Canadian Geneaology Resources

[snowwite]

Does anyone have a link to online research sites? I am trying to find information about my mother's relatives. Most of them settled in Parker's cove Granville and Anapolis area of Nova Scotia. I havent found much and most of the older relatives are long gone. I managed to track down a cousin of hers a couple years back but she had alzheimers so not much help. We found a poem my great grandmother wrote about her brother who was lost at sea at 22 years old just before Christmas 1912. It is strange to think I have relatives living in Canada and we have never met. It would be funny if any of them were here on Dis! I am researching Longmire and Robinson family trees.
Thanks!

 

[eleanor]

Go to the census and search by 10 year periods.Alsp the Latter Day Saints site has a lot of info.Did anyone come from Great Britian? Their census are also on the net.

 

[Northstar]

Hi, snowwite. You need the Nova Scotia Public Archives! They have lots of stuff. Here's a link to some of their online resources:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/genealogy/http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/genealogy

Happy hunting. I can almost see the Public Archives building from where I'm typing this... but that's too tantalizing to tell you, isn't it! Let us know what you find.

 

[snowwite]

Go to the census and search by 10 year periods.Alsp the Latter Day Saints site has a lot of info.Did anyone come from Great Britian? Their census are also on the net.

Yes.My mothers grandparents came from Great Britain to Canada with several other families.Some stayed in Nova Scotia , some settled in Maine and the rest ended up in Mass where I live. I would love to know why they left and why they moved and all. They were mostly fisherman and farmers. I did find a Longmire jeweler in UK but I have no idea if it is a relative or not. I tried Latter Day saints.They have nothing on any part of my family but would like a copy of my tree when I get it done.
Thanks for your help.

 

[snowwite]

Hi, snowwite. You need the Nova Scotia Public Archives! They have lots of stuff. Here's a link to some of their online resources:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/genealogy/http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/genealogy

Happy hunting. I can almost see the Public Archives building from where I'm typing this... but that's too tantalizing to tell you, isn't it! Let us know what you find.

I would love to come back up and look in person.I found out my great uncle is on a memorial for sailors lost to see up in Digby. Funny though there have been sailors (including my Navy dad and Marine hubby) but I get absolutely green on a boat. We took the cat from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia last fall and I was sooooo wicked sick!