Middle Stewiacke, Birch Hill, Cloverdale, and Mosquito Cove : History of Four Communities in Southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia / by Dianne Geddes. Upper Stewiacke, NS : Stewiacke Valley Historical Society, 2016. 94 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 C65 G43 - Open Shelf
Second edition of Geddes book which outlines the history of four communities in Southern Colchester County. Created for the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
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Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester County down to the present time : compiled from the most authentic sources / by Thomas Miller ; reprinted by Colchester Historical Museum. Reprint Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1991. 400 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 C6 M6 1991
Includes index.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Genealogy — Indexes
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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An Historical Miscellany of Debert & Area / by Stacey (McCully) Culgin. 2nd edition Truro : ASE Print, 2018. x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 D31 C85 2018 - Open Shelf
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
Debert (N.S.) — History — Miscellanea
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Life in Nova Scotia and North Colchester in the 1950's and 1960 / by Norris Whiston. 2018 version Earltown : Norris M. Whiston, 2018. 98 pages : illustrations, facsims. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 N873 Z48 2018 - Open Shelf
Includes index, pages 95-96.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Biography
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Colchester County : a Pictorial History / by S.F. Creighton. revised Truro, NS : Municipality of the County of Colchester, 1980. 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F5248 C687 C914 1980
Contains pictorial and written accounts of life in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
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Once By Sea, Once By Land : genealogy of Elijah Brown 31 March 1780-30 September 1855 / prepared by Bliss L. Brown. Amherst, NS. : Cumberland County Genealogical Society, 2018. 3 volumes : illustrations.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B88 2018 - Open Shelf
Once By Sea, Once By Land" is a three volume 1100 page collection of genealogy and history based upon the ancestry and descendants of Elijah Brown (31 March 1780 - 30 September 1855). The story begins in England 1635, to Boston, then New Hampshire and Maine before his marriage 1802 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The families of Elijah and Henrietta (Cannon) Brown spread across Colchester and Cumberland counties of Nova Scotia, Westmorland County of New Brunswick and Elgin County, Ontario. The wide span of family names include Siddall, Piers, Carter, Welton, Hughes, Fife, Brundage, Jeffers, Skidmore, Kennedy, Tabor, Edwards, Pettigrew, Thompson, Allen, Canning, Harrison, Hoeg, Bird, Atkinson, Cochrane, Bowden, Dowe, Quinn and of course, Brown; and so many more. Pages also include over 300 photographs and numerous obituaries. Authored by Bliss Brown (Elijah's great-great-great-grandson), after more than 40 years of research. Volume 1: Once by Sea. Book 1, Genealogy of Elijah Brown, 31 March 1780 - 30 September 1855. His Ancestors Volume 2: Once by Land. Book 2, Genealogy of Elijah Brown, 31 March 1780 - 30 September 1855. His Descendants Volume 3: Once by Land. Book 2 Continued, Genealogy of Elijah Brown, 31 March 1780 - 30 September 1855. His Descendants.
Brown family
Brown, Elijah, — 1780-1855 — Family
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Land grants and immigrants of Northern Colchester, NE Cumberland, NW Pictou / Compiled and organized by Norris Margeson Whiston. Tatamagouche, NS : Norris Margeson Whiston, 2018. 1 volume (unnumbered) .
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With added notes by Glen Matheson and Terry Punch.
Land grants — Colchester (N.S. : County)
Land grants — Cumberland County (N.S.)
Land grants — Pictou County (N.S.)
Immigrants — Colchester (N.S. : County)
Immigrants — Cumberland County (N.S.)
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A central Nova Scotian county and the landward pull the case of Colchester, 1867-1925 / Terrence White. Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1987. 178 frames : maps ; 11 x 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche W587 - Open Shelf
Industry — Nova Scotia — Colchester County
Colchester N.S. : County — History
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A history of the County of Colchester, Nova Scotia / by Israel Longworth. Truro : 1879. 322 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3842 - Open Shelf
Colchester N.S. : County — History
Colchester N.S. : County — Biography.
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A history of the county of Colchester, Nova Scotia Truro : 1st part, 1866; 2nd part, 1878. 322 pages ; 28 cm. ; 1 reel film : 35 mm. : pos.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3842 - Open Shelf
1st part - Akins prize essay, 1866. Typescript.
Colchester N.S. : County — History
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A little Colchester County telephone history / J. Furber Marshall. Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1977. 7 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.526 #21 - Vertical File
Telephone — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County).
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Geology minerals & mining : Colchester County Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 197--. 2 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.526 #18 - Vertical File
Mineral industries — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County).
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The settlement of Colchester County / by Harry Nelson. Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1979. 3 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.526 #16 - Vertical File
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History.
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Colchester County condensed milk, creameries, ice cream, and cheese factories 1871-1989 / by Gordon B. Kinsman. Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1989. 14 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.526 #12 - Vertical File
Dairying — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County).
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Tatamagoughe Nova Scotia : ride the Sunrise Trail on the Northumberland Shore : vacation guide Tatamagouche : Tatamagouche & Area Chamber of Commerce, 1986. 24 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.514 #17 - Vertical File
Tatamagouche & Area Chamber of Commerce
Sunrise Trail (N.S.)
Tourist trade — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Tourist trade — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County)
Tourist trade — Nova Scotia — Pictou (County)
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Sunrise trail vacation guide : Pugwash, Tatamagouche, River John Tatamagouche : Tatamagouche & Area Chamber of Commerce, 1989. 24 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.511 #16 - Vertical File
Tatamagouche & Area Chamber of Commerce
Tourist trade — Nova Scotia
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Description and travel — 1981-
Sunrise Trail (N.S.)
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Official opening of the West Colchester High School by the Honorable R.L. Stanfield Nova Scotia : 1962. 1 v. unpaged : illustrations; 17 x 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.509 #11 - Vertical File
High schools — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County)
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A story of Denmark / Hilda Giles Langille. Revised ed. Truro : The Author, 1991. 31 pages : illustrations, ports., maps, facsm.; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.373 #11 - Vertical File
Denmark (N.S.) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History
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Truro : the hub of Nova Scotia : / vacation land supreme. Truro : Truro Printing and Publishing 1925-. 16 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.365 #22 - Vertical File
Truro (N.S.) — Description — Views
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Description and travel — Views
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The slate quarry of Colchester County, Nova Scotia / by Greta L. Rose ; photographs by Wade Yorke ; drawings by Ed Bye. Truro : Colchester Historical Museum, 1981. 16 pages : illustrations, map; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.346 #11 - Vertical File
Slate industry — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County) — History
Quarries and quarrying — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County) — History
Colchester (N.S. : County) — History.
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Postcards of Colchester County / Ken C. MacDonald. Halifax : K.C. MacDonald, 1988. 22 pages : 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.339 #29 - Vertical File
Postcards — Publishing — Catalogs
Postcards — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County) — Catalogs
Colchester (N.S. : County) in art.
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Official opening of the Central Colchester High School 1958. 24 pages : ports.; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.335 #33 - Vertical File
School opened September 10th, 1958, by the Honourable G.I. Smith, Minister of Highways.
High schools — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County)
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Exploring central Colchester: heritage drive #1 / compiled by the Colchester Historical Museum. Truro: Colchester Historical Museum, 1984. 1 sheet : illustrations, map; 22 x 35 cm. folded to 22 x 12.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.318 #23 - Vertical File
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Description and travel — 1984-
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A goodly heritage / by Clifford F. Archibald. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1982. 68 pages; ports; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.305 #6 - Vertical File
Colchester (N.S. : County) — Social life and customs — 20th century
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Colchester (Nova Scotia : County)
Municipal development plan: District I Bible Hill / Municipality of the County of Colchester. 1978. 19 pages : map; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.268 #36 - Vertical File
Typescript.
Regional planning — Nova Scotia — Colchester (County)
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