Fortress of Louisbourg Parish Records (1713 - 1758): Search baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Louisbourg was a French colonial seaport in Nova Scotia (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
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 (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.
Book of Negroes. A directory of Black Loyalists in Canada (Nova Scotia) in 3 volumes.
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).
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.
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 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.
CAN-NS-ANNAPOLIS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-ANTIGONISH Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cape Breton's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
Cape Bretoners in World War Two : About 16,000 individuals from Cape Breton who served in World War Two. ** Site is down for maintenance as of December 21, 2011 **
Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County. Free online edition of a book by Thomas Millar (1803-), Originally published Halifax, N.S. : A. & W. Mackinlay, 1873 : text version - pdf version
CAN-NS-COLCHESTER Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
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.
CAN-NS-CUMBERLAND Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-DIGBY Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-GUYSBOROUGH Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
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.
The Prospect Surname Registry. The Prospect Surname Registry is a place where you can come and find other people around the world or even next door who are also looking for their family in Prospect, Halifax County, Nova Scotia.
CAN-NS-HALIFAX Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-HANTS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-INVERNESS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cape Breton's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
Cape Bretoners in World War Two : About 16,000 individuals from Cape Breton who served in World War Two. ** Site is down for maintenance as of December 21, 2011 **
CAN-NS-KINGS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
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.
CAN-NS-PICTOU Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
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.
CAN-NS-QUEENS Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-RICHMOND Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cape Breton's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
Cape Bretoners in World War Two : About 16,000 individuals from Cape Breton who served in World War Two. ** Site is down for maintenance as of December 21, 2011 **
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
CAN-NS-SHELBURNE Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-VICTORIA Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
CAN-NS-CAPEBRETON Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cape Breton's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.
Cape Bretoners in World War Two : About 16,000 individuals from Cape Breton who served in World War Two. ** Site is down for maintenance as of December 21, 2011 **
CAN-NS-YARMOUTH Mailing List at RootsWeb. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.