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More Records Added to Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Online
NSARM’s collection of over 12,000 Marriage Bonds (1763-1864) has now been fully indexed and digitized, and is available online within www.novascotiagenealogy.com. If your ancestors took out a bond before marrying, you’re in for a real treat – the documents have been digitized in full colour and they’re visually stunning! Explore the 'What's New' area of the Website as well, to read about other updates and new resources planned for NS Historical Vital Statistics Online.

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Nova Scotia Parish Records Microfilm Collection Database
At last! An online resource to help researchers identify what church records are held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management — which communities are represented, what kinds of records are held for individual churches, and date coverage for each. Come and explore a fully searchable database, containing information about the archival records for 510 distinct parishes, congregations and faith communities in Nova Scotia.

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Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Online
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is pleased to announce the launch of a new Website providing full access and digitized content for the province's historical vital statistics, dating back to 1864. Welcome to one million new opportunities in searching for your Nova Scotia roots!

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Death Registers, City of Halifax, 1890-1908
Two death registers for the City of Halifax, 1890-1908, containing 17,890 entries. Names have been inputted into an fully searchable database, linked directly to the corresponding digitized pages in the registers.

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BosaNova Upgrade
Our online catalogue for archival holdings has been upgraded with new software and server improvements. It's faster, more reliable, and now searches not only descriptions of archival holdings, but also some 35,000 items from related NSARM databases newly linked to it. We're continually adding content to BosaNova – but please remember that it isn't yet a complete inventory of our holdings, and it doesn't search all of the databases located elsewhere within our Web Site.

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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 Scotia’s cities, towns and villages. Over 2300 entries, searchable by community name or by county. Each entry provides community highlights, including first settlement, first churches, first schools, primary industries, significant events and notable citizens.

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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, towns and rural areas of Nova Scotia at the turn of the last century. We've scanned and made searchable every page in the 1907-08 Directory - all 1556 of them!

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BookWorm: Online Catalogue for NSARM Library
Search for and view information for 18,500 titles from the NSARM Library, now available online in BookWorm, our automated Library Catalogue.

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Halifax Explosion 1917 Online Resources
Visit the newly updated and expanded location for Halifax Explosion resources held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. Tour the 'Vision of Regeneration' online exhibit, access information about the 1,952 victims of the Explosion, view silent film footage taken the day after, read personal accounts by people who survived, and plan further research into the event.

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An Acadian Parish Remembered
A fully searchable database containing information for over 3500 baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in the parish registers of St.-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755. These two volumes are Nova Scotia's earliest surviving church registers, and a tangible link to the last generations of Acadian French living at Annapolis before the Deportation.

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Government Administrative Histories Online
A fully searchable database containing over 140 historical sketches of all Government departments, past and present, as well as all current agencies, boards, commissions, offices and crown corporations.

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Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book
NSARM is pleased to host the online version of a project sponsored by the Halifax Foundation. The 'Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book' is the first really definitive listing for those killed in the disaster of 6 December 1917. The online version features a searchable database with detailed information for 1953 casualties – more than 300 of whom are newly-confirmed and identified victims.

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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
A fully-searchable database with information about 2200 Mi’kmaq and Mi’kmaq-related textual records and published items. Links to digitized images for 300 representative documents. A Virtual Exhibit showcasing another 130 heritage photographs, artifacts, treaties, documentary art and maps. Genealogical resources for tracing Mi’kmaq ancestry and determining band status. An important resource for anyone interested in Mi’kmaq culture, heritage and traditions throughout Atlantic Canada.

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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 1963. In the two centuries following Nova Scotia's first recorded divorce in 1759 nearly 7000 divorce cases were heard by this court.

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Poll Tax Rolls, 1791-1793
Poll Tax Rolls form part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection: Census and poll tax series. Search for the names of over 10,300 individuals taxed in Nova Scotia, 1791-1793.

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Marriage bonds, 1763-1864
Forms part of the Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds; search for marriage bonds submitted in application for licenses between 1763-1864. Now available on NS Historical Vital Statistics. www.novascotiagenealogy.com

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Land Petitions
Search our expanded Land Petitions database to access the personal names and information contained in 3,338 petitions from Cape Breton Island (1787-1843) and 839 petitions from mainland Nova Scotia (1769-1799).

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Appeal casebooks
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.

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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.

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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'! Eastern Eye is a bibliography of film, video and selected television productions, created by, for or about Nova Scotians, 1899-1973. The file includes 'A Brief History of Film in Nova Scotia' and a database of over 2500 film descriptions, plus indexes.

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