The dataset provides the predominate and traditional family names of African Nova Scotians in 6 regions in Nova Scotia. The regions consist of Halifax Metro, South Shore and Yarmouth and Acadian Shore, Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Valley, Northumberland Shore, Eastern Shore and Cape Breton Island. Within all these regions you find 48+ traditional African Nova Scotian communities. The dataset will also provide the communities you can find in each of the six regions.

A fully searchable database containing information for 3551 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. Transcription and translation of the entries into both official languages is Nova Scotia Archives 's contribution to the Acadie 2003-2005 Celebrations in Nova Scotia.A fully searchable database containing information for 3551 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. Transcription and translation of the entries into both official languages is Nova Scotia Archives 's contribution to the Acadie 2003-2005 Celebrations in Nova Scotia.

Provincial volunteer awards presented to approximately 70 Nova Scotians annually; recipients are selected by their communities, or through a nomination process.

Appeal case books from the Supreme court as a court of appeal. Case files index from 1885-1900

Description of the Provincial Art Bank Collection, includes Accession Number, Title, Date, Artist, Name Last and First, Size and Medium

Financial Report for Arts Nova Scotia from the current fiscal year

Civil registration of births in Nova Scotia began in 1864, continued to 1877, then lapsed until 1908, when the province resumed record-keeping. Registrations for 1864-1877 are incomplete. Since 1 October 1908 the records have been maintained without interruption.

Enhanced birth registrations 1920 data which resulted from Transcribe Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia Archives’ collaborative online workspace where the public can participate in enhancing access to archival collections documenting over 300 years of Nova Scotia history, people, and culture.

The "Book of Negroes" is the single most important document relating to the immigration of African Americans to Nova Scotia following the War of Independence. It provides the names of 3000 black refugees registered on board the vessels in which they sailed from New York to Nova Scotia between 23 April and 30 November 1783.

The database presented here brings together an assortment of early census, property assessment, and poll tax records, providing a total of 69,807 personal names. None of the census, assessment or poll tax records presented here is complete for the province - even if they claimed to be so at the time. None of the individual returns is complete internally either; people and households were overlooked, and sections of communities were undoubtedly missed.