Nova Scotia Archives and Libraries

The following archives and libraries may have useful genealogical information for Nova Scotia:

National Archives of Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0N3 CANADA Telephone: 613-996-7458 Internet: http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/index.html

Personnel Records Unit Researcher Services Division National Archives of Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3 CANADA Internet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM) (Formerly Public Archives of Nova Scotia) 6016 University Avenue Halifax, NS B3H 1W4 CANADA Telephone: 902-424-6060 Fax: 902-424-0628 Internet: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/

Centre d'archives de la Capitale 2424 Watt St. Sainte-Foy PQ G1P 3T3 CANADA Telephone: 418-683-5784 Internet: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Francais/Museum/Vlmp/vlmp.html

Le Centre d'études acadiennes (Center for Acadian Studies) Université de Moncton Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 CANADA Telephone: 506-858-4085 Fax: 506-858-4086 Internet: http://www.islandregister.com/cea.html

Nova Scotia Museum 1747 Summer Street Halifax, NS B3H 3A6 CANADA Telephone: 902-424-6471 Fax: 902-424-0560 Internet: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/

Planters Studies Center c/o Acadia University Library Mrs. Patricia Townsend, Archivist Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0 CANADA Telephone: 902-585-1412 Internet: http://ace.acadiau.ca/history/plstcntr.htm

Family History Library 35 N. West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400 USA Internet: www.familysearch.org

Most microfilms available at the library can also be distributed to local Family History Centers. A current list of Family History Centers in your area can be obtained from the Family History Library.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:


 * Locate other researchers.
 * Post queries.
 * Send and receive E-mail.
 * Search large databases.
 * Search computer libraries.
 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Nova Scotia in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

Canada GenWeb
http://www.kindredtrails.com/canada.html

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.

Canadian Genealogy Resources
http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm

Lists county, provincial, and national sources, personal pages, and publications.

Roots-L
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

FamilySearch™
www.familysearch.org

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.