MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
Nova Scotia
- Argyle Township Court House and Archives
Land Records, Probate Records, Census Records, Municipal
Records, Family Papers
- Colchester Historical Museum and Archives - Truro, Nova Scotia
- Council of Nova Scotia Archives
- Cumberland County Museum and Archives
- Maritime History Archive
Birth, Death, Marriages; Family History; Genealogy;
Irish and English Parish Records & history of life on the sea
- Nova Scotia Archives & Museum Directory
- Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management
Divorce and matrimonial causes case files 1750-1960, Poll tax rolls 1791-1793, Medical examiner for Halifax and Dartmouth 1895-1967,
Appeal case books 1890-1947, Land petitions 1769-1843, Marriage books 1763-1849, Halifax explosion 1917,
Mi'Kmaq holdings resource book, Acadian Parish, over 3500 baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in
the parish registers of St.-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755.
- The United Church of Canada Archives
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Birth, Death, and Marriages (Vital Records)
- Nova Scotia Vital Records
- Nova Scotia Vital Records by County
- Cumberland County Vital Records
- Digby County Vital Records
- Lunenburg County Vital Records
- Queens County Vital Records
- Chester Township Book
- Pictou County Vital Records
Cape Breton
Cemetery Records
- Cemeteries - Annapolis County
- Cemeteries - Antigonish County
- Anglican Church Cemetery, Bayfield, Antigonish Country
- Christ Church Cemetery, Linwood, Antigonish County
- Glen Bard Cemetery, James River, Antigonish County
- Heatherton Cemetery, Old Section, Antigonish County
- Marydale Cemetery, Antigonish County
- St. Andrew's Cemetery, Old Section, Antigonish County
- St. Patrick's Church Cemetery, Merland, Antigonish County
- St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery, Tracadie, Antigonish County
- Stewart Cemetery, Antigonish County
- Tracadie Church "Old" Cemetery, Antigonish County
- Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Cemetaries
- Cemeteries - Lunenburg County
- Cemeteries - Pictou County
- Beaton Cemetery, Millbrook, Pictou County
- Black River Cemetery, Pictou County
- Blanchard Road Cemetery, Pictou County
- Brookville Cemetery, Pictou County
- Burial Point Cemetery, Mergomish
- East River St. Mary's, Pictou County
- Eden Lake Cemetery, Pictou County
- Fox Brook Private Cemetery, Pictou County
- Fraser Cemetery, Blanchard Road, Pictou County
- Gunn Cemetery, Eden Lake, Pictou County
- Hattie Cemetery, Avondale, Pictou County
- Hillside Cemetery, Trenton, Pictou County
- Hodson Cemetery, Hodson, Pictou County
- Kenzieville Cemetery, Pictou County
- McKenzie Cemetery, Salt Springs, Pictou County
- McLean Cemetery, Hopewell, Pictou County
- Meiklefield Cemetery, Meiklefield, Pictou County
- Murray Point Cemetery, Pictou County
- Old Cemetery, Salt Springs, Pictou County
- Pictou Island Pioneer Cemetery
- Pictou Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Rocky Mountain Cemetery, Pictou County
- Roman Catholic Cemetery, Merigomish
- Salt Springs Cemetery, Pictou County
- Cemeteries in Pictou County
Excerpted from "The Stone Book of Pictou County"
by Donald Nicholson
- Cemeteries - Victoria County
- Other
Census Records
- Miscellaneous Census Records
- 1698 Census - Acadian
- Nova Scotia Census - 1770-1787
- 1749 Early Settlers, Halifax County, Nova Scotia (Partial List)
- 1761 Irish Immigrant List, Colchester County, Nova Scotia (Partial List)
- 1791-1795 Nova Scotia Capitation and Assessment Tax Rolls
- 1838 Census Nova Scotia
- 1871 Nova Scotia Census - Halifax East Download - Excel format (241 KB)
- 1881 Nova Scotia Census - Boularderie Download - Excel format (206 KB)
- 1881 and 1891 Census Zip File Inverness County
- 1891 Census Zip File Antigonish County
- Nova Scotia Tax Assessment - 1765 Download - Excel format (173 KB)
- 1901 Halifax Explosion-Automated Genealogy
- Nova Scotia Census on Microfilm
1752 Halifax Census Surnames beginning with the letters
- Halifax County Census Transcriptions
Census records for the years 1752, 1793, 1827, 1838, 1861,1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
- Antgonish County
- Cumberland County
- Cumberland County Genweb Page
1787 summary of inhabitants, 1861 census zip file, 1871 Census zip File,
1881 Census zip file, 1891 Census zip File,
1901 census zip File
- Inverness County
- Lunenburg County
- Pictou County
- Miscellaneous Census Records
Church Records
Court Records, Probate Records, Wills, Deeds
Databases, Surname Lists
Directories
Ethnic Records
Government
History
- Antecdotal Histories of Life in Lunenburg County
- Atlantic Disasters
- Early Pictou History
- Fishing? -
It was "A Way of Life"
Alphabetical listing of those lost at sea, fishing
stories and facts, maps, newspaper articles, rum
running, gales of 1926-27
- Halifax Citadel
- History of the Scots in New Scotland (Nova Scotia)
- History of Technology in Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Black Cultural History
- Nova Scotia's Electronic Attic
Specializing in on-line information about Nova Scotia
Westray Mine Disaster, History of Technology in Nova Scotia
- Pictou County Reminiscences
- Scottish Culture and Heritage: Scotland &
New Scotland (Nova Scotia)
- Tancook Island
History, boatbuilding, genealogy, Levy House B
& B, Big & Little Tancook cemeteries, Tancook Gardens,
walking tour (map), Baptist Church, Voter List 1972
- The Canadian Privateering Homepage
Canada's past privateers were an accepted and
respected way of waging war, and often the only
means of defence for isolated Canadian communities.
- The Early Acadian Period in Nova Scotia - 1605-1755
- The Halifax Explosion
- The Pages of Blue Peter
Biographies of Early Nova Scotias 1600-1867, Genealogy, History
- The Pier 21 Society
1.5 million immigrants entered this Halifax Waterfront between 1928 - 1971
- The Titanic - The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax
Includes a list of Titanic victims buried in cemeteries in Halifax
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Immigration, Emigration, Ships, Passenger Lists
- Passenger Lists of Ships to Pictou County
- Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants to Nova Scotia
- Cornwallis Ships to Halifax - 1749
Alexander, Baltimore, Beaufort, Brotherhood, Canning,
Charlton, Everley, Fair Lady, London, Merry Jacks,
Rochampton,Wilmington, Winchelsea
- Foreign Names of Those Arriving with Cornwallis, 1749 and Others Of Interest Arriving 1749
- "Alderney or Nancy" Passenger List
Settlers Who Are Presumed to Have Arrived in August and September 1750
- "Ann" Passenger List
99 Families arrived 29 Jun 1750, John Spurrier, Master
- "Gale" Passenger List
123 Families arrived 12 Jun 1751, Thomas Casson, Master
- "Speedwell" Passenger List
73 Families 18 May 1751 Joseph Wilson, Master
- "Pearl" Passenger List
85 Families arrived 2 Jul 1751, Thomas Francis, Master
- "Murdoch" Passenger List
100 Families of German Protestants arrived 25 Jun 1751, Robert Hamilton, Master
- "Speedwell" Passenger List
59 Families arrived 16 May 1752, Joseph Wilson, Master
- "Betty" Passenger List
59 Families arrived 30 May 1752, Robert Wandin, Master
- "Sally" Passenger List
119 Families arrived 30 May 1752, John Robinson, Master
- "Pearl" Passenger List
85 Families arrived 6 Jun 1752, Thomas Francis, Master
- "Gale" Passenger List
85 Families arrived 5 Jun 1752, Thomas Casson, Master
- Partial List of Ships Bound for Nova Scotia (mainly Great
Britain) Between 1750 and 1862
- Ships Bound for Nova Scotia Between 1750 and 1862 Index
- "Albion" Passenger List
A - L and M - Z
Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 6, 1774 from Hull, Yorkshire.
- "British Queen" Passenger List
Sailed for Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on April 1st, 1862.
- "Duke of York" Passenger List
Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on May 1, 1772.
- "Elizabeth and Ann" Passenger List
Sailed for Nova Scotia from Thurso, North Britain on November 8th, 1806.
- "Frank Flint" Passenger List
Sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England on May 28th, 1862.
- "Humphreys" Passenger List
Sailed for Nova Scotia from Tobermory, North Britain on July 14th, 1806.
- "Jenny" Passenger List
Sailed from Hull, Yorkshire in April of 1775.
- "Providence" Passenger List
Arrived in Halifax on June 1, 1774 from Newcastle Northumberland.
- "Rambler" Passenger List
Sailed for Nova Scotia from Thurso, North Britain on November 8th, 1806.
- "Thomas and William or the Prince George" Passenger Lists
A-D,and
E-J,and
K-N,and
O-S,and
T-Z
Arrived at Halifax from Scarborough, Yorkshire on
May 14/16, 1774. The name of the ship these
passengers arrived on is uncertain.
- "Two Friends" Passenger List
Arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 9, 1774 from Hull, Yorkshire..
- Foreign Names of Those Arriving with Cornwallis,
1749
and Others Of Interest Arriving in 1749
- Cornwallis Ships to Halifax - 1749 and Passenger Lists
- Miscellaneous Ship Passenger Lists/Immigration
- Passenger Ships to Pictou - 1767-1849
- Departure of the Barque "Aurora" Bound for Australia, 1852
- Index to Passenger Lists, Lunenburg County A-L, M-Z
- Passenger Lists to Pictou County, Nova Scotia
- Pier 21
Between 1928-1971 one million immigrants set foot
on Canadian Soil. During WWII, 3,000 British evacuee
children, 50,000 war brides and 21,000 of their children,
over 100,000 refugees and 494,000 Canadian troops
pased through Pier 21
- The Olive Tree Genealogy Index to Nova Scotia Passenger Lists
- The ShipsList
List of ships carrying passengers to Nova Scotia, other points in Canada, United States,
and Australia
- Ships from Nova Scotia and PEI to New Zealand
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Libraries
Museums
Mailing Lists
Maps and Gazetteers
Military
- American Prisoners of War
that died at the British Interment
Camp at Halifax, Nova Scotia in the War of 1812
- Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
and the Great War 1914-1919 (Enlistees of World War 1)
Nominal Enlistment Rolls by Parishes, St.
Francis Xavier University Press
- Fort Anne
- Fort Edward
- Halifax County Books of Remembrance
Books of Remembrance contain the names of all those individuals who lost their lives during
WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
- Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Muster Rolls
- 1807-1865 Annual Returns of British Regiments Stationed
in Nova Scotia Download - Word format (53 KB)
- 1783-1791 37th Regiment of Foot Miscellaneous British
Soldiers Discharged at Shelburne or Halifax Download - Word format (88 KB)
- Nova Scotia Military Regiments
- Nova Scotia War Memorials
- Ward Chipman, Muster Master's Office (1777-1785)
The Ward Chipman Papers contain muster rolls of Loyalists, and their families,
who were members of demobilized regiments and who settled in Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. This research tool provides access to nearly 19,000 references to
Loyalist families.
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Newspapers
Organizations, Societies and Groups
General Reference
Miscellaneous
- Cape Breton Genealogical
Resources
- Cyndi's List - Nova Scotia Sites
- Family Roots of Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Great site once you get past the awards - has passenger lists
surnames, cemetery lists, 1901 Pictou County Census,
Church Records, links, stories and history
- Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Genealogy
Includes Birth, Death, Marriage and Cemetery Information
- Nathaniel Smith Letters
- Tancook Island
History, boatbuilding, genealogy, Levy House B & B,
Big & Little Tancook cemeteries, Tancook Gardens
- The Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources Page
- NS Online Genealogy Forums
- List of Irish settlers who came to Colchester Co. in 1762
- 1815 Emigrants From Great Britain
- The Waldren Studios - Digital Images of Nova Scotia 1870-1940
The Dalhousie University
Archives is the owner of a fascinating collection of 35,000 glass plate and film
negatives.
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Nova Scotia GenWeb
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Mary Tollestrup