Nova Scotia Newspapers

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Resources for Nova Scotia Newspapers
Newspapers are a helpful source when church and community records do not exist or are incomplete. Up to the late 1800s, few births were reported, and most marriages and deaths reported were of people in high social positions.

Newspaper Directories

 * Tratt, Gertrude E. N. A Survey and Listing of Nova Scotia Newspapers, 1752–1957. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University 1979. (Family History Library ; fich.)


 * Nova Scotia Newspapers: A Directory and Union List, 1752–1988. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University, School of Library and Informational Studies, 1990. (Family History Library .)

Libraries and Archives
The majority of the early newspapers for the whole province of Nova Scotia are at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia (large microfilm collection).

Nova Scotia Archives 6016 University Avenue Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1W4 (corner of University Avenue and Robie Street) Telephone: (902)424-6060 Email: [mailto:nsarm@gov.ns.ca nsarm@gov.ns.ca]

A good listing of their newspaper holdings can be found in Terrence Punch’s Genealogical research in Nova Scotia (New revised edition, Halifax: Nimbus, 1998).

Digital Issues Online

 * 1752-1780 (gaps) - The Halifax Gazette at Google News - free.


 * 1783-1853 - The Nova-Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle aka The Royal Gazette at Google News - free.


 * 1784-1799 - The Royal St. John's Gazette at Google News - free.


 * 1784-1799 - St. John's Gazette at Google News - free.

Indexes

 * Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers. Halifax: Genealogical Committee of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1978–. 13 vols. (Family History Library ; beginni.) The volumes cover 1813–1854.