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We are always looking for volunteers to do lookups for Hants County. If you have access to any sources of information that you could share and would like to volunteer to do lookups, please contact us.

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The following people have volunteered to do lookups from the information listed under their name. These volunteers are willing to do look-ups for free, but please limit your request to one or two names only.

To Request a Lookup: Give specific information of what you would like looked up, and try to include date ranges, if possible. Do not ask broad questions such as "anything you have on this surname." These requests will be ignored. And please remember to thank them for their kindness!

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Volunteers are needed:
  • Historical / Genealogical Books
  • Cemetery Transcriptions 
  • Library / Archives Lookup
  • Census Records

From the collection of: Claire Ellis

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[1] "Cemetery Transcription - Scotch Village Century Cemetery"
Scotch Village, Hants County, Nova Scotia. This transcription was recorded by Claire Ellis about 1981. There are approximately 200 gravestones that were recorded to this date.

Surnames: Adams, Baker, Bancroft, Bennett, Blair, Boyd, Bryson, Burgess, Burgher, Casey, Chisholm, Clarke, Cochrane, Crowell, Denison, Dill, Dimock, Farwell, Fish, Frail, Freeman, Harvey/Harvie, Hazel, Hiltz, Hunter, Knowles, Lacy, Lockhart, McCulloch, McDougall, Macumber, Marsters/Masters, Marsh, Matheson, Miller, Murphy, Nelson, Parker, Porter, Reid, Salter, Sanford, Slack, Smith, Spears, Sweet, Thomas, Vaughan, Walley, Weathebs?, Webb, Zwicker.

From the collection of: Fred R. Whitten

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[1] "A Catalogue Of Published Genealogies Of Nova Scotia", by Allan E. Marble

[3] "In Which County; Nova Scotia Surnames From Birth Registers, 1864-1877"
by Terrance M. Punch; Pub. GANS 1985

[4] "Nova Scotia Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1840-1843", GANS Pub. 10
by Jean Holder, assisted by, Grace L. Hubley, Halifax, 1985

[5] "Nova Scotia Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1844-1847", GANS Pub. 11
by Jean Holder, assisted by, Grace Hubley & Helen D. Gross, Halifax, 1986

[6] "Nova Scotia Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1848-1851", GANS Pub.12
by Jean Holder, assisted by, Helen D. Gross, Halifax, 1987

[7] "Nova Scotia Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1852-1854", GANS Pub.13
by Jean Holder assisted by Helen D. Gross, Halifax, 1988

[8] " Rawdon And Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships In Nova Scotia"
by John Victor Duncanson, Mika Publishing Co., 1989


From the collection of: Debra Parminter

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[1] "Index to Estates 1767-1995, Hants County Court of Probate"
Hantsport and Area Historical Society, 1996



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