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Amherst Registry of Deeds
Subseries · 1764-1971, predominant 1764-1930
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds series and consists of 222 land transaction registers, 1764-1930, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer), 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 grantor and grantee. Series includes: mortgage registers for the Dominion Building and Loan Association (1896-1901), Nova Scotia Savings Loan and Building Society (1908-1911), Canadian Farm Loan Board (1934-1971); a Partnership Book (1883-1943); and one volume describing the Cumberland Boundaries of School Sections (1847-1903). Series also includes six Crown Land Grant Books, A to F (with indexes) 1854-1969, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands office.
Subseries · 1994-[ca. 1998]
Part of Salter Street Films fonds
Subseries forms part of Film and television productions series and consists of production elements used to create the pilot for an improvisational television comedy series shot in front of a live audience. The sub-series includes animations, as well as a viewing copy of the final production.
Appeal cause books
Subseries · 1977-1981
Part of Supreme court as a court of appeal
Sub-series forms part of Official record books and consists of register books from which case numbers were assigned for civil and criminal appeals. The cause books record the case number, names of parties, appealing counsel, and the dates actions were commenced and documents filed. Books cover criminal cases SCC0001 to SCC0460 (1979-1981) and civil cases SCA00001 to SCA00938 (1977-1981).
Appeal chambers books
Subseries · 1974-1990
Part of Supreme court as a court of appeal
Sub-series forms part of Official record books series and consists of books recording chambers proceedings relating to appeals. For each cause, the books record the presiding judge, the date the cause was heard, the names of parties involved, their counsel, the nature of the application and its disposition. Chambers applications are heard by one judge and may include, but are not limited to, applications for leave to appeal, to extend or change a date, to stay proceedings, to appeal bail decisions of lower courts, or motions to dismiss, to apply security for costs and other motions. The final volume is a copy of the 1986-1990 chambers proceedings in which case dispositions were initialed by the presiding judge. Most volumes have internal indexes.
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.
Subseries · 1991-1993
Part of Salter Street Films fonds
Subseries forms part of Film and television productions series and consists of production elements for this Canadian satirical comedy film released in 1992. The film was directed by Paul Donovan, and written by Donovan and Bill Fleming. It starred Paul Gross as Augustus Knickel, the mayor of Solomon Gundy, a fictional island off the coast of Nova Scotia. The community is in an economic crisis due to the cod fishing moratorium, but finds its fortunes transformed when a Russian nuclear submarine surfaces at the island. With only four remaining crewmen, including the former missile programming officer-turned-prisoner Tommy Sexton on board, Knickel buys the submarine, discovers a cache of tactical missiles, and subsequently declares the island an independent nuclear power.
Subseries · 1994-1999, predominately 1998-1999
Part of Salter Street Films fonds
Subseries forms part of Film and television productions series and consists of production elements for this television series which was created in partnership with the CBC for its Newsworld network. The television series provided investment reporting for both Canada and abroad.
Subseries · 1994-1998, predominately 1998
Part of Salter Street Films fonds
Subseries forms part of Film and television productions series and consists of production elements of this one-hour musical variety show celebrating Celtic music, that combined talent from Ireland, Scotland, and Nova Scotia. The performers included: Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Wood, Jean Butler, Sharon Shannon, Alyth MacCormack, Mary Jane Lamond, Bruce Guthro, Heather Rankin, Shooglenifty, Cara Butler Dance Troup and the MacQuarrie Dancers.
Subseries · 1761-1968, predominant 1879-1934
Part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds
Subseries forms part of the Lunenburg County Registry of Deeds series, and consists of 20 land transaction registers, 1827-1934, 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 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 includes original Crown Land Grant Books 1 to 3, 1879-1964, with two index volumes 1879-1959, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands office. Subseries also includes records available only on microfilm: the Chester Allotment book, 1761; Judgment Books 1 to 10, 1832-1905, with Indexes, recording County and Supreme Court judgments that affected deeded land or mortgages; and Indexes to Bills of Sale, volumes 1 to 11, 1869-1968; and Judgment Books B and C, 1879-1929, with Index, recording County and Supreme Court judgments that affected deeded land or mortgages.