berry, Devon Parish Records, England

Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

Bickington, Devon, England

Bickington, Devon Parish Records, England

Bird Island Cove (present day Elliston), Newfoundland

Great Britain. Chancery Records. c 108, Vol. #. Masters' Exhibits, Farrar (Account Books of Thomas Street Bird and Joseph Street Bird). Thomas Street Bird Ledger, Merchant, Newfoundland

Great Britain. Chancery Records. c 108, Vol. #. Masters' Exhibits, Farrar (Account Books of Thomas Street Bird and Joseph Street Bird). Thomas Street Bird Letter Book, Merchant, Newfoundland

Benevolent Irish Society

Centenary Volume Benevolent Irish Society of St. John's, Newfoundland 1806-1906 (St. John's, 1906)

Bishop's Nympton, Devon, England

Bishopsteignton, Devon, England

Bishopsteignton, Devon Parish Records, England

Blackauton, Devon, England

Blackauton, Devon Parish Records, England

Blackhead, Newfoundland

balance (e.g., balance due on account)

British North America

British Newfoundland Society, which later became the Newfoundland British Society, a Protestant society which began in St. John's in 1837

Bonne Bay, Newfoundland

Bonner and Middleton's Bristol Journal (newspaper, Bristol, England)

Bottom, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland

reward; Bounty Islands, New Zealand; H.M.S. Bounty (vessel)

Bovey Tracey, Devon, England

Bovey Tracey, Devon Parish Records, England

an inexperienced man on his first voyage at Newfoundland in the British fishery

Bradford, Wiltshire, England

Branscombe, Devon, England

Branscombe, Devon Parish Records, England

Bridford, Devon, England

Bridlington, York, England

hard bread or a ship buscuit, a thich oval-shaped buscuit, which can be chewed on as is, or soaked overnight in water, brought to a boil, drained and salt fish (cooked) added to it (fish and brewis)

Bridgetown, Devon, England

Bridport, Devon, England

Bridport, Devon Parish Records, England

Brigus United Church Parish Records, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Brixham, Devon, England

Brixham, Devon Parish Records, England

Broad Cove (present day St. Philips), Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Bristol, Gloucester, England

Bristol Journal (newspaper, Bristol, England)

Bristol Mirror (newspaper, Bristol, England)

Bristol Presentments. Custom House Data, England

Bristol Privateers and Ships of War. Commander J.W. Damer Powell (Bristol, 1930)

The Trade of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century. ed. W.E. Minchinton (The Bristol Records Soc., 1957)

Baronet (with appropriate context)

(when after a person's name) Baronet (a title)

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 1, Vol. #. In-letters and Files, General, 1791-1863. 569 Volumes and Boxes

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 5, Vol. #. Minutes, 1784-1850. 59 Volumes and Bundles

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 6, Vol. #. Miscellanea, 1697-1867. 292 Volumes and Bundles

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 67, Vol. #. Annual List of Shipping

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 98, Vol. #. Muster Rolls and Crew Agreements

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 107, Vol. #. Certificates of Ship Registry, 1751-1854

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 108, Vol. #. Certificates of Ship Registry, 1854-1889

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 110, Vol. #. Vessel Registry (closed registry)

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 128, Vol. #. Registers of Certificates of Competency and Service issued to Masters Colonial

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 162, Vol. #. Annual List of Ships Registered

Great Britain. Board of Trade. BT 167, Vol. #. Precedent Books. Establishment Papers

Buckfast, Devon, England

Buckland, England (there are several towns with this name)

Budleigh, East, Devon, England

Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

Harbour Buffett Parish Records, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

Newfoundland. Burin Court Records

Newfoundland. Burin Court Records. Sessions

Newfoundland. Burin Surrogate Court Records

Burke, author (book unknown)

Burley, Hampshire, England

possibly Burning Cliff, Dorset, England

Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England

a large cask used mainly for wine, beer or water; any of several units of liquid capacity, but especially a measure equal to 108 imperial gallons

Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

bye-boat keepers, who came to Newfoundland with merchant fishing ships, began working independently, paying their own passage back home to England in the fall. They hired servants who took care of their own return to England each fall, purchasing passage with the merchant fishing ships. The bye-boat keepers, usually two or three together, tended to lease vessels and property from resident Newfoundlanders, and divided the profits at the end of the year

unknown (possibly an abbreviation for a place in England)