Acadia University, Esther Clark Wright Library
Box 4, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6
http:/library.acadiau.ca/archives/
Telephone Number: 902-585-1011
E-mail Address: archives@acadiau.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday 1:00–4:30
Extended hours Wednesdays, 4:30–6:00 (limited retrievals)
Staff will do research for inquirers. The first 30 minutes is free, additional research is charged at $15 per hour. Photocopies and postage are charged extra.
Photocopies will be provided at a charge of 25¢ per page.
Collections & Description
The Esther Clark Wright Library has three major collections: records relating to Acadia University; records relating to communities and individuals in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia; and the record of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches.
The records of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches include parish records, administrative records, and records of clergymen.
Of the local records, the Silas Tertius Rand fonds may provide genealogically valuable information about Aboriginal individuals:
1/5 Account and Memorandum Notebooks, 1847–1886: Includes amounts paid to individual Mi’kmaq persons. 8 volumes
1/12 Correspondence from Maritime Indians, 1849–1886: Letters written to Aboriginal individuals residing in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. 2 cm
1/13 Diaries, 1846–1884. Documenting Rand’s trips around Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including visits to Aboriginal people.10 cm, typed transcriptions available.
Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island
Anglican Diocesan Centre, 5732 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 1X3
www.nspeidiocese.ca/diocese/archives/archives.htm
Telephone Number: 902-420-0717
E-mail Address: archives@nspeidiocese.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday, Thursday and Friday, 1:30–5:00
Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:00–5:00
Appointments are required.
For genealogical research requests, write directly to genealogical researcher, Taunya Dawson, 2571 MacDonald Street, Halifax, NS B3L 3G3 or tdawson@ns.sympatico.ca OR consult microfilmed copies of registers at NSARM or PARO.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; membership lists; minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy. However, there are copies of virtually all parish records on microfilm at either NSARM or PARO.
Musée acadien et Centre de recherche
#898 Highway 335, Box 92, West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, NS B0W 3S0
Telephone Number: 902-762-3380
E-mail Address: musee.acadien@ns.sympatico.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The Archives (Centre de Recherch Père Clarence d’Entremont) is located on the second floor of the Acadian Museum annex.
Open Thursdays 9:00–4:30
(any other weekday by appointment)
Research fee: $5.00 per day for non-members
(free for members of the Société Historique de Pubnico-Ouest)
Collections & Description
Amongst the collections found in the research centre are over 5,000 library books and periodicals (historical and genealogical), genealogies, land grants, deeds, microfilms, maps, photographs, church records, and so on.
Gervais d’Entremont fonds
School registers that contain lists of students 1866, 1867 and 1874.
Estelle (d’Entremont) d’Eon fonds
Diaries, including a description of a trip from Pubnico to Saint-Joseph, New Brunswick, 1926
Journals record marriages and deaths in the Pubnico area 1893–1901 and the daily occurrences her life 1907–1911 and 1969–1973.
6016 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 1W4
www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ & www.novascotiagenealogy.com
Telephone Number: 902-424-6060
E-mail Address: nsarm@gov.ns.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Reading Rooms:
Monday to Friday 8:30–4:30
Wednesday 4:30–9:00
Saturday 9:00–5:00
There is no retrieval of hard-copy archival materials, some library items, photographs, maps, or sound and moving image material on Wednesday evenings or Saturdays, except by pre-booking. Researchers can book these holdings in advance by phone 902-424-6055, by fax 902-424-0628, by e-mail or in person during regular open hours. You must be able to provide the call number/location code for the material you wish to use, and you must place your request by 3:00 Wednesdays (for Wednesday evening use) or 3:00 Fridays (for Saturday use).
Staff will not conduct general research for inquirers. However, they will assist researchers in identifying and locating relevant records in their collection. Specific searches are available as follows:
School attendence records: $20 per item
Vital statistics records: $9.95 per item if electronic; $19.95 per item on paper
Photocopies and microfilm print-outs are available at a charge of 50¢ per page; large orders will be filled by staff with a surcharge of $10.
Collections & Description
Of the basic record types that are essential to all genealogical research in Canada, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management has the following:
Civil registration
Births 1864–1877
Marriages 1801–1930
Deaths, 1864–1877; 1 October 1908–1955
These are all indexed online at www.novascotiagenealogy.com, and copies can be ordered through the website ($9.95 for electronic copies; $19.95 for paper copies).
Census
Several early censuses of Acadia were taken, most covering only a small area and including only heads of households, most have been published.
1752 Halifax only, heads of households only
1770 Rest of colony (not Halifax), heads of households only
1773 Yarmouth Township, heads of households only
1787 Queens County, heads of households only
1811 Cape Breton Island, heads of households only
1817 Hants, Pictou and Sydney counties, heads of households only
1827 Halifax, Shelburne, Cumberland and Annapolis counties plus Yarmouth, Louisbourg, Bras d’or and Liverpool Township, heads of households only
1838 Entire colony (except Cumberland co), heads of households only
1851 Entire colony, but little remains (only Halifax, Kings and Pictou counties and Halifax city) , all inhabitants
1861 Entire colony, heads of households only
1871 Entire province, all inhabitants
1881 Entire province, all inhabitants
1891 Entire province, all inhabitants
1901 Entire province, all inhabitants
1911 Entire province, all inhabitants
Church records
Huge film collection of parish records from all denominations
Participation was voluntary, so some areas have better coverage than others
Online catalogue describes available records
Land records
Land grant registration books, 1738–1989
Land petition registration books, 1738–1989
Township records
RG14 Nova Scotia Education Records Collection Miscellaneous School Records
1789–1989
Some school reports from the 1820s onwards name children and their fathers
Records are arranged by county and name of school
3.02 m.
Newspapers
Extensive collection
Catalogued in library collection
NSARM also holds a variety of records pertaining to Aboriginal people. The following is a list of the documents containing names of at least three Mi’kmaq individuals, that appear in the online Mi’kmaq Holdings Research Guide
RG1 Commissioner of Public Records, Series: Indians, Volume 430
No. 24: Accounts approved by M. Francklin, Superintendant of Indian Affairs, 1782
No. 30: Account of sundries supplied to Mi’kmaq by Joseph Davis, 1799
No. 45: Account of the distribution of supplies sent to the Mi’kmaq in Antigonish, 1800
No. 46: List of Mi’kmaq in Pictou in 1800.
No. 55: Mr. Fulton’s return and reports of the state of the Mi’kmaq in Colchester, 1801.
No. 56: Return of Mi’kmaq in unspecified area giving names of heads of families, numbers of family members, trades and willingness to settle.
No. 57: Account of Mi’kmaq belinging to Queens County
No. 63: Return of Mi’kmaq residents in the district of Pictou, County of Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, 1801
No. 66: Letter from George Oxley including a report of the state of the Mi’kmaq in Cumberland County, 1801
No. 67: Account for relief supplies to Mi’kmaq. From Oxley to government. Marked paid, 1801
No. 70: Return of the state of the Mi’kmaq at and near Tatamagouche. From Alexander Waugh, 1801.
No. 77: Names of Mi’kmaq "belonging to" Kings County and supplies given to them in 1800.
No. 81: Invoice for goods supplied for Mi’kmaq relief at Country Harbour, 1800 and spring 1801.
No. 87: Account by Oliver Flemming of supplies given to the Mi’kmaq in Antigonish County in 1800, 1801.
No. 86-97: List of Mi’kmaq families in Lunenburg County. Gives names of heads of families, whether married, and numbers of children, 1801
No. 103: Invoice from William Smith to Michael Wallace for supplies provided for Mi’kmaq relief. Also includes letter from Smith to Wallace noting that once the Mi’kmaq recovered from whooping cough, he advised them where game was located and the Mi’kmaq then had a successful hunt, killing several bears, one moose and wildcats, 1802
No. 108: Edward Mortimer’s account for blankets supplied to Mi’kmaq at Pictou, 1802
No. 109: Return of Indian meal, blankets and potatoes issued to Mi’kmaq
in the eastern district of Nova Scotia, 1802
No. 113: Letter from Ed. Mortimer, Pictou 12 May 1802, with an account of blankets supplied to Mi’kmaq
No. 120: Return of Mi’kmaq living at Sheet Harbour in the County of Halifax, 1802
No. 125: Letter from the Justices in Sessions at Colchester representing the condition of Mi’kmaq in that district. requesting relief for forty Mi’kmaq living in or near Truro, 1803
No. 146: Account to Hartshorne and Boggs for sundries supplied to the Mi’kmaq by order of Governor Wentworth, 1808
No. 147 ½: Account to Hartshorne and Tremain for sundries supplied to the Mi’kmaq by order of John Wentworth, 1807
No. 148 1/3: Negative copy of the petition of Daniel Toney on behalf of himself and 17 families of Mi’kmaq. Referred to the Surveyor General and annotated by J.C. S. (John Coape Sherbrooke)
No. 150: Surveyor General C. Morris’ report regarding request of Mi’kmaq at Shubenacadie for an additional tract of land of 100 acres containing the place of the old Mass House and burying ground on the western side of the Shubenacadie River and which was included in land granted to Col. Hamilton, 1763, and is now owned by another family, 1814
No. 164 ½: Account of potatoes delivered to the Mi’kmaq at Bear River, 1828
No. 165: Negative copy of a letter expressing the satisfaction of the Mi’kmaq of Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton, with Rev. Mr. Lawlor for visits to their places of residence and of worship. Has attached a page of names[?], 1828
No. 169 ½ : Letter from P. Wiswall to William Hill requesting grants of relief and supplies to the Mi’kmaq community at Bear River, 1829
No. 186: Letter from J. Cowling reporting on the expenditure on the five pounds forwarded ro him to be spent on Mi’kmaq relief. He distributed tickets, redeemable from merchantds for potatoes, to various Mi’kmaq. Dated Annapolis, 1835
RG1 Commissioner of Public Records, Series: Indians, Volume 431
No. 24: Record of relief distributed to Mi’kmaq of Queens County. Also includes acknowledgement of receipt of payment from Eastern Stage coach for carriage of blankets and great coats, 1836
No. 31: Account of distribution of pairs of blankets and rugs to Mi’kmaq in Queens County, 1837
No. 35: Letter to James regarding the distribution of relief supplies to Mi’kmaq at Pictou, 1837
No. 75: List of articles issued by William Chearnley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Includes account of muskets issued to Mi’kmaq in 1853.
No. 86: Letter from Jennings, MD, to Chearnley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, reporting on his visit to the Mi’kmaq encampment northeast of the road between Sackville and Scots House, Truro Road. He found there four wigwams with residents suffering from varying degrees of typhus. Includes list of supplies, amounts of money due, a letter from Joseph Taylor, a Shubenacadie carpenter, regarding the completion of the Chief’s house, 1855
No. 93: Report of distribution of blankets to Mi’kmaq at Sackville where the chief James Paul resides, including Morris’ family at North West Arm, 1857
No. 139: Letter from Dr. Alexander Lane of Mahone Bay to the House of Assembly regarding payment for medical services provided to Lewis Hammond in 1863. and Dr. J.C. Hooper’s account for medical services to Mi’kmaq for 1864–1865.
RG1 Commissioner of Public Records, Series: Indians, Volume 432
Pp. 71–107: Joseph Howe’s report on tour of western NS Mi’kmaq reserves, 1842. Includes names and descriptions of some of the residents; also mentions off-reserve Mi’kmaq families at scattered settlements. Also includes various requests by Howe to others for surveys. Mentions Mi’kmaq burial ground on the East Side of Ponhook River, 1842
Pp. 112–115: Letter from Nicholl to Howe reporting on Bear River, 1842
Pp. 167–168: Census of Pictou Mi’kmaq—December 1842.
Pp. 183: Account from M. Godfrey for children that have attended the school for the quarter ending 28 Feb 1843. Location of school unidentified but there are children from Bear River reserve attending, 1843
Pp. 187: Return of the names of Mi’kmaq scholars taught in the school district of Bristol in the County of Queens whereof Patrick Gough is the teacher, 1843
RG5 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, Series GP Petitions
Volume 9 (roads), no. 67: Petition of the Mi’kmaq residents of Chapel Island for better roads and a bridge to the chapel. Many signatures, 1865
RG5 Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Series P Assembly Petitions
Volume 8A, No. 14B: Account of the Mi’kmaq living within the County of Richmond as taken on the 26th July 1841 at the Mi’kmaq Chapel in Bras d’Or Lake, the anniversary of St. Ann’s Day, 1841
Volume 15, No. 9: Petition from the Mi’kmaq at Whycocomagh regarding white men taking over their lands, 1855
Volume 45, No. 135: Petition of James Fraser Forbes of Liverpool, Queens County, for compensation for attendance on the Mi’kmaq. List of Mi’kmaq attached, 1849
Volume 49, No. 39: Petition from the Mi’kmaq of Wagmatcook for financial aid, 1859
G20 Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, Series A Land grant registration books
Vry, Tony & Others: Memorial of Tony and Nanny Vry, a Mi’kmaq family on behalf of themselves and ten children, and also on behalf of Captain Tony Vry Company, consisting of fifteen in number. They wish to have laid out to them 600 acres of land at or near Remsheg. On behalf of the company, they wish to have 4500 acres laid out at Merigomish in lieu of lands at or near Pictou. Noted by C.M.: "If His Excellency approves of it, I will write to one of my deputies to make the survey and on the return of it, His Excellency may grant what he sees fit." 1793
Indians at Pomquet: Petition of eighteen Mi’kmaq families of Pomquet for 100 acres of Indian Point Cove where they have had gardens for 25 years. If they receive this, they will give up claims to the reserve in the woods that has been taken from them by white settlers and on which they have lived for the past 25 years. A separate slip of paper has a list of 10 names. Presented in the administration of James Kempt. Filed in 1822.
MG1 Volume 258 Isaac Deschamps fonds (merchant)
pp. 20–21: List of the heads of families belonging to the tribe at Amquaret who are hunting between Cornwallis on the Annapolis Road and the tribe of Nocout who are hunting on the Kennetcook River in Newport, 1763
pp. 24–27: List of heads of Mi’kmaq families residing in the district surrounding Fort Edward, Windsor, 1767
MG1 Volume 979 Peleg Wiswall fonds (lawyer, legislator, judge)
File 8, no. 26: Names of the Mi’kmaq settled at Bear River, living in 1832.
MG15 Volume 3 Commissioner of Indian Affairs
No. 64: Letter from W. Henry to Rupert George reporting on population of the Mi’kmaq in the county of Sydney, with a petition to W.M. Dodd for help from the Eskasoni Mi’kmaq and a list and number of inhabitants. 1841.
No. 65: Return for the Mi’kmaq in the county of Richmond by the Clerk of Peace for the County, taken at the Mi’kmaq Chapel, 26 July 1841, with family names and conditions listed, 1841
No. 67: Return as to Mi’kmaq within the County of Lunenburg by Clerk of the Peace. 1841.
No. 85: Statement of expenditures on Mi’kmaq in Pictou. Some names mentioned. 1845.
No. 86: Items of expenditure under the Lieutenant Governor’s direction for a grant of £200-0-0 for the relief of Mi’kmaq, 1846
No. 87: Appeals for help for Mi’kmaq in Shubenacadie. Replies. 1846.
No. 91: Bills and receipts relating to the relief of Cape Breton Mi’kmaq. 1845.
No. 92: Petition to Viscount Falkland for blankets and other necessities from Peter Paul on behalf of Mi’kmaq at Gaspereau Lake, Kings County. Some names given. 1846.
No. 95: List of Mi’kmaq at Shubenacadie requiring farm help. 1846.
No. 99: Correspondence between William Anderson, Pictou Health Officer, and government concerning epidemic among the Mi’kmaq of ‘fever.’ June to November. 1846.
No. 100: Report on Bear River Mi’kmaq with economic and health information. 1846.
No. 104: Reports from Dr. Robert Leslie on disease at Bear River with accompanying letter and report of Dr. Bent. 1846.
MG15 Volume 4 Commissioner of Indian Affairs
No. 25: Return of Mi’kmaq attended by Dr. Jennings near Dartmouth. Many Mi’kmaq people named and described, 1847
No. 62: Petition from Mi’kmaq of Cape Breton for seed and money, 1848
No. 67: Expenses incurred for miscellaneous supplies, seed, agricultural necessities and the surveying of Mi’kmaq land. Also, number of Mi’kmaq children enrolled in school in Cape Breton, 1848
No. 73: Supplies apportioned to certain Mi’kmaq families at St. Mary’s, Guysborough, 1849
No. 74:Statistics on Mi’kmaq population (families) in King’s County. 1849
No. 77: Annual report on Indian Affairs; especially Gesner’s views on the gradual progress of the Mi’kmaq people towards an agricultural way of life. 1849
No. 99: Account of £12-0-0 spent on Mi’kmaq at Tatamagouche. 1851
No. 107: Disbursement of money by Commission of Indian Affairs for 1851.
No. 113: Names of Pictou Mi’kmaq entitled to a share of the Legislature grant. 1852
No. 119: Petition for remuneration of expenses incurred while medically attending Mi’kmaq in Hants County. 1852
No. 120: Petition from doctors of Queens County for remuneration of medical expenses incurred while attending Mi’kmaq. 1852
No. 131: Report and Accounts of Commission on Indian Affairs. 1852
No. 134: Account of the distribution of £20-0-0 by the Legislature in aid of Mi’kmaq of Annapolis. 1852
MG15 Volume 5 Commissioner of Indian Affairs
No. 9: Full account of monies paid to Mi’kmaq in Sydney County by John McKinnon. 1853
No. 11: Petition of Elias Payzant for payment for medical services to Mi’kmaq in Queens County. 1853
No. 12: Appropriation of money for Mi’kmaq of Annapolis County. 1853
No. 33: Bills and receipts for expenditures of Indian grant of 1854.
No. 35: Petitions of Dr. Tupper for payment for treatment to Mi’kmaq near Amherst. 1854
No. 37: Account of the monies received and expended among the Mi’kmaq of Cape Breton by James McLeod, Commissioner. 1854
No. 38: Account of the distribution of monies granted to the Mi’kmaq of Sydney County in 1854.
No. 39: Account of expenditure of £10-0-0 voted to the Mi’kmaq in Lunenburg County in 1854.
No. 40: Account of the expenditure of monies among the Mi’kmaq of Annapolis County. 1854
No. 43: Petition from Clare residents requsesting aid from Commissioner of Indian Affairs in alleviating distress. 1855
No. 48: Account of Dr. Forbes, Queens County. 1855
No. 56: Large petition for aid to Francis Paul, chief of the Mi’kmaq. Passed. 1855
No. 63: Petition of Dr. Geddes of Barrington requesting payment for services to Mi’kmaq. 1855
No. 64: Vouchers and miscellaneous items for Mi’kmaq. 1855
No. 66: Account of the expenditure of money granted to the Mi’kmaq of Sydney County. 1855
No. 67: Account of monies paid to Rev. Walsh for the Mi’kmaq of Queens County. 1855
No. 69: Partial list of Mi’kmaq for the year 1853 with names of Mi’kmaq and articles issued. 1855
No. 78: Petition of J.K. Wilson of Barrington, requesting payment for services to Mi’kmaq. 1856
No. 81: Petition of Dr. Brown and H.O. McSatchy of Horton Township requesting money for services to Mi’kmaq. 1856
No. 83: Petition of James Forbes for payment of services to Mi’kmaq of Liverpool. 1856
MG15 Volume 6 Commissioner of Indian Affairs
No. 9: Abstract of payments made by the Receiver General on Account to support Mi’kmaq. 1856
No. 10: Vouchers of Indian Grant of 1856.
No. 11: Account of distribution of £20-0-0 to the Mi’kmaq of Annapolis. 1856
No. 12: Report of Dr. Owen Gaskill of Milton. 1856
No. 14: Petition of D.F. Curry, Ship Harbour, requesting reimbursement for aid given to Mi’kmaq. 1856
No. 15: Report of W.J. Fuller of Horton of aid to Mi’kmaq. 1856
No. 16: Memorandum of names of Mi’kmaq who received aid from Hugh O’Reilly, Parish Priest, New Glasgow. 1856
No. 22: Petition of T.E. Jeans for money for medicine and services to Mi’kmaq. 1857
No. 24: Petition of Dr. Arthur Tupper of Parrsboro for money for care of Mi’kmaq in January and February. 1857
No. 27: Petition of Dr. Forbes of Liverpool for money for care of Mi’kmaq in 1856 and 1857.
No. 30: Petition of Dr. Thomas O. Geddes of Barrington for payment for treatment to Mi’kmaq. 1857
No. 31: Petition of Dr. T.O. Geddes of Barrington, requesting money for services to Mi’kmaq. 1857
No. 37: Account of expenditures of £30-0-0 in Sydney County. 1857
No. 38: Report of a Committee on Indian Affairs with accounts. 1857
No. 39: Bills and vouchers for 1857.
No. 40: Expenditure report for Sydney County. 1857
No. 41: Account of monies paid by James McKeagney to Cape Breton Mi’kmaq. 1857
No. 42: Petition of Dr. Ruggles of Weymouth for payments for services. 1858
No. 44: Petition of Dr. George Snyder for money for services to Mi’kmaq near Shelburne. 1858
No. 46: Petition of the Overseer of the Poor at Sydney asking for reimbursement for payments made to “transient paupers” and articles supplied to George Gabiel [Gabriel?] 1858
No. 48: Petition of Dr. James F. Forbes of Liverpool for money for services to Mi’kmaq. 1858
No. 57: Petition of Denison and Weeks for compensation for medical relief given to Mi’kmaq in the Newport region. 1858
No. 58: List of Mi’kmaq families in Kings County that received no blankets the previous year. 1858
No. 59: Miscellaneous accounts of Committee on Indian Affairs. 1858
No. 63: Concerning the passing of a smallpox epidemic in a Mi’kmaq community near Musquodoboit. 1861
No. 64: Expenses accrued during 1861 and 1862 for medical attendance on the Mi’kmaq.
No. 67: Verification of account of medical services rendered by Dr. Robert Greer to Mi’kmaq in Londonderry. 1862
No. 71: Account of the distribution of blankets and coats to destitute Mi’kmaq near Liverpool. Also tells of their desire to settle on land granted by the government. 1865
No. 73: Petition of Peter Charles, Mi’kmaq Chief in Yarmouth County, seeking relief for his family and the families of others as he has "always heard [the] Good House
appropriated money for clothes, food, amenities etc. for poor Indians in this county yearly, but he never got any." 1866
No. 76: Account of money spent by Indian Affairs Commission on blankets, rugs, carriage dues and wrapping stuff for Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia. 1866
No. 77: Account spent on Mi’kmaq relief in Cape Breton. 1866
MG15 Volume 17 Peleg Wiswall fonds (lawyer, legislator, judge)
No. 14: List of subscribers.
No. 15: List of subscriptions for the Mi’kmaq chapel at Bear River.
No. 26: List of subscribers.
No. 33: List of names.
MG15 Volume 18 Mi’kmaq Research Collection
No. 12: Names of heads of Mi’kmaq families who resided at Shubenacadie when the first attempt was made to form a settlement in 1816 and the estimate of improvements made my the Mi’kmaq at Shubenacadie at their settlement. 5 Aug. 1818.
No. 16: Biographical references to Nova Scotian Mi’kmaq compiled by Leslie Upton. 1977
No. 25: Copy of petition from 18 Mi’kmaq families of Pomquet to Lieutenant General Sir James Kempt requesting the return of land on which they have resided for a number of years. In return, the Petitioners will give up all claims on a reserve. (Note on book states 1822.)
No. 26: Copy of petition from 11 Mi’kmaq families to Sir J. Wentworth requesting the allocation of 200 acres per family plus tools and provisions, etc., in order that they may improve their condition of life since Eurpoean immigration. A note states that 100 acres was approved for each family by Wentworth, 1807.
Queen’s County Museum, Thomas Raddall Research Centre
109 Main Street, Box 1078, Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0
www.queensmuseum.netfirms.com/archives.html
Telephone Number: 902-354-4058
E-mail Address: rafusela@gov.ns.ca (Linda Rafuse, curator)
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
June 1 to October 15
Monday to Saturday, 9:30–5:30
Sunday, 1:00–5:30
October 16 to May 31
Monday to Saturday, 9:00–5:00
$5.00 per day fee
Appointments are recommended.
There is a long-distance reference service.
Collections & Description
Records of valuable for all genealogical researchers include:
Church records
Census records
Cemetery inscriptions transcripts
Vital statistics records
Newspapers
Township records
Probate records
Maps
Surveyors’ records
Land records
Private papers including merchants’ ledgers
Histories of Queens County families
Local history publications
The centre has a special Mi’kmaq records section with genealogies of local Mi’kmaq families, 1800 to present.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish Archives
Chancery Office, 168 Hawthorne Street, Box 1330, Antigonish, NS B2G 2L7
Telephone Number: 902-863-3335
E-mail Address: liturgy@dioceseofantigonish.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
No parish records are available; They are still with the individual parishes. The diocesan office can assist you in finding contact information for the relevant parish.
Collections & Description
The diocese covers the counties of Antigonish, Guysborough, Pictou, and all of Cape Breton Island.
Holdings include records created at the diocese level; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth
Chancery Office, 43 Albert Street, Yarmouth, NS B5A 3N1
Telephone Number: 902-742-7163
E-mail Address: dioceseyarmouth@eastlink.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to the public, but all parish records have been microfilmed and they are available at three locations. Researchers require permission from diocese to use the microfilmed records, so call or write to the diocese first.
Microfilmed parish records are available at:
Centre for Acadian Studies/Centre d’études acadiennes (see page xxx)
Argyle Township Court House Archives, Box 101, Tusket, NS B0W3M0, 902-648-2493
Yarmouth County Museum, 22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, NS B5A 3C8, 902-742-5539
Collections & Description
Roman Catholic records for the counties of Annapolis, Digby, Kings, Shelburne and Yarmouth.
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
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