Cape Breton Counties Genealogy
Comprising Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond, and Victoria Counties

(which county?)

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As one link in the Nova Scotia GenWeb Project, this site subscribes to the overall objectives of the project, the details of which can be found at the provincial site.  Initially, any site reflects the knowledge and resources of only a few people, but since the inception of this site in 1996, Cape Breton Counties Genealogy has become a real community effort, in the true spirit of Cape Bretoners.  The aim is to pull together all available resources and make them accessible from one site; if you know of a link or a resource or have a homepage that should be included on the site, please let us know.  If you are able to transcribe original(unpublished) records, provide a list of useful books, or are willing to do lookups in your own resources, we will appreciate and give credit to your participation.

Almost all the pages on this site represent the original work of volunteers other than the site coordinator.  I am, consequently, not the best person to ask for further information:  I have a limited knowledge of any families other than my own lines.  The e-mail address of the author of most pages is usually included on the page.  This would be your best resource.  Of course, any bad links, submissions of transcriptions, links to new resources, etc., should be directed to me.

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Research Resources

The Beaton Institute ArchivesOnline resource indexes
The Highland Village, Iona Roots Cape Breton
Nova Scotia ResourcesNS GenWeb Guide to Primary Resources in Nova Scotia
Census RecordsLinks to Cape Breton Census Transcriptions on this & Other Sites
Index to Vital RecordsBMDs on this and other sites
Other Lists of ResidentsVarious Lists, Including Militia, County Directories, Land Grants,
Loyalists, Colonial Correspondence
Cape Breton CemeteriesIndex to Transcriptions of Cape Breton Cemeteries
Obituary and Death Record IndexTranscribed Obituaries,Death Records, Funeral Notices, etc.
Cape Breton FamiliesGenealogy Pages of Cape Breton Researchers
Cape Breton BooksBibliography and Links
Deveau Family of CheticampAndrée MacMillan's reprint of article on
Pioneer Deveaus of Cheticamp
Friends and Family SiteResources for Northside and Surrounding Communities

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Cape Breton Communities

BaddeckBaddeck
Big Pond Home PageBig Pond
CheticampCheticamp
Colliery Route and Marconi TrailDominion/Donkin/Glace Bay
Port Morien/New Waterford/Reserve Mines
Glace Bay SUMMERFESTEvents, History, Pictures Old & New, and more . . .
IngonishCommunity of Ingonish
Inverness CountyMUNICIPALITY of the COUNTY of INVERNESS
Sea Trail--Western Cape BretonSea Trail Home Page
Inverness Community of Inverness
Isle MadameTour of Isle Madame
Isle MadameA Brief History of Isle Madame
Johnstown Home PageJohnstown, Richmond County
Judique HistoryEarly History of Judique, Inverness County
Louisbourg Community Town of Louisbourg
MembertouMembertou Community
The Mi'kmaq of Unama'ki Mi'kmaq Communities
Petit de Grat and Ryan BoudreauGreat Petit de Grat Images & Links
Port HawkesburyScenes from old Port Hawkesbury
The MargareesLodging and activities in the Margarees
Richmond County TourismTowns of Richmond County
River BourgeoisImages and genealogy of River Bourgeois
A Brief History of St. Ann'sSt. Ann's, Victoria County
Welcome to Sydney, Cape Breton!Sydney
John Andrea's Hometown Sydney Mines
Sydney Mines Homepage More on Sydney Mines
Victoria CountyVictoria County Recreation & Tourism
West ArichatHistory of West Arichat

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Related Sites

Cape Breton History
Cape Breton Historic SitesCape Breton Historic Links
History of Coal Mining in Cape BretonPart of Schoolnet's Collections series
History of Coal Mining in Nova ScotiaThe Louis Frost Notes on Coal Mining History 1685-1962
Louisbourg History E-TextNew England Vessels in the Expedition Against Louisbourg (1745)
Cabot '97John Cabot Celebration
St. Ann's-Baddeck/Waipu Twinning SocietyA society to link the Cape Breton emigrants
to New Zealand with those who remained.
Passenger List of the "Margaret"
   to Adelaide, South Australia
Passenger List of the First Ship in the
Rev. Norman McLeod Migration From Cape Breton
Waipu Pioneer MuseumHouse of Memories--Waipu, New Zealand
Graveyard of the GulfSt. Paul Island, Victoria County, Shipwrecks
Cape Breton Culture
Am BraigheCape Breton Celtic Newspaper
UCCB Celtic SocietyUniversity College of Cape Breton Celtic Society
Collection of TartansA wonderful collection from Cape Bretoner John Andrea
280 clan tartansAnother tartan collection
Clan DirectoryClan Badges and Tartans
Cape Breton EntertainersTraditional & Modern Artists from Cape Breton
Cape Breton Miscellaneous Links
Cape Breton MapsLinks to maps of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton
Cape Breton in PrintUniversity College of Cape Breton Press
Natural Resources CanadaCape Breton Landscapes
Scenic Cape BretonLinks to Images of Cape Breton
Fishing? It was a way of LifeSheevaun Nelson's great database of fishermen and other mariners lost at sea
Cape Breton RootsNova Scotia, Canada, & WWW Genealogy Resources

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Cape Breton Counties Queries and Posting Boards

A place to make contacts and to post original documents

Submit a query Index to Surnames, Queries, and Researchers Recent Queries
Other boardsBoards for posting Bible Records ~ Biographies ~ Deeds ~ Obituaries ~ Wills
Canada's Query WebA searchable database of all queries posted to Canada GenWeb Sites

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Lookups

Please provide as much detail as possible with surnames in caps.

Primary Sources
Bill Norin
St. Mary's (East Bay) Parish Records--MacDONALD, MacISAAC, GILLIS, and MacADAM ONLY

"Burial records for Resurection Cemetery in Sydney Forks.
The records include maiden name, address, date died, date interred, date born, place born,
first name, mother's name, spouse, sons, daughters, and predeceased . Also. the records
for Holy Cross Cemetery in Sydney with more limited details."
Ann Capstick
1838-1841 Census of Cape Breton Island Compiled by Mildred Howard CG(C)
Books
Gail Facini
A Dictionary of Scotish Immigrants to Canada Before Confederation, Vols. I and II by Donald Whyte

Ann Capstick

Cape Breton Ships and Men by John P. Parker, MBE--Shipbuilders in Cape Breton

Stephen MacDonald

To the Hill of Boisdale by A.J. MacMillan.
Please note that this book is not indexed, nor does it contain BMD dates.
To ensure that your ancestor can be found, please provide all known data,
including community, parents, siblings, etc.

Mary Gorman

A History of Christmas Island Parish by AA MacKenzie.
All Call Iona Home by S.R MacNeil.

Valerie Levesque

History of Inverness County by J.L. MacDougall--History of the county and its settlers, by area;
plus index to this book.

Betty A. Minor (temporarily offline)

History of Inverness County by J.L. MacDougall--History of the county and its settlers, by area.

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Lists for Cape Breton Researchers

NS-CAPE-BRETON-LFAQ and instructions for subscribing.
Isle Madame ListInstructions for subscribing from listowner Ed Galvin
nsroots List Nova Scotia Genealogy Network List instructions
NOVA-SCOTIA-L NOVA-SCOTIA-L List instructions

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