Peter and Sarah Mahar : Woodville, N.S. / by Bruce Mahar. Bruce Mahar. 56 pages : illustrations, charts, figures ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 M34 W66 - Open Shelf
Explores the life of Peter Mahar and his wife Sarah (nee Wiggens) in 18th century Nova Scotia.
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History — 17th century
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Acadian Fougère : Descendants / William D. Gerrior. Port Royal : Port Royal Publishing Ltd., 2020-21. 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 F68 G47 - Open Shelf
Volume 1 - First Generation, Port Royal & Port Toulouse (1709-1763). Volume 2 - Roots in Regions of Isle Madame, River Bourgeois & New Brunswick (1763-2021).
Fougère family
Acadians — History
Acadians — Biography
Acadians — Genealogy
Annapolis Royal (N.S.) — History
Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Isle Madame (N.S.) — History
River Bourgeois (N.S.) — History
New Brunswick — History
New Brunswick — Biography
New Brunswick — Genealogy
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The Gordon's at Halifax : a Compilation / by Carle G. Gray. Nova Scotia : Carle G. Gray, 2005. unnumbered volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 G67 G73 - Open Shelf
Tells the stories of the Gordon family during the Great War via letters and notebooks ; photograph folio in the back with images of nearby parks/water front area.
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia
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The Gordon's at Halifax Part 5 : Appendices / by Carle G. Gray. Halifax : Published by the Chief Electoral Officer, 2006. 11 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 G67 G739 - Open Shelf
Appendices to accompany The Gordon's at Halifax : a Compilation (CS90 G67 G73).
Genealogy — Nova Scotia
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia
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Township of Falmouth, Nova Scotia / by John V. Duncanson. Belleville, ON : Mika, 1983. vi, 474, 102 pages : illustrations, port., maps (1 fold) ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 F19 D91 1983 - Open Shelf
Original title: Falmouth : a New England township in Nova Scotia
Includes indexes. Reprint. Signed by the author.
See also: F5248 F19 D91 (original from 1965) F5248 F19 D91 1990 (Open shelf reprint)
Falmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
Falmouth (N.S.) — Biography
Falmouth (N.S.) — History
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On Inglis Family / Robert E. Inglis. Robert E Inglis. 82 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 I54 I54 - Open Shelf
Typo of author's name on cover.
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De Port Royal au Village-Des-LeBlanc : A Portrait of an Acadian Family 1643-1990 / by J.P. LeBlanc. Halifax : J.P. LeBlanc, 1989. 114 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #12 - Vertical File
Author has published several works on the LeBlanc family of Port Royal, the remainder can be found in the following locations: CS90 L445 L445 CS90 L445 L445 1984 CS90 L445 L445 1989 CS90 L445 L445 1994
Leblanc family
Acadians — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
New Brunswick — Genealogy
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The Hunter Family of early Shelburne and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : George Hunter of the 76th Regiment and his son Sheriff George Hunter / by Allison Hare. Gloucester, Ontario : Alison Hare, 2020. 46 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #17 - Vertical File
Two-generation lineage of a father and son, documenting their lives and their descendants.
Hunter family
Shelburne (N.S.) — Genealogy
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Laurine - Udvandring til Kanada Allen Crabtree, 2002. 15 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #6 - Vertical File
Printed article from Maine Farmhouse Journal May 6, 2002. This article is a blending of the facts that we know about Lars Petersen and his family filled with contemporary accounts and histories from Danish migration to New Denmark, NB. The conversations are fictional. Includes bibliography.
Petersen family — Genealogy
Lars Petersen — Family
Laurine Petersen-Crabtree — Family
Denmark — Genealogy
New Denmark, N.B. — Genealogy
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Beaubassin : and the Beginning of the Acadian Tragedy / by John G. McKay. Amherst, NS : John G. McKay, 2003. 51 pages : 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #4 - Vertical File
Acadians
Acadians — Nova Scotia — History — Expulsion, 1755
Beaubassin (Acadia) — Genealogy
Beaubassin (Acadia) — History
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Hallamore biographies : Nova Scotia file 38 pages (unbound) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #28 - Vertical File
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Meet Leonard Wade : A fictional account based on years of research Paul Wade. 1 volume (unbound & unnumbered) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #16 - Vertical File
Leonard Wade — Family
Wade — Genealogy
Mahone Bay — Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Ramsey family genealogy Joyce Ramsey. 7 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #9 - Vertical File
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An Outline of Phyllis' Story : Presented April 17, 2010 on the occasion of the Ninetieth Birthday Celebrations of Phyllis Frances Fevens / by Douglas Fevens. Halifax : Douglas Fevens, 2010. 22 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.547 #15 - Vertical File
The story of Phyllis Fevens as told on her 90th birthday. Book includes an obituary for Phyllis glued into the signature section of the booklet.
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Beatrice & Grace : Beatrice Bent Cann, Grace Stanwood Goudey Family / distributed by Yarmouth Pride. Halifax, Nova Scotia : Yarmouth Pride, 2018. Video Disc
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HQ728 C36 G68
Video about the life of Beatrice & Grace. Listed together for the 1901, 1911, and 1921 census' and laid to rest in the same plot.
Cann, Beatrice, 1872-1952
Goudey, Grace, 1867-1930
LGBTQIA+ communities — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth
Yarmouth (N.S.) — History
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy.
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Tremont Community Cemetery Society
Tremont Community Cemetery Society : Burial Lists for the Tremont Cemeteries, Tremont, Kings County, Nova Scotia / compiled and distributed by the Tremont Community Cemetery Society. Nova Scotia: Tremont Community Cemetery Society, 2018. 24 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 T74 - Open Shelf
Ledgers of names from both the New and Old Tremont Community Cemeteries; organized by last name and respective cemetery. Assumed to be printed in at least 2018 given the records inside the book.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Cemeteries — Kings County (N.S.)
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From Cabin Boy to Master Mariner : Times and Travels of Nova Scotia's Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney Families since 1752 / by Jane Baird Barry. Nova Scotia: Jane Baird Barry, 2014. 76 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B35 S76 B54 - Open Shelf
The stories of the Baird, Stoddard, and Bigney families as mariners in Nova Scotia and beyond. Includes family tree.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — History
Sailors — Nova Scotia
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Following a dream : Biswanger, Carswell history book Laurie Chilibeck. 485 Pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 29 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 B57 C37 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliography and index. Includes USB with master copies of 2011, 2013 and 2015 updates. Click 'view this publication' link above for a master copy of all updates to the book.
Biswanger — Genealogy
Carswell — Genealogy
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Sand Point Guysborough County Nova Scotia : 233 years of History (1784-2017) Including the Carrigan Descendants / compiled by Fraser West. Halifax : The Printing House Limited, 2018. 363 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 S26 G89 2018 - Open Shelf
History of the Sand Point, Guysborough Country area from 1784-2017 and the genealogy of the Carrigan Family descendants. Includes back index for quick searching.
Genealogy — Guysborough County (N.S.)
History — Guysborough County (N.S.)
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Dartmouth Memorial Gardens : A-L / complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2014. 250 pages : colour illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 H173 D37 2014a - Open Shelf
Photographs, complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc, of gravesites at the Dartmouth Memorial Gardens by surname from A-L. Includes an index in the back of the book; index directs the reader to which page each burial site is on by name of the person.
Cemeteries — Halifax County (N.S.)
Cemeteries — Dartmouth (N.S.)
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Dartmouth Memorial Gardens : L-Z / compiled by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2014. 243 pages (numbered 251-494) : Cemetery index : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 H173 D37 2014b - Open Shelf
Photograph collection, complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc, of gravesites at the Dartmouth Memorial Gardens by surname from L-Z. Includes an index in the back of the book; index directs the reader to which page each burial site is on by name of the person.
Cemeteries — Halifax County (N.S.)
Cemeteries — Dartmouth (N.S.)
Dartmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy
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The Name of Horne : Jacob Horn and his Descendents / John Hawkins. Enfield, NS : John Hawkins, 2016. 64 pages including table of contents : illustrations; 21 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #4 - Vertical File
An interesting account of the life of Jacob Horn, one of the first citizens of Halifax, his business and military adventures and his final settlement at McNab's Island and Eastern Passage
Horn, Jacob, 1720-1821
Horn family
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Untitled / Marie-Therese McGuinness. 2nd edition Montreal, PQ : Quebecor World Inc., 2008. Unnumbered ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8575 S65 Z46 2008
Some background is provided on ancestors but it mostly is a biography for her and her immediate family.
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — History
McGuinness Family
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Mary Kaulbach's Normal School Diary : 1892-1893 / edited by Melanie Ballard and John N. Grant. Truro : Little White Schoolhouse Press, 2021. 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 T78 M37 2021 - Open Shelf
In 1892, Mary Kaulbach came to Truro to attend the Provincial Normal School. Her diary provides a glimpse into the life of a young woman in Victorian Truro and at Normal.
Students — Nova Scotia — Diaries
Teachers colleges — Nova Scotia
Truro (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Cumberland County Genealogical Society
Five score and more : reflections of a centenarian Amherst, NS : Cumberland County Genealogical Society, 2017. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 C84 Z48 2017 - Open Shelf
Biographical sketches of over 250 centenarians who have lived in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references.
Centenarians — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Obituaries — Nova Scotia — Cumberland (County)
Cumberland (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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