Nova Scotia Acadians

Nova Scotia Archives

 * Acadians, Nova Scotia Archives

Online Records

 * Généalogie Acadienne Database--Search Engine The biggest Acadian genealogy database. More than 800,000 individuals are available.
 * 1757-1946 - Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946], index and images, ($). List of Acadian parish registers in the Drouin collection
 * GenealogyQuebec.com, the Drouin Instiute’s genealogical research website, offers two research tools dedicated to Acadian genealogy. ($)
 * 1673-1784 - The Drouin Collection Database, a collection of parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from Quebec, Acadia, as well as parts of Ontario, New Brunswick and the United States. The collection also contains Acadian censuses from 1673 to 1784. ($)
 * 1621-1849 - The Acadia Families Tool This tool contains family files based on the Acadian parish records mentioned above. In total, the tool contains 96,000 family files from 1621 to 1849 and is equipped with a search engine which allows searches by last name, first name, date and parish. In addition, the original records are attached to the family files, allowing the information contained in them to be viewed and verified.($)


 * Acadian Family Names of the 18th Century
 * This list of approximately 300 family names was drawn from parish records, census records and other documents from Acadia/Nova Scotia in the first half of the 18th century. All Acadian civilian families known to have lived in the colony at any time between 1700 and 1755 are included. This list does not include the families of the French garrison which served in Acadia.


 * Who's who in Acadian/Cajun genealogical research
 * 1671-1809 - Acadian Censuses at WikiTree 1671-1809
 * 1671-1752 - Acadian Censuses at Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History, 1671-1752
 * headstones of mostly Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia cemeteries
 * headstones of mostly Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia cemeteries

Online Surname List (with Genealogical Details)
This data was collected from administrative registers (parish registers and census) before the deportation of 1755-1763 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).
 * Surnames of people in the Port-Royal region
 * Surnames of people in the Cobequid region, Acadia (Today Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada)
 * Surnames of people in the Beaubassin region, Acadia (Today Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada)
 * Surnames of people in the Pisiquit region, Acadia (Today Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada)
 * Surnames of people in the Grand-Pré region
 * Surnames of people in the Louisbourg region, Acadia (Today in Nova Scotia, Canada)
 * Surnames of people in the Pubnico region, Acadia (Today in Nova Scotia, Canada)