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Cape Breton County Registry of Deeds records
Series · 1786-1951, predominant 1786-1948
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of 450 land transaction registers recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer), mortgage assignments and releases, quit claims deeds and many other types of records relating to land transactions. Series also includes: Crown Land Grant books, 1786-1949, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded in the Crown Lands Office. The Sydney Registry is the earliest one on Cape Breton Island and initially recorded land transactions from across the island prior to the establishment of other registries in Richmond County (1821), Inverness County (1825) and Victoria County (1851). The Registry records also include land grants from the period in which Cape Breton was a separate colony (1784 to 1820). As a separate colony, the island of Cape Breton had its own small colonial administration. In 1785 Abraham Cuyler was appointed Secretary and Registrar of the colony and, as such, was responsible for maintaining the land registration books for the colony. Exchanges of land were limited from 1790-1817 as grants of land were only issued to Loyalists or discharged military personnel. Other persons would have to seek a licence of occupation which would then be registered in a manner similar to that of a land grant. Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1820/21 reunited Cape Breton to Nova Scotia as a county and provided for the registration of deeds in Sydney and Arichat. Chapter 33 of the Acts of 1823 divided the county into three districts: Northeastern (1st), Southern (2nd), and Northwestern (3rd). An Order-in-Council on December 10, 1824 authorizedthe creation of a registry in Port Hood. In 1835 the districts became the counties of Cape Breton, Richmond, and Just au Corps (since renamed Inverness). In 1851 Victoria County was separated from Cape Breton County and given its own registry at Baddeck. From 1854 onwards the Crown Lands Act required the registration of grants in the appropriate county registry. Asthe registry office dated from the time when Cape Breton Island was a separate colony, there are two Crown Land Grant books covering the years 1786-1791. Land Grants issued from 1822-1837 for land situated in Cape Breton Island were registered in Halifax and copied into Grant books in the Cape Breton (Sydney) Registry office in 1969.
Hants County Registry of Deeds records
Series · 1763-1953, predominant 1763-1949
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of 170 land transaction registers, 1763-1949, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer), mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds, wills that affected deeded land or mortgages, and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Series also includes microfilmed copies of Crown Land Grant Books 1-3, 1854-1953, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands office.
Barrington District Registry of Deeds
Subseries · 1854-1954, predominant 1854-1942, 1949-1954
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Shelburne County Registry of Deeds records, and consists of 18 volumes of land transaction registers, 1854-1942, 1949-1954, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) , mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds, and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Series also includes microfilmed Bills of Sale with an Index, 1880-1950; and microfilmed Crown Land Grant Books 1-3, 1767-1819, 1875-1933, which provided a local copy of land grants and leases also recorded at the Crown Lands office.
Pictou County Registry of Deeds records
Series · 1771-1954, predominant 1771-1938
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of registers recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor and grantee, the assignment and release of mortgages, and judgments issued by the Supreme or County Courts that affected deeded land or mortgages. Unlike most counties, the Pictou County Registry of Deeds kept separate registers for each type of document including: land transaction registers, where all deeds and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions were transcribed; deed registers, containing only deeds; quit claim deed registers; and, mortgage registers (some for particular mortgage companies). Some of the land transaction registers may also contain plans to accompany the deeds. Series also includes: nine Judgment Books (1877-1953), recording County and Supreme Court judgments that affected deeded land or mortgages; six Will Books (1879-1922), recording wills that affected deeded land or mortgages; Crown Land Grant Books (1854-1931) and Crown Land Lease Books (1895-1910, 1928-1940), which provided a local copy of land grants and leases also recorded at the Crown Lands office. There are several gaps in the sequence of original land transaction registers held at the Archives. Some registers were not transferred and remain in the Department's custody.
Shelburne District Registry of Deeds
Subseries · 1783-1962, predominant 1783-1955
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Shelburne County Registry of Deeds records, and consists of 71 volumes of land transaction registers, 1783-1955, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) , mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds, and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Series also includes: Crown Land Grant Books 1-3, 1854-1962, and Crown Land Lease Book 4, 1900-1924, which provided a local copy of land grants and leases also recorded at the Crown Lands office.
Halifax County Registry of Deeds records
Series · 1749-1967; predominant 1749-1903
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of 336 land transaction registers and other registers, 1749-1903, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor and grantee, mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds and numerous other documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Found amongst the land transaction registers are an Allotment Book (volume 1), 1749-1769; Judgment Books (volumes 163, 218, 228, 241, 254, 271, 289, 305, 336) recording the County and Supreme Court judgments that affected deeded land or mortgages; and a Register of Horses (volume 267), 1887-1908, in which the purchase and sale of horses was recorded. Series also includes a separate registration book for Musquodoboit, which briefly had its own registry and which includes deeds from 1807 to 1821; and one volume of Land Grants (Volume 4). The remaining volumes 1-13 of Land Grants are available on microfilm only; the original volumes have not been transferred to the Archives.
Guysborough District Registry of Deeds
Subseries · 1785-1967, predominant 1785-1944
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Guysborough County Registry of Deeds series, and consists of 71 land transaction registers, 1785-1944, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer), mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds, and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Subseries also include Crown Land Grant Books A to G, with index, 1871-1967, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands office. Crown Land Grant Book 1, 1854-1871, is available on microfilm only.
Lunenburg District Registry of Deeds
Subseries · 1759-1968, predominant 1759-1934
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Lunenburg County Registry of Deeds series, and consists of 94 land transactionregisters, 1759-1934, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer),mortgage assignments and releases, quit claim deeds, and numerous other types of documents relating to landtransactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy)of the original documents held by the grantor and grantee. Subseries includes original Crown Land Grant Books 1 to 4, 1854-1874, and microfilmed Crown Land Books, 1874-1971, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands office. Subseries also includes records available only on microfilm: the Lunenburg Allotment book, 1759-1761; Register of 30 acre lots, Lunenburg, 1760; Register of Garden Lots, Lunenburg, 1762; Register of Town Lots, Lunenburg, 1762-1767; Judgment Books 1 to 10, 1832-1905, with Indexes, recording County and Supreme Court judgments that affected deeded land or mortgages; and, Bills of Sale, volumes 1 and 2, 1861-1875 and Indexes to Bills of Sale, volumes 1 to 15, 1890-1936.