Virtual Archives, Resource Guides and Databases Some of Our Topics: Acadians African Nova Scotians Beamish Bluenose Built Heritage Cemeteries Census Churches Communities Cooking and Foodways Directories First World War Gaelic Genealogy Government Administrative Histories Online Halifax Halifax Explosion Land Maps of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Mining Newspapers Nova Scotia and the Sea People of Nova Scotia Second World War Ships and Vessels Titanic Tourism Trouver des ressources en ligne Vital Statistics War of 1812 Women of Nova Scotia search for lots more Nova Scotia on Display: Honeyman, International Exhibitions, and the Roots of the Nova Scotia Museum The Nova Scotia Museum was established 150 years ago. View a series of exhibits highlighting the role of Rev. Dr. David Honeyman, Internatio ... Honeyman Album Honeyman’s album is a collection of memorabilia from the International Exhibitions consisting of stereoscopic images, carte de visites, and ... Nova Scotia Museum Artifacts from International Exhibitions View items from the Nova Scotia Museum selected by Dr. Rev. David Honeyman to display at the International Exhibitions as representation of ... Halifax Mechanics' Institute The Halifax Mechanics’ Institute was formed in 1831. A Journal, that recorded the meetings of the Institute, and an Inventory, that recorded ... Acadian Cemeteries - Sally Ross Research Collection The Acadian Cemeteries Research Collection consists of black and white photographic negatives and contact sheets of 60 post-Deportation (aft ... Louis de Mezangeau Louis de Mezangeau was born in 1766 in Brittany in France. He served in the French navy. He became a British subject and was commissioned as ... Photographs by A.E. Cornwall, Hantsport and Area collected by B.R. Alexander Photographer A. E. Cornwall gives us a vibrant view into life in Hantsport and its surrounds at the turn of the century, capturing the peopl ... Suffrage in Nova Scotia: Making our Mark April 2018 marks one hundred years of women being extended the vote in Nova Scotia — allowing many women to vote for the first time. In hono ... Still Standing: W.G. MacLaughlan Albums of Buildings Damaged by the Halifax Explosion Presented here for the first time in 100 years are 123 MacLaughlan photographs of damaged buildings in and around the devastated area. Some ... Still Standing Listen and watch videos based on the stories of five survivors. Hear their accounts of the disaster voiced and see what they saw, as life be ... Halifax Explosion Film View thirteen minutes of black-and-white moving images attributed to professional cameraman W.G. MacLaughlan. The film is an early news docu ... Personal Narratives and other material from the Halifax Explosion Explore one of the defining events in Halifax’s long history, through on-the-scene documentation generated in the days immediately following ... Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to host the online version of a project sponsored by the Halifax Foundation. The Halifax Explosion Remem ... Halifax Explosion: 'A Vision of Regeneration' The dynamic story of how Halifax was rebuilt in the years immediately following the disaster is re-created through 150 heritage photographs, ... Halifax Relief Commission The most important archival resource for studying the Halifax Explosion is the nearly 60 meters of records accumulated by the Halifax Relief ... What's Cooking? Food, Drink and the Pleasures of Eating in Old-Time Nova Scotia We’ve opened our pantry to share 1000 old recipes, 17 Nova Scotian cookbooks, and a variety of pictures showing food, food preparation, and ... George Creed - Mi'kmaq Petroglyphs In 1887-88, George Creed, the postmaster in South Rawdon – but also a keen amateur ethnologist – spent time in Queens County, where he caref ... New Ross: From Family to Community Correspondence, newspaper clippings, deeds, etc. accumulated by Captain William Ross, the diaries of Edward Ross, the second son of William ... Nova Scotia Community Albums: Coward Album, Bridgetown Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to be part of the Nova Scotia Community Albums project. The Coward Album of Bridgetown includes photographs ... Nova Scotia Community Albums: Letson Album, Port Medway Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to be part of the Nova Scotia Community Albums project. The Letson photograph album of prints held at the No ... Isaac Deschamps Isaac Deschamps was born circa 1722, presumably of Swiss descent, and arrived in Halifax, N.S. in 1749. He was employed by Joshua Mauger and ... Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide In honour of Heritage Day 2017 – Mikmaq documents and other materials including the Peace and Friendship Treaties as well as 470 newly digit ... No. 2 Construction Battalion: Nominal Roll In honour of African Heritage Month 2016, the Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to present a digital version of the Nominal Roll of Officers, ... Nova Scotia Digitized Historical Newspapers Newspapers are, and always have been, a mirror held up to reflect who we are, how our communities came to be, how we live our daily lives, a ... African Nova Scotian Diaspora This significant new online resource features unique documents reflecting the struggles and survival of African Nova Scotians, as the world ... African Nova Scotians Nova Scotians and Web users worldwide now have an exciting new way to find out about African Nova Scotian history. A virtual exhibit and onl ... Gone but Never Forgotten: Bob Brooks' Photographic Portrait of Africville in the 1960s Come revisit Africville, through nearly 60 remarkable images by photojournalist Bob Brooks that capture the look and spirit of the community ... Nova Scotia Newspapers on Microfilm Explore this searchable database to plan onsite newspaper research at the Nova Scotia Archives – information about 8,951 reels of microfilm, ... Viola Irene Desmond – 2015 Honouree, Nova Scotia Heritage Day Nova Scotias first Heritage Day statutory holiday recognizes and celebrates Viola Desmond, an African Nova Scotian businesswoman who in 1946 ... Letters Home: Correspondence from the First World War - Angus L. Macdonald Letters, photographs and maps telling the story of Angus L. Macdonald, Nova Scotia’s legendary premier, at the front in war-time France. ... Treaties of Peace and Friendship In honour of Treaty Day and Mi’kmaq History Month 2016, the Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to present online, the Peace and Friendship Trea ... Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse (1937-2002) Online access to the first 66 years of Nova Scotia’s weekly French-language newspaper – 68,352 pages. Explore everyday life, significant eve ... Footprints in the Sand: Pre-1867 Government Records for Sable Island Fascinated by Sable Island? Explore 2600 digitized records describing settlement of the Island, 1801-1867. ... Gaelic Resources: Goireasan Gàidhlig Visit our expanded Gaelic Resources site to explore the newest section - the Maclean, Sinclair family papers, one of the finest collections ... The Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen Tours Nova Scotia, 1951 - 2010 Come celebrate Queen Elizabeth IIs Diamond Jubilee by looking back at five Royal Visits to Nova Scotia in the last six decades, captured in ... Sydenham Howe's Scrapbook: Joseph Howe and His World Step back in time, to explore Joseph Howe and the world that he lived in, captured on the pages of his sons very Victorian scrapbook. ... Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1767-1838 Census, assessment and poll tax lists compiled across a seventy-year period in colonial Nova Scotia, yielding a total of 70,000 named indivi ... Women of Digby County, 1950 Take a step back in time and explore over 40 photographs of women in Digby County, taken by the renowned American photographer John Collier. ... Helen Creighton Over 900 black-and-white photographs taken by pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton have now been digitized and added to the existing online re ... Don Messer Remember Don Messers Jubilee? Back in the 1960s, it was one of the most popular programs on CBC Television. Come now for a stroll down Memor ... A Nova Scotian Observer at the Burning of Washington, August 1814 Dr. John Fox, a native of Cornwallis Township, was present when the British burnt Washington on the night of August 24th 1814, during the Wa ... An Act of Remembrance: First World War Publicity Posters at the Nova Scotia Archives In a world predating radio, television and the Internet, large, brightly-coloured propaganda posters began appearing across Canada immediat ... Nova Scotia’s ‘Paving Programme’: Highway Reconstruction in the 1930s Take a road trip back in time and explore Nova Scotias highways in the 1930s. One of the provinces earliest paving ventures, undertaken in t ... Colonel John Gorham's Account Book Step back in time to explore Col. John Gorhams financial activities in Nova Scotia, 1747-1750 – everything from providing his soldiers with ... Harry Piers: Museum Maker The Nova Scotia Archives and the Nova Scotia Museum are pleased to present Harry Piers: Museum Maker – our first jointly-produced virtual ex ... Nova Scotia from the Air: The Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection, 1931 Youve never seen Nova Scotia like this before….! Join Harold Reid and Marty Fraser as they fly over Nova Scotia during the summer of 1 ... Nova Scotia Land Papers, 1765-1800 If youre searching for online information about early land settlement in Nova Scotia, youve come to the right place! A searchable index of l ... RMS Titanic Resource Guide To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the loss of RMS Titanic, weve added newly-digitized content to our existing Resource Guide. Read ... Township Records at the Nova Scotia Archives Detailed information about the contents of 34 township books or record collections documenting the early history and founding families ... 'Seeing Yarmouth': Celebrating 250 Years of Community Life Hop aboard the Seeing Yarmouth touring car from the early 1900s and take a drive around town! Over 60 historical photographs, presented here ... Government Administrative Histories Government Administrative Histories ... An Acadian Parish Reborn Calling all those with family links to Yarmouth County! Explore this wonderfully rich research product created by the Argyle Township Court ... Historical Maps of Nova Scotia You asked for them and here they are! Many of you have told us that you would like more digitized historical maps of Nova Scotia available ... Woolford's Surveys: The Roads from Halifax to Windsor and Truro, 1817-18 ... Charitable Irish Society In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Charitable Irish Society, we are pleased to launch a virtual exhibit celebrating the Halifax ... Lunenburg by the Sea Take a second look at this virtual exhibit from 2003 – weve added an 88-page souvenir booklet, Lunenburg by the Sea: Views of Lunenburg Nova ... 'An East Coast Port': Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945 Step back in time to explore a city at war with An East Coast Port: Halifax in Wartime, 1939-1945. East Coast Port is a collection of seven ... The Royal Canadian Navy: First Half Century, 1910-1967 The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy, formally established in 1910 at Halifax on the East Coast, ... The Way We Were: Nova Scotia in Film, 1917-1957 Calling all early film and home-movie fans! From the extensive collection of archival footage held at NSARM, weve selected 96 films that hig ... Cemetery Records at NS Archives: A Searchable Database Background information for over 2000 cemeteries in Nova Scotia for which tombstone data has been transcribed and copies filed at the NS Arch ... Chipman Family Papers: Planters of Cornwallis The year 2010 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the New England Planters in Nova Scotia. To celebrate this milestone, ... Aileen Meagher: Olympic Medallist and 'Canada's Flying Schoolmarm' Celebrate the Olympic spirit by exploring the career of this outstanding Canadian athlete, artist, schoolteacher and world traveller. Over ... Fishing Fundy Waters A selection of 44 black-and-white photographs from the early 1950s, honouring and celebrating the people of southwestern Nova Scotia and the ... Ernest Buckler: A Remarkable Nova Scotia Novelist Ernest Bucklers The Mountain and the Valley has been described as possibly the best novel written anywhere in the last 50 years. Now, on ... J.A.D. McCurdy and the Silver Dart: Canada's 'First Aerial Navigator' Experience again the thrill of the first successful airplane flight in Canada, 23 February 1909 in Baddeck, NS! Explore photographs, contem ... 'Voices of the People' ~ Nova Scotia House of Assembly: Petitions and Correspondence 1758-1850 Explore descriptions for nearly 1500 of the earliest records tabled in the House of Assembly, each entry linked to the digitized original do ... Gideon White Family Papers: Loyalists of Shelburne Welcome to the Loyalist world of Gideon White and his circle of family, friends and colleagues — political refugees to Nova Scotia in ... 'Canada's Ocean Playground': The Tourism Industry in Nova Scotia, 1870-1970 Take an armchair vacation back in time! Nine virtual exhibits present 6700 digitized images for you to explore — historical photographs, fil ... Clara Dennis A virtual exhibit showcasing the work of Clara Dennis, Nova Scotias first woman travel writer. Dennis travelled extensively through mainlan ... Nova Scotia Information Service Were pleased to present this significant searchable image database for you to explore — 2200 photographs, 1945 to 1970, capturing Nova Scoti ... Mary E. Black If youre a handweaver, you know who Mary Black is! Tour a virtual exhibit celebrating her life and career, then explore over 150 original te ... Built Heritage Resource Guide Finally, help in tracing the history of your property or heritage home! Visit our Built Heritage Resource Guide and explore Nova Scotia hou ... Tom Connors: 'The Old Sport' Step back in time with Tom Connors, one of Nova Scotias biggest sports-fans, and explore a collection highlighting amateur athletics in the ... Church Records at NS Archives: A Searchable Database At last! An online resource to help researchers identify what church records are held at the Nova Scotia Archives — which communities are r ... The Eassons and the Hoyts: Two Hundred Years of Family and Community Life in Nova Scotia Explore two of Nova Scotias founding families, 1734-1933, through correspondence, financial accounts, land records and maps. Investigate fam ... Halifax and Its People / 1749-1999 This is our first virtual exhibit, developed to commemorate Halifaxs 250th anniversary. It presents some 150 images from NSARM holdings, wit ... Rogers' Photographic Advertising Album (1871) Step back in time and view downtown Halifax through the camera lens of Joseph Rogers, one of the citys early commercial photographers. Fifty ... S. Edgar March: Nova Scotia Bird Watercolours Ninety years ago, long before the term Atlantic Flyway was coined or Nova Scotia became known as a birding destination, an amateur artist an ... The Royal Engineers in Halifax: Photographing the Garrison City, 1870-1885 Take a unique time-trip back to when Halifax was an outpost of the British Empire. Explore over 250 photographs taken by the Royal Engineer ... The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s Annie, Minnie and May Prat, adventurous sisters from Wolfville, N.S., began unusual artistic careers in the United States in the 1890s. Anni ... Men in the Mines Explore Nova Scotias mining heritage via three exhibits featuring over 1100 photographs, personal records and published items. Visit coal, g ... The Port Royal Habitation: Four Hundred Years of European Settlement in North America A virtual exhibit that introduces the concept of the 1605 Habitation, with extensive use of historical photographs to tell the story of its ... Acadian Heartland: Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768 The largest and most complete online presentation of primary-source documents relating to the Deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, ... McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08 An invaluable tool for researching family or community history through alphabetical listings of residents living in the principal cities, to ... Lighthouses of Nova Scotia This virtual exhibit within Nova Scotia and the Sea contains 775 period photographs and related documents, all telling the story of Nova Sco ... W.R. MacAskill Wallace R. MacAskill is one of Nova Scotias best-known photographers, famous for his seascapes and images of sailing vessels. Search a datab ... Brigs and Barques: Images and Artworks from the Age of Sail A virtual exhibit focusing on the largest of the legendary Tall Ships built in Nova Scotia and sailed around the world. Featuring over 200 p ... William E. deGarthe In 1977 William E. deGarthe (1907-1983), one of Nova Scotias best-known marine artists, gifted a collection of his representative paintings ... Ports and Harbours Take a time-tour of Nova Scotias ports and harbours, via photographs, artworks, postcards, sea charts and early government records. Explore ... Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia Enter the world of privateering and explore a long-forgotten chapter in Nova Scotia history! Original log-books and documentation from the p ... The Royal Navy in Nova Scotia Waters A virtual exhibit containing 140 period photographs and documentary artworks, capturing the flavour and essence of naval life in Nova Scotia ... Schooners: Workhorses of the Sea A virtual exhibit with over 375 images of Nova Scotian schooners — from photographs taken in the 1880s to snapshots of a few remaining ... Where the Land Meets the Sea: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia The number of vessels which have foundered on the rocky Nova Scotia coastline over the past four centuries defies calculation. The On the Ro ... Acadian Heartland: The Records of British Government at Annapolis Royal, 1713-1749 A digitized, fully searchable online version of the earliest surviving records of British government in Nova Scotia, 1713-1749. A snapshot o ... This is Our Home: Acadians of Nova Scotia A virtual exhibit celebrating the Acadian Experience in Nova Scotia over the past 150 years. Three dozen heritage photographs tell the story ... Acadian Genealogical Sources Planning a research trip to the Nova Scotia Archives in search of your Acadian ancestors? Wanting to know what general background books are ... Bluenose: A Canadian Icon A tribute to the greatest Nova Scotia schooner of them all. A virtual exhibit featuring over 350 heritage photographs, original documents, ... Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Published in 1967, and still the best source available for basic, reliable and easily accessed information about Nova Scotias cities, towns ... Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787-1843 Search this database to access the personal names and information contained in 3,340 petitions from Cape Breton Island (1787-1843). ... Directories - City, Provincial, Telephone and Business Ever think of using old telephone or city directories in your research? Long after their immediate shelf-life has ended, these published sou ... Court of Appeal casebooks, 1885-1900 Forms part of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal fonds; search for the appellant and/or respondent in appeal cases heard between 1890 and 1947. ... Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes case files, 1759-1960 Forms part of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County fonds; search for names and dates of divorce cases heard between 1759 and 1 ... Medical Examiner for the City of Halifax and Town of Dartmouth Search for individuals whose deaths were reported on by the Medical Examiner between 1895 and 1967. ... The Halifax Gazette On 23 March 1752, the history of printing began in Canada. On that Monday, from a small print shop on Grafton Street in Halifax, Nova Scot ... J.A. Irvine John Irvine was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, active in the period ca.1895 to ca.1905. His views of Halifax and several nearby commu ... Buckley Family The Buckley family photographs depict Guysborough and vicinity, the Buckley family and their friends, and document the growth and developmen ... Notman Studio The Notman Studio photographs cover the period ca.1869 to ca.1920, and include photo portraits, Halifax streets, buildings and general views ... An Acadian Parish Remembered A fully searchable database containing information for over 3500 baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in the parish registers of St.-Jea ... Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography, 1899-1973 A new research and reference tool for film researchers, cultural historians and anyone interested in the movies! 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