Isle Madame Acadians : Ancestral Identity and Pride / by Odilon Boudreau. Sydney, NS : Odilon Boudreau, 2018. 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350.5 I85 B68 - Open Shelf
Acadians — Nova Scotia — Isle Madame — History
Isle Madame (N.S.) — History
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Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / complied by Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer. Revised, Fourth edition Barss Corner, NS : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, July 2021. 262 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2021 - Open Shelf
Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 262-page history of the area.
Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie
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Warm, Spiritually-Minded Hearts : a History of the Anglican Parish of Port Dufferin / by Philip L. Hartling. Port Dufferin : Anglican Parish of Port Dufferin, 2023. 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5611 P67 H37
The history of the Port Dufferin Anglican Parish.
Anglicans — Nova Scotia
Anglicans — History — Nova Scotia
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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 3 : S-Z / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 155 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.3 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 3 of 3 looking at S-Z range of the alphabet.
Jewish community centers — History
Jewish cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 2 : H-R / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 186 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.2 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 2 of 3 looking at H-R range of the alphabet.
Jewish community centers — History
Jewish cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Jewish Community of Halifax Book 1 : A-G / compiled by Linday Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 190 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 H35 L43 v.1 - Open Shelf
A look at the history of the Jewish community in Halifax by surname; book 1 of 3 looking at A-G range of the alphabet.
Jewish community centers — History
Jewish cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Strong Foundations: A History of Farmington and Scarsdale, 1843 - 2024 / Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer and Pat Rhodenizer. Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer and Pat Rhodenizer, 2024. 320 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 F37 S33 - Open Shelf
Strong Foundations: A History of Farmington and Scarsdale 1843-2024 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Farmington and Scarsdale in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, co-authored this book researching land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 320-page history of the area.
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg County (N.S.)
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — History
Lunenburg County (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Around the corner : homes and stories of the Barss Corner area, 1838-2021 / Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer. Revised, Fifth edition Barss Corner : Marlean (Taylor) Rhodenizer, December 2024. 264 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B37 R46 2024 - Open Shelf
Around the Corner: Homes and Stories of the Barss Corner Area 1838-2021 reflects extensive research into families in the communities of Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. House information is included for the surrounding communities of Cornwall and Scarsdale, as well as selected homes in Farmington, NS. The information in this book was supported by Marlean’s daughter, Pat Rhodenizer, who researched land deeds going back to the original Crown Land Grants of the mid 1800s. Photos, home ownership from the 1800s to the present, and family stories have been compiled to create this 264-page history of the area.
Rhodenizer, Robert
Rhodenizer, Pat
Rhodenizer, Donna
Zwicker (Rhodenizer), Debbie
Dwellings — Nova Scotia — Barss Corners
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Buildings, structures, etc
Barss Corners (N.S.) — History
Barss Corners (N.S.) — Biography
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Descendants of my Mother's Great-Great Grandparents and 4 Families : Bates, Lynk, Anderson, Baldwin, Boone, Butler, Farrell, MacIntyre and Buckley, Kennedy, Murphy, Price / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle. Nova Scotia : M. Gerard Doyle, 2023. 359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 D473 D695 - Open Shelf
Genealogy of the author's family from his mother's great-great grandparents and all of the family lines that have come from that. Indexed in the back to ease finding people.
Scots — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Scottish Canadians — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
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General Stores / Service Stations and Their Operators, "The Margarees", Cape Breton, NS / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle.. Waverly : M. Gerard Doyle, 2022. vi, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HF5429 D69
This document is about the history of "The Margarees" focused on the General Stores (including Convenience Stories) and Service Stations. Early Mercantile History in "The Margarees" started in the late 1700s - early 1800s in Margaree Harbour.
General stores — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Service stations — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Historic buildings — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Businesspeople — Nova Scotia — Inverness (County)
Inverness (N.S. : County) — History
Inverness (N.S. : County) — Buildings, structures, etc.
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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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The odyssey of Frances Fish : a first Canadian woman lawyer / Barry Cahill. Halifax : Chadwick Press, 2023. 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - K19 F531 C13 2023
The subject of this book is the New Brunswicker who was the first woman called to the bar of Nova Scotia. Frances Lilian Fish (1888-1975) was part of an evolution occuring in Canada between 1890 and 1940, a gradual transition from an all-male to a mixed legal profession to which New Brunwsick contributed significantly... Includes bibliographic references.
Fish, Frances Lilian
Lawyers — Nova Scotia
Women — Nova Scotia — History
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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 first 40 years : John Howard Society of Nova Scotia, 1950-1990 ; "a Review of Citizen Involvement" / researched and written by Robert J. McCleave, Neville Robinson, C. Robert MacDonald.. Nova Scotia : Robert J. McCleave, 1990. 23 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #17 - Vertical File
Robinson, Neville
MacDonald, C. Robert
John Howard Society of Nova Scotia — History
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Regan, John William, 1873-1945
First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool. Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1939. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26 1939
A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. Bookplate greeting - signed by W.H. Dennis. F91 R26 and F91 R26 C.2 are the original editions of this item.
Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History
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Regan, John William, 1873-1945
First things in Acadia, "the Birthplace of a Continent" (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine, Quebec, Newfoundland) / by John Quinpool. Halifax : First Things Publishers, 1936. 304 pages color frontispiece : illustrations, plates (1 color) portraits ; 24 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F91 R26
A history of the firsts in Acadia - documents stories from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, and parts of Maine. John Quinpool is a pseudonym for John W. Regan. F91 R26 1939 is an updated edition of these items. Copy 1: F91 R26 Copy 2: F91 R26 C.2
Acadia — History
Nova Scotia — History
New Brunswick — History
Newfoundland — History
Prince Edward Island — History
Quebec — History
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Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University
A Socio-Economic Study and Recommendations : Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / by the Institute of Public Affairs Dalhousie University. Halifax : Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs, 1965. 173 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HC118 B53 1965
Study to assess and address 'concerns' surrounding why Black Communities might not participate in certain socio-economic advances of the time. *This file occasionally discusses dehumanizing stereotypes of members of the Black community in Guysborough County, as well as identifying place names containing racial epithets.*
Black people — history
Social history
Human rights — Canada
Human rights — Nova Scotia
Canada — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (N.S. : County)
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A History of Methodism in Hovingham Over 200 Years 1815-2015 : A Short Study in Celebration of its Bicentenary / by Sue Goodwill. Hovingham, UK : Sue Goodwill, 2015. 104 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX8251 H68
Chapter 2 pages 5-11 Titled "The Nova Scotia Connection". Explains that after Acadians are expelled from their homes, British try to recruit people to take over their farms due to their deportation.
Methodist Church — Great Britain — North Yorkshire
Methodism — History
Nova Scotia — History
Hovingham (England) — History
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Titus Smith's Epic Trek : Through the wild interior of peninsular Nova Scotia / Bud Inglis. Bud Inglis. 43 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.552 #1 - Vertical File
Smith, Titus, 1768-1850
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867
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L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company
Demonstration : Fairy Lake Nova Scotia / by the L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company. Printed in USA : L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company, 1924. 32 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #24 - Vertical File
Discusses the people and companies/schools that use L.C. Smith & Bros. typewriters as well as highlights tourist information about Nova Scotia, June 1924.
Typewriters — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia
Recreation — Nova Scotia
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House of Assembly Debates, 1920 / speech of Mr. James C. Tory. Halifax, NS : Commissioner Public Works and Mines, Kings Printer, 1920. 32 pages ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #7 - Vertical File
Speech on the Claims of Nova Scotia Respecting Western Land.
Nova Scotia — History
Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian — Nova Scotia
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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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A Victorian Holiday in the Land of Evangeline / by Sharon Ingalls. Halifax, NS : Sharon Ingalls. 16 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #19 - Vertical File
Unbound booklet about the Victorian Holiday in Nova Scotia and the influence of the poem Evangeline by Longfellow on the perception of Nova Scotia/Evangeline. No date given to item, though abstract note mentions reading the abstract aloud to the Canadian Association of Folklore, University of Moncton in May 1990.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 — Evangeline
Nova Scotia — History — Nineteenth Century
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Government of the City of Dartmouth
Government of the City of Dartmouth, 1967 Dartmouth, NS : Government of Dartmouth, 1967. 4 pages ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #12 - Vertical File
Pamphlet with the City of Dartmouth government leaders and bodies including Mayor Joseph Zatzman and Deputy Mayor Alderman Eileen Stubbs, the Aldermen (ward 1-7), department heads, committees and commissions, and special committees.
History — Dartmouth (N.S.)
Government advertising — Nova Scotia
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Victoria School of Art & Design
Victoria School of Art & Design : Session 1922-23 Halifax, NS : Victoria School of Art & Design, 1923. 8 pages ; 20 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #7 - Vertical File
Pamphlet containing directors, staff, curriculum, classes, diploma programs, fees, scholarships, and class timetable at the Victoria School of Art & Design (now NSCAD).
Postsecondary education — Nova Scotia
Postsecondary education — History
Art schools — Nova Scotia
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