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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!
We also participate in 'That's My Family / Voici Ma Famille'. This site features a federated search engine sponsored by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, in conjunction with Library and Archives Canada. The search capability brings together a selection of genealogical databases from various federal, provincial and territorial archives and libraries. Maximize your research time and the potential for success – key in the name(s) you're looking for, get results from all across the country!
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Be sure to catch this week's episode in the CBC-TV series, 'Who Do You Think You Are?' — travel back in time with Measha Brueggergosman, the rising young international opera singer from Fredericton, as she traces her Black Loyalist ancestry through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, back to New York City and beyond. A significant portion of her story was revealed through records held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. Tune in Thursday evening, 17 January, at 7:30 p.m. and see why 'Her journey into her ancestry uncovers an epic worthy of an opera.'And then, if you're not quite sure who you are, check out www.novascotiagenealogy.com to start your own journey!
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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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More Records Added to Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Online
NSARM’s collection of over 12,000 Marriage Bonds (1763-1864) has now been fully indexed and digitized, and is available online within www.novascotiagenealogy.com. If your ancestors took out a bond before marrying, you’re in for a real treat – the documents have been digitized in full colour and they’re visually stunning! Explore the 'What's New' area of the Website as well, to read about other updates and new resources planned for NS Historical Vital Statistics Online.
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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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Nova Scotia Parish Records Microfilm Collection Database
At last! An online resource to help researchers identify what church records are held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management — which communities are represented, what kinds of records are held for individual churches, and date coverage for each. Come and explore a fully searchable database, containing information about the archival records for 510 distinct parishes, congregations and faith communities in Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Online
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is pleased to announce the launch of a new Website providing full access and digitized content for the province's historical vital statistics, dating back to 1864. Welcome to one million new opportunities in searching for your Nova Scotia roots!
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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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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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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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Marriage bonds, 1763-1864
Forms part of the Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds; search for marriage bonds submitted in application for licenses between 1763-1864. Now available on NS Historical Vital Statistics. www.novascotiagenealogy.com
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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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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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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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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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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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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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