The Long-Tailed Family Plus Margaree Irish Pioneers : Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, Tompkins / compiled by M. Gerard Doyle. Waverly, NS : M. Gerard Doyle, 2020. 803 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 L664 D695 - Open Shelf
Genealogy of the Margaree Irish community in Cape Breton with a greater focus on the family names Coady, Coakley, Doyle, Dunn, Fortune, McDaniel, McGarry, Miller, Murphy, and Tompkins. Appendix in the back for index searching by names, table of contents in front. Binder tab markers for easy entry to a certain part of the book from the contents page.
Irish — Nova Scotia — Margaree — History
Margaree (N.S.) — Genealogy
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Black Canadian Memorial Book / complied by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2023. 7 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 B53 2023 - Open Shelf
Collection of 7 books of headstones, obituary's and pictures from the communities of Africville, Beechville, Hammonds Plains, Preston, Dartmouth, and Halifax. Book 1 : A-B, Book 2 : C, Book 3 : D-E-F, Book 4 : G-H-I-J-K-L, Book 5 : M-N-O-P-R, Book 6 : S, Book 7 : T-U-W-Y.
Black Canadians — Genealogy
African Nova Scotian — Genealogy
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia
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Genealogical notes on Beaver Harbour & Bay of Islands : including the localities of Beaver Harbour, Port Dufferin, Dufferin Mines, Newdy Quoddy, East Quoddy, Harrigan Cove, Moose Head, Moser River, Nauglers Settlement, Necum Teuch, Smith's Cove, Ecum Secum West, Ecum Secum Bridge, Mitchell Bay / By Robert Kim Stevens. Second Edition, Revised Lake Charlotte : Maritime Imprints, 2005. 319 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CS88 E13 B386 2005
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Beaver Harbour (N.S.) — Genealogy
Bay of Islands (N.S.) — Genealogy
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The Beauly MacKay's : East River St. Mary's Pictou County, Nova Scotia ; Descendants / complied by Margaret Elizabeth MacKay. Margaret Elizabeth MacKay, 2020. 48 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 M33 M33 2020 - Open Shelf
Handbound volume with several items glued into front and back of book. Includes bibliography references.
MacKay Family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Scotland — Genealogy
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Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 / by Julian Gwyn. Wolfville : Kings-Hants Heritage Connection, Wolfville Historical Society, 2010. 4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 K55 G89 2010 - Open Shelf
Four volumes in the Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815 Series detail the life of Planters in Nova Scotia: V.1: Cornwallis township V.2: Falmouth Township V.3: Horton Township V.4: Newport Township
New Englanders — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Cornwallis (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 18th century
Horton (N.S. : Township) — History — 19th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Newport (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 18th century
Falmouth (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Hants (N.S.) — History
Hants (N.S.) — Biography
Hants (N.S.) — Genealogy
Kings (N.S. : County) — History
Kings (N.S. : County) — Biography
Kings (N.S. : County) — 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Historical Record of the Posterity of William Black : Who settled in this country in 1775 and was brought up to the year 1885 : Revised Edition / compiled by L.W. Black. Sackville, NB : Printed by the Tribune Press, 1959. 167 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 B56 1959
Updated and revised edition of Cyrus Black's work which can be found under F93 B56. Updates include records from 1885-1959 that are compiled by L.W. Black of Middle Sackville, New Brunswick.
Black family
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Uniacke, Richard John, 1807-1887
Uniacke's Sketches of Cape Breton : and other papers relating to Cape Breton Island / edited with an introduction and notes by C. Bruce Fergusson, M.A, D. Phil. (Oxon.), Archivist of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958. ix, 198 pages : portrait, maps (3 folded) : 24 cm.
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Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.
Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel
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Haulin' in the Family Net : Webber's / researched by Linda Gray-LeBlanc . Halifax: Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2019. 160 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 W43 G778 2019 - Open Shelf
Webber family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
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Family of George (Tully) Tulloch Born in Kelso, Scotland Died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia / by Judith Tulloch. Nova Scotia, Judith Tulloch, 2016. 66 pages : illustrations : charts ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 T855 T855 2016 - Open Shelf
Based on research by Robert Tulloch and Judith Tulloch. Contents include appendices at the back for easy searching, ancestors and descendants family trees, and brief family history throughout.
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