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Genealogical Research
Genealogical Research Databases
Our best searchable databases for genealogical research are listed below. Don't forget to check our Online Databases too!
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Marriage bonds, 1763-1849
Forms part of the Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds; search for marriage bonds submitted in application for licenses between 1763-1864, 1870-1871. In progress; 1763-1849 available at present.
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Land Petitions
Search our expanded Land Petitions database to access the personal names and information contained in 3,338 petitions from Cape Breton Island (1787-1843) and 839 petitions from mainland Nova Scotia (1769-1799).
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Poll Tax Rolls, 1791-1793
Poll Tax Rolls form part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection: Census and poll tax series. Search for the names of over 10,300 individuals taxed in Nova Scotia, 1791-1793.
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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
A fully-searchable database with information about 2200 Mi’kmaq and Mi’kmaq-related textual records and published items. Links to digitized images for 300 representative documents. A Virtual Exhibit showcasing another 130 heritage photographs, artifacts, treaties, documentary art and maps. Genealogical resources for tracing Mi’kmaq ancestry and determining band status. An important resource for anyone interested in Mi’kmaq culture, heritage and traditions throughout Atlantic Canada.
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Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book
NSARM is pleased to host the online version of a project sponsored by the Halifax Foundation. The 'Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book' is the first really definitive listing for those killed in the disaster of 6 December 1917. The online version features a searchable database with detailed information for 1953 casualties – more than 300 of whom are newly-confirmed and identified victims.
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An Acadian Parish Remembered
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.
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Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia
Published in 1967, and still the best source available for basic, reliable and easily accessed information about Nova Scotia’s cities, towns and villages. Over 2300 entries, searchable by community name or by county. Each entry provides community highlights, including first settlement, first churches, first schools, primary industries, significant events and notable citizens.
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Death Registers, City of Halifax, 1890-1908
Two death registers for the City of Halifax, 1890-1908, containing 17,890 entries. Names have been inputted into an fully searchable database, linked directly to the corresponding digitized pages in the registers.
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Genealogical Research Tools
A series of useful online guides that provide background to some of our more popular genealogical resources, and how to use them in your own research. Additional 'how-to' guides will be added below.
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City, Provincial, Telephone and Business Directories
Ever think of using old telephone or city directories in your research? Long after their immediate shelf-life has ended, these published sources live on as significant research tools for family and community history, environmental studies, and for tracking home and property ownership.
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Map of Nova Scotia
At last! An online map identifying Nova Scotia's 18 counties and showing their boundaries — accompanied by an easy-to-read table listing when each county was set up, and explaining any peculiarities in their early status.
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Acadian Genealogical Sources
Planning a research trip to the Nova Scotia Archives in search of your Acadian ancestors? Wanting to know what general background books are available to provide more information about your Acadian heritage? Check out this brief guide to resources available onsite at NSARM. Don't forget that many of these items can be ordered, via your local library, from institutions participating in Interlibrary Loan Services.
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McAlpine’s Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08
An invaluable tool for researching family or community history through alphabetical listings of residents living in the principal cities, towns and rural areas of Nova Scotia at the turn of the last century. We've scanned and made searchable every page in the 1907-08 Directory - all 1556 of them!
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