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Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. Search historical birth, marriage, and death records.

Index to the 1901 Census of Canada : Nova Scotia.

Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia 1838 Census Records (Canada) (Files are in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format)

Nova Scotia Census - 1770-1787 : 12 pages.

Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Census Records 1871, 1881, 1891.

Acadian Surnames. Data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763 (archived website): Port-Royal region - Cobequid region (today Truro) - Beaubassin region (today Amherst) - Pisiquit region (today Windsor) - Grand-Pré region - Louisbourg region - Pubnico region.

Cornwallis Ships to Halifax, Nova Scotia - 1749. Passengers, arranged in alphabetical order by surname, for the ships that arrived in Halifax from England in 1749.

Germans to Nova Scotia 1749-1752 (archived website).

From Nova Scotia to Massachusetts : Misc. Marriages 1841-1850 : Born in Nova Scotia, married in Massachusetts.

Nova Scotia Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 1759-1960. Although accumulated and retained in Halifax these files include most divorces granted in Nova Scotia. Individual files may contain marriage records, divorce petitions, and other documents recording court proceedings and decisions.

Elizabeth Logan genealogical collection : Nova Scotia obituaries

Nova Scotia Appeal Casebooks. Forms part of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal fonds; search for the appellant and/or respondent in appeal cases heard between 1890 and 1947

Miners Memorial Database (Nova Scotia, Canada). The Miners Memorial Database contains the names of coal miners who were killed in or about the coal mines of Nova Scotia. At present it contains a total of 2,275 names. The database covers the period of time between November 28th, 1866 to November 17th, 1967 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).

Ward Chipman, Muster Master's Office 1777-1785. Ward Chipman the Elder, (1754-1824), a Massachusetts lawyer, was also an army administrator in the State of New York between 1777 and 1783. In 1784, he settled in New Brunswick, where he served as solicitor general until 1808. 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.

African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition.

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08

Nova Scotia Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795. Forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection: Census and poll tax series; search for names of individuals taxed 1791-1795.

August 1752 Victualing List of Hopson's Regt. in Nova Scotia. List of Officers and soldiers who served in Nova Scotia in August 1752 as members of Hopson's Regiment.

The Chignecto Isthmus And Its First Settlers (Nova Scotia, Canada). The Isthmus of Chignecto separates the waters of the Bay of Fundy from those of Bay Verte, and constitutes the neck of land which saves Nova Scotia from being an island.

Acadian Cemeteries of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia : Tombstone photographs for about 50 cemeteries.


  • Annapolis County

    An Acadian Parish Remembered : The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 (Nova Scotia, Canada). A fully searchable database containing information for over 3500 baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in the parish registers of St.-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755. These two volumes are Nova Scotia's earliest surviving church registers, and a tangible link to the last generations of Acadian French living at Annapolis before the Deportation.

    Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Cemetery Transcriptions

    Annapolis Muster List 1784 (Nova Scotia, Canada) : Return of Negroes and their families mustered in Annapolis County between the 28th day of May and the 30th day of June 1784 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).

    History of the county of Annapolis (Nova Scotia). 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. Free online edition of this book by William Arthur Calnek and Alfred William Savary published in 1897.


  • Antigonish County

    1891 Census, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Cemeteries

    Baptisms, St. Margaret's RC Church, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, 1845-1862

    St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada Marriages 1845-1876

    Ambrose Church Map, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia: 1879 Business Directory and Subscribers Directory

    Antigonish County Obituaries

    Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Cemeteries : A-I | K-M | P-Z

    Antigonish County Surname Registry

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Cape Breton County

    Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787-1843. This is a searchable database for early petitions (often called 'Memorials') made to government by individuals or groups of people seeking grants of Crown Land for settlement purposes in Cape Breton Island, 1787-1843.

    Cape Breton Cemetery Transcriptions (archived website).

    List of Cape Breton Loyalists (archived website).

    Index to 1811 and 1818 Census Rolls, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (archived website).

    Assorted Census Materials for the Town of Louisbourg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Canada 1861-1954

    Fortress of Louisbourg Parish Records (1713 - 1758): Search baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Louisbourg was a French colonial seaport in Nova Scotia.

    Glace Bay Cemeteries, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia (archived website).

    Little Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia 1891 Census (archived website).

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Colchester County

    Colchester County Surname Registry

    Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County. Free online edition of a book by Thomas Millar, Originally published Halifax, N.S. : A. & W. Mackinlay, 1873.

    Economy Cemetery, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

    Old Baptist Cemetery, Upper Stewiake, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Gays River United Church Cemetery, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

    Camden Cemetery, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada


  • Cumberland County

    Records of Chignecto (Cumberland County, Nova Scotia). By William Cochrane Milner (1846-1939), from the Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Volume XV, Halifax, N.S., Wm. Macnab & Son, 1911.

    Cumberland County Genealogical Society Surname Registry (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    1873 Business Directory of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Images online from the A.F. Church & Co. Cumberland County Map 1873. The map includes business directory listings as inset lists with individuals and their professions.

    Register of Births, Deaths, Marriages, in the Franklin Manor, Elysian Fields, Maccan and Nappan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia : 1752-1813. Only the names of the Acadians that were recorded are posted.


  • Digby County

    Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada Cemeteries

    Index to Digby County Surnames, Nova Scotia, Canada. Surname interest register and researcher profiles.

    Misc. Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada Marriage Records 1804-1909

    Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada Census Records 1765-1911

    Birth Records for Digby Neck, Long Island and Brier Island 1864 - 1874, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Assessment Roll - Brighton, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Assessment Roll to be prepared by the Assessor as required by Section 15, Chapter 5. Acts of 1895.

    Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada Obituaries


  • Guysborough County

    Torbay area, Guysborough County Strays : Burial and Funeral Home Registers

    Torbay, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Vital Records

    Torbay, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Census and Directory Data

    Manchester/Guysborough Township Book, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada : Early Marriages, Births & Deaths.

    Guysborough County, Nova Scotia 1817 Census Index

    Misc. Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Cemeteries (archived website).

    St. Luke Church, Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Marriages 1853-1926 (Book 1) (archived website).

    St. Luke Church, Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Marriages 1935-1967 (archived website).

    St. Luke Church, Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Baptisms 1852-1959 : A to M - O to Z (archived website).

    Records of the Town of Wilmot (Canso), Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Quarter Sessions for Wilmot (Canso) 1828-1890 held at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax.

    St. Barnabas Church, Ecum Secum, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Deaths 1910-1957 : A to M - O to Z (archived website).

    St. Barnabas Church, Ecum Secum, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Marriages 1910-1942 (archived website).

    Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Family Tree Project. This project is an ambitious attempt to catalogue the many families that have lived in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia over the years.

    Christ Church (Anglican) Confirmations, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1836-1877

    Dominion List of Voters 1917, Electoral District of Hazel Hill, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    St. Mary's Township Book, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Births and marriages 1800-1855.

    Stormont Township Book, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia : Early births and marriages.

    Christ Church (Anglican) Record of Burials 1787-1880, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Land Grants 1765-1789

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Halifax County

    Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Census Transcriptions
    Includes:
    - 1752 Halifax
    - 1827 Bear Cove & Halibut Bay, Ferguson's Cove, Ketch Harbour, Portuguese Cove, Sambro, Coot Cove & Pennant, Spryfield, Upper Prospect
    - 1838 Dartmouth (Colored People), Dartmouth, Herring Cove, Ferguson's Cove & Purcell's Cove, Ketch Harbour, Portuguese Cove, Bear Cove & Duncan's Cove
    - 1861 Black Point, Upper Musquodoboit
    - 1871 Terence Bay
    - 1881 Terence Bay
    - 1891 Terence Bay
    - 1901 Terence Bay, Prospect

    1752 Halifax Victualling List.

    Halifax County, Nova Scotia 1851 Census

    Saint James Anglican Church, Boutilier's Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada : Headstone survey

    Halifax County, Nova Scotia Surname Registry. This Registry is made available to anyone researching their Halifax County Ancestors as a means by which to contact others researching common surnames.

    Eastern Passage & Cow Bay Surname Registry (Halifax County)

    Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book : A List of Those Who Died (Nova Scotia, Canada). A definitive listing of the 1,951 identified victims known dead from the disaster of 6 December 1917.

    Prospect Village Genealogical Website. Several historic documents online.

    Misc. Mainland South (Halifax County), Nova Scotia Records : 1793 Poll Tax, 1827, 1838 and 1871 Census.

    St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Sheet Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

    Medical Examiner for the City of Halifax and Town of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Search for individuals whose deaths were reported on by the Medical Examiner between 1895 and 1974.

    St. James Church, Port Dufferin, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Baptisms : 1847-1850, 1851-1852

    St. James Church, Port Dufferin, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Marriages 1848-1879

    St. James Church, Port Dufferin, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Deaths 1848 - 1897

    Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Cemetery Listings

    Hillcrest Cemetery Listings, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada


  • Hants County

    Index to 1871 Census of Hants County : Surnames A-K - Surnames L-Z. (pdf documents)

    1901 Census of Canada for Nova Scotia, District #34 (Hants County), Falmouth Division. (pdf document - archived)

    1901 Census of Canada for Nova Scotia, District #34 (Hants County), Hantsport Division. (pdf document - archived)

    1901 Census of Canada for Nova Scotia, District #34 (Hants County), Divsion: r (Windsor Forks) (pdf document - archived)

    1901 Census of Canada for Nova Scotia, District #34 (Hants County), Windsor 2 Division (pdf document - archived)


  • Inverness County

    1809 Acadian Census of Margaree, Cape Breton Island, Inverness County, Nova Soctia (Canada) (by Father Lejamtel, Missionary; Dated August 1809)

    Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787-1843. This is a searchable database for early petitions (often called 'Memorials') made to government by individuals or groups of people seeking grants of Crown Land for settlement purposes in Cape Breton Island, 1787-1843.

    Cape Breton Cemetery Transcriptions (archived website).

    List of Cape Breton Loyalists (archived website).

    1881 Census, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    1891 Census, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Index to 1811 and 1818 Census Rolls, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (archived website).

    Whycocomagh, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada Baptisms 1868-2892 (archived website).

    Excerpts from Chéticamp, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada Catholic Parish Records (archived website)

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Kings County

    Men and Boys Deported from Grand-Pré, Acadia in 1755 (Kings County, Nova Scotia)

    The History of King's County (Nova Scotia). Digitized edition of this book by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton published in 1910. Includes a 340 page Family Sketches section (starting at page 542).


  • Lunenburg County

    Search the Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Site Includes Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Census Records - Wills - Obituaries - Cemetery Listings - Passenger Lists - Victualling Lists - Military Records - Diaries and Personal Papers, and more.

    Consolidated Index to Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Probated Wills 1770-1999 (archived website).

    1755 Victual List for Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada Surname Registry


  • Pictou County

    Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada Miners' Memorials

    Applicants for Land Grants, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1809

    Baptisms Performed by Rev. James MacGregor, D.D. 1786-1790 (Pictou County, Nova Scotia)

    1848 : Passenger Lists To Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada : passengers from Scotland.

    Grants for Clearing Land in Pictou County, Nova Scotia 1806-1807

    Pictonians at Home and Abroad. Sketches of professional men and women of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Online edition of this book by Rev. J. P. MacPhie M.A. Published in 1914.

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Queens County

    Search the Queens County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Site Includes Cemetery Inscriptions - Birth, Marriage and Death Record, and more.


  • Richmond County

    Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787-1843. This is a searchable database for early petitions (often called 'Memorials') made to government by individuals or groups of people seeking grants of Crown Land for settlement purposes in Cape Breton Island, 1787-1843.

    Cape Breton Cemetery Transcriptions (archived website).

    Index to 1811 and 1818 Census Rolls, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (archived website).

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.

    List of Cape Breton Loyalists (archived website).

    D'Escousse, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada Census Records : 1811 - 1838 - 1846 - 1861 - 1871

    D'Escousse, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada : St. Hyacinth' Catholic Church Records 1831-1954

    Register of Fr. Bailly : Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, Canada Entries July to November 1771 (archived website). Fr. Bailly was a missionary priest who travelled eastern Canada ministering to the French and the native Canadians.

    Census Returns for L'Ardoise, Richmond County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada 1752-1901.

    Holy Guardian Angels Birth, Marriage & Death Records from 1821-1876, L'Ardoise, Richmond Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Obituaries from the L'Ardoise Area, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Petit de Grat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1891 Census (archived website).

    Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Arichat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia Vital Records (partially archived website). From Catholic Parish Registers.

    River Bourgois, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada 1891 Census

    1901 Census of River Bourgeois, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada (archived website).


  • Shelburne County

    Index to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Deeds and Probate Books (archived website).

    Muster Book of Free Blacks, Settlement of Birchtown 1784 (Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada) (archived website, may be unavailable, incomplete, or slow to respond).

    Port Roseway Associates. During the American Revolution, the British and Loyalist forces evacuated New York in 1783. This research tool provides access to 1,498 references to Black Loyalist refugees who settled in Port Roseway, now Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Barrington area, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia cemetery records : A to D - E to M - N to R - S to Z


  • Victoria County

    Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787-1843. This is a searchable database for early petitions (often called 'Memorials') made to government by individuals or groups of people seeking grants of Crown Land for settlement purposes in Cape Breton Island, 1787-1843.

    Cape Breton Cemetery Transcriptions (archived website).

    Index to 1811 and 1818 Census Rolls, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (archived website).

    List of Cape Breton Loyalists (archived website).

    Canada Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Diocese Parish Records 1823-1905. Includes births, marriages, and deaths. The diocese covers seven counties in northeastern Nova Scotia: Richmond, Inverness, Victoria, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Pictou and Guysborough.


  • Yarmouth County

    Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Census Records



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