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Nova Scotia
Research Outline
   

Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Cemetery Records
Census Records
Church Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration Records
Genealogy
History
Land And Property Records
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Taxation Records
Township Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

SOCIETIESLook this term up in the glossary.

The following societies may have useful genealogical information for Nova Scotia:

Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society
c/o Public Archives of Nova Scotia
6016 University Avenue
Halifax, NS B3H 1W4
CANADA
Telephone: 902-424-6060
Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia
P.O. Box 641
Station Central
Halifax, NS B3J 2T3
CANADA
Telephone: 902-454-0322
Cape Breton Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 53
Sydney, NS B1P 6G9
CANADA

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TAXATION RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Poll taxesLook this term up in the glossary. were small sums of money taken from each adult male in a district. For 1770 and 1827, for which no adequate censuses exist, these head-of-household tax records can provide at least the location of individuals.

The Public Archives of Nova Scotia has a good collection of poll records for the districts situated in the western and middle areas of the province. These cover 1790 to 1796. The Public Archives of Nova Scotia has indexed the 1790s poll tax records. The archives has a computer-generated index which personnel will search for a small fee. Some other tax lists have been published. Look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under NOVA SCOTIA - TAXATION.


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TOWNSHIP RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Early townshipLook this term up in the glossary. books can contain vital records of the founding families. Records of births, marriages, and deaths were usually interspersed among other records such as land records. Although the vital records are not always complete, these books can often contain helpful information. For a list of township books on file at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and the dates they cover, see Tracing Your Ancestors in Nova Scotia, by the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1981, pages 10–11 (see the “For Further Reading” section at the end of this outline).

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