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Comprehensive Index to all the databases in our MOA
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Summary List and Description of Databases in the Members Only Area (MOA):

 

Detailed Descriptions of Text Searchable Files in the MOA

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Advocate Cemetery

Plot plan and list of names for all tombstones in Advocate Cemetery, Cumberland County.
Thanks to Scott Taylor for this contribution.

 

The Annapolis Regiments, 1867–1914

An extensive study of the 69th and 72nd Battalions of Infantry, also known as "The Annapolis Regiments". Thanks to Wayne Walker for this contribution.

 

Halifax Victualling List - 1750

Complements the existing lists on the web for 1752 and 1753.

 

Halifax Morning Herald Death Transcriptions (1880)

Surnames: Benjamin, Boutilier, McDonald, Miller, Offgard, Robertson, Slack, Totten (additional records to follow).

 

Letters Remaining in Post Office: 28 July 1834, Hants / Kings

 

List of Paupers in the Halifax Asylum for the Poor on the 30th day of March 1861

 

Homes for Special Care in Nova Scotia

 

Nova Scotia Strays

From the NSG; for now the range covered is issues Spring 1989—Fall 2008 inclusive.  

 

School Records

Some nineteenth century school records from Annapolis County; Antigonish County (1821,1827); Colchester County (1821; 1828); Cumberland County (1814, 1821, 1822); Digby County (1828); Hants (District 6 Kennetcook and District 17 Gore, 1828) and Kings (Cornwallis, 1822) Counties; and from Cape Breton, with more to follow.  
 

Vital Stats

Vital Statistics from Halifax Newspapers — January 1859, with more to follow.  
 

History of the County of Annapolis (Calnek) — Surname Index

History of the County of Annapolis / by W.A. Calnek. xxii, 660 p., 19 leaves of plates.
Original title page reads: History of the County of Annapolis, including old Port Royal and Acadia, with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families. By the late W.A. Calnek. Edited and completed by A.W. Savary. With portraits and illustrations. Toronto, William Briggs, 1897. Includes index.
  See the Open Library link here to view at least part of the book online.
 

Influenza Victims of 1918–1919

2,056 Nova Scotians who died in the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919; a compilation from Nova Scotia Death Certificates and Nova Scotia Newspapers by Allan E. Marble, CG (C). This is an HTML version of the database which allows sorting by column (original PDF file added 11 May 2009; updated to HTML version 16 May 2009).
 

Nova Scotia Township Records

Thanks to Kim Stevens for his contribution of a number of township records.
    We have posted BMD files for 7 townships: Londonderry, Onslow, Truro, River Philip, Southampton, Westchester, and Newport; also Marriages from the Cornwallis and Parrsboro Township Books.

  Also the following township book files, in narrative format:
Chester Township Book Transcriptions.
St. Mary's River Township Book Transcriptions.
Liverpool Township Book Transcriptions.
 

Nova Scotia Church Records

Thanks to Kim Stevens for his contribution of a number of church records.
 

Nova Scotia Estate Records

Thanks to Wayne Walker for contributing his database of 2,810 Digby County Probate Abstracts and 4,712 Annapolis County Probate Abstracts.
 

Annapolis & Digby Marriage Records

Thanks to Wayne Walker for contributing his extensive compilation of Annapolis and Digby County Marriage Records, spanning the years 1750 to 1908.
 

Nova Scotia Census Records: 1817, 1827
Halifax County: 1838 and 1851; other 1838 County Census Records

Thanks to Kim Stevens for his efforts in compiling and editing these databases, and for contributing them to us. It should be noted that a number of counties are missing from the 1827 census records in particular.

SAMPLE of 1838 Annapolis County Census File (no password required)

GANS Library Holdings

List of our holdings, by Title and Author

Place Name Changes in Nova Scotia

Thanks to Kim Stevens for compiling this list and for contributing it to us.

Ministers of Religion Conducting Marriages in Nova Scotia

This compilation began with a list contributed by Kim Stevens, to whom thanks are due.

Soldiers of NS Regiment of Fencible Infantry
(1803 – 1816)

This is a supplement (comprising Appendix D) to the two-part article on the NS Fencibles presented in the Nova Scotia Genealogist, in the issues of Summer and Fall 2009. Thanks to Earle Ripley for compiling this list and for contributing it to us.

Scanned Files in the Members Only Area:

 

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 1, No. 1

The NSG Volume 1, Number 1 was published in Spring, 1983. The Table of Contents includes items on two Family Bibles (Curry and Sponagle), an article on Discovery of a Ship's Passenger List, and much more (41 pages altogether).

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 1, No. 2

The NSG Volume 1, Number 2 was published in Summer, 1983. The Table of Contents includes items on three Family Bibles (Fullerton, Brown, and Hergett), six articles on Sources For Research, and more (46 pages altogether).

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 1, No. 3

The NSG Volume 1, Number 3 was published in Fall, 1983. The Table of Contents includes items on a Watt Family Bible, three articles on Sources For Research (Old Settlers and Loyalist; Unlikely Census for Shelburne; Disbanded Soldiers in Dalhousie, Ann. Co. 1820), and more (46 pages altogether).

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 2, No. 1

The NSG Volume 2, Number 1 was published in Spring, 1984. The Table of Contents includes items on the Healy Family Bible, the Davies Family Bible, three articles on Sources For Research (Distribution of Nova Scotians in the United States in 1870; Victoria County Ferrymen; Cemetery Survey of an old graveyard in Arichat), and more (60 pages altogether). The lack of text search capability in these scanned issues of early NSGs is partially compensated for by an extensive Name Index at the end of this issue, covering all of Volume 1.

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 2, No. 2

The NSG Volume 2, Number 2 was published in Summer, 1984. The Editor's Note describes the process of certification as a Genealogical Record Searcher by the Genealogical Institute of the Maritimes. The Table of Contents includes items on the Willett Family Bible, the West-McNayr Family Bible, articles on Sources For Research (PANS Collection of Cumberland Co. School Papers, Scots Settlers to Long Point (1816)), Using Griffith's Valuation on Microfiche, and more (57 pages altogether).

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 2, No. 3

The NSG Volume 2, Number 3 was published in Fall, 1984. The Table of Contents includes items on the Wier (Newport) Family Bible, the Marshall (Tatamagouche) Family Bible, the Chipman (Yarmouth) Family Bible, an article on exercising caution with Secondary Sources For Research in Yarmouth County, additional articles on Sources For Research (Addenda to Published Records of St. Paul's, 1749-1768 and Cumberland Co. School Papers (1831)), and more (50 pages altogether).

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 1

The NSG Volume 3, Number 1 was published in Spring, 1985. The Table of Contents includes items on the Finley (Wallace River) Family Bible, the Thom (Glasgow) Family Bible, an article by Clary Croft on Textile Conservation, an article by Leona Cousins on Our Huguenot Heritage; Sources for Research articles on NS Vital Records from Newspapers, Passenger List of Sutherlandshire Settlers, Guysborough Petitions of the 1820s, NS Strays, Old Musquodoboit Cemetery; a Name Index for the complete Volume 2 (1984), and more.

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 2

The NSG Volume 3, Number 2 was published in Summer, 1985. The Table of Contents includes items on Cape Breton Marriages; Nova Scotia's Montbéliard Family Names; Digby School Records from 1828; Scots to Nova Scotia in 1817 — Perhaps on the "William Tell"; NS Strays; queries, and more.

Nova Scotia Genealogist Vol. 3, No. 3

The NSG Volume 3, Number 3 was published in Fall, 1985. The Table of Contents includes items on the Morris (Advocate Harbour) Family Bible, a Nickerson (Sambro) Family Bible; articles on Nova Scotians in the US Civil War; "Germans in the North Suburbs", Halifax, ca 1757; School Records for Digby, 1845; queries, and more.

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Publicly Accessible Databases

Member Societies and Institutions in Nova Scotia with Genealogical Material

The societies and institutions listed here are members of GANS and offer research services to individuals both onsite and from a distance. Please contact them directly to determine the level of service they will provide.

Index to records of the Halifax Funeral Home

This index of 6,185 records of the Halifax Funeral Home, covering the period from May 1939 to May 1969, is available in two formats, HTML and PDF:

Index to Vital Stats from "The Colonial Patriot" 1827-1834

Published Genealogies of Nova Scotia Families

Nova Scotia Genealogist Subject Index

The subject index includes Volume I (1983) through Volume XXVII/1 (2009) of the NSG and the 40 issues of the "Genealogical Newsletter" published by the Genealogical Committee of the Nova Scotia Historical Society between 1972 and 1982.

Reprints of Articles


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Genealogical Newsletters of the Nova Scotia Historical Society

no. 1, February 1972no. 11, April 1975No. 21 (October, 1977)No. 31 (Spring 1980)
no. 2, May 1972no. 12, July 1975No. 22 (January, 1978)No. 32 (Summer 1980)
no. 3, October 1972no. 13, October 1975No. 23 (Spring, 1978)No. 33 (Autumn 1980)
no. 4, February 1973no. 14, January 1976No. 24 (Summer, 1978)No. 34 (Winter 1981)
no. 5, July 1973no. 15, April 1976No. 25 (Autumn, 1978)No. 35 (Spring 1981)
no. 6, October 1973no. 16, July 1976No. 26 (Winter, 1979)No. 36 (Summer 1981)
no. 7, January 1974no. 17, October 1976No. 27 (Spring, 1979)No. 37 (Fall/Winter 1981)
no. 8, April 1974no. 18, January 1977No. 28 (Summer 1979)No. 38 (Spring 1982)
no. 9, July & October 1974no. 19, April 1977No. 29 (Autumn 1979)No. 39 (Summer 1982)
no. 10, January 1975no. 20, July 1977No. 30 (Winter, 1980)No. 40 (Autumn 1982)
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