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

Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Nova Scotia.

1671 Acadian Census : Port Royal

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

Fortress of Louisbourg Parish Records (1713 - 1758): Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths. Louisbourg was a French colonial seaport in Nova Scotia

Surnames of people in the Port-Royal region. This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Cobequid region, Acadia (Today Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.) This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Beaubassin region, Acadia (Today Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.) This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Pisiquit region, Acadia (Today Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.) This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Grand-Pré region. This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Louisbourg region, Acadia (Today in Nova Scotia, Canada.) This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Surnames of people in the Pubnico region, Acadia (Today in Nova Scotia, Canada.) This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763.

Nova Scotia Census - 1770-1787 : 12 pages.

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

Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : A vast index of Nova Scotia immigrants from dozens of manuscript sources.

Germans to Nova Scotia 1750-1752

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.

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.

Book of Negroes. A directory of Black Loyalists in Canada (Nova Scotia) in 3 volumes.

McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71. Covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island.

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08

Mi'kmaq Census 1871, 1881, 1891, Nova Scotia, Canada. Census material was taken from the Ph.D thesis, "Change in the Real Property Law of a Cape Breton Island Micmac Band, Volume 2" by Daniel P. Strouthes.

Nova Scotia Poll tax rolls, 1791-1793. Forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection: Census and poll tax series; search for names of individuals taxed 1791-1793.

Nova Scotia land petitions. Personal names and information contained in 3,338 petitions from Cape Breton Island (1787-1843) and 839 petitions from mainland Nova Scotia (1769-1799).

Biography & Genealogy Files Index of Beaton Institute on the campus of the University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

CAN-NS-OBITS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for the posting of obituaries and requests for obituary lookups pertaining to individuals of or from Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

CAN-NS-CEMETERIES Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone searching for their ancestors in cemeteries in Nova Scotia, Canada, or interested in preserving historical information about these cemeteries. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

CAN-NS-SOUTHSHORE Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the southwestern counties of Nova Scotia, areas that traditionally served as the focal point for the Nova Scotia fishing, shipbuilding, and other industries and cultures of the region. The area addressed by the list consists of the southwestern counties of the province. Queries limited to only one of these counties should be addressed to the list pertaining to that county. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.