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Death registration books
Series · Microfilmed 1980
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar general fonds and consists of death registration books which record the deceased's name, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, parents' names and occupation, the deceased's date and place of death, and the informant providing the information. Some forms used to collect the information also include the cause of death, how long the condition was evident and the name of any attending physician. Series is indexed by surname of the deceased.
Marriage registration books
Series · Microfilmed 1980-1981
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar General Fonda and consists of marriage registration books prepared initially from quarterly lists of marriage licences completed by local issuers of marriage licences and forwarded to the Statistics Office in Halifax, N.S. The local officials would also forward the completed "marriage forms" that contained information on each marriage. Books record the names of those married, their ages, their place of birth and residence, their parents names and occupations, the name and church affiliation of the minister involved, the names of witnesses and the occupation of the groom. Each county has separate registration books that start in 1864 and end, depending on the county, between 1906 and 1918. Series has an alphabetical index arranged by county and year.
Series · Microfilmed 1983
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds and consists of the correspondence of J.M. Cramp, Thomas McCulloch, and others regarding the collection of vital statistics, 1842-1877; requests for appointments as local registrars and issuers, 1864-1877; incoming correspondence from local registrars to Archibald Scott and Thomas Costley, the Secretaries at the office, 1864-1871; documents regarding the remunerations of local registrars and issuers by the counties, 1867-1868; notes and drafts for reports by Scott and Costley, 1864, 1868, 1870-1875; 1871 census correspondence relating primarily to the census of institutions; descriptions of electoral districts and registration districts; and 1866 quarterly returns of records of deaths for parts of Victoria County (1865), Antigonish County (1876), and Guysborough County (1877). Records date mainly from 1864-1877.
Returns of registered deaths
Series · Microfilmed 1980
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
quarterly returns made by local registrars of deaths to the federal statistics office in Halifax, N.S. Series also includes information recorded for each death which includes the deceased's name, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, parents' names and occupation, the date and place of death, and the informant providing the information to the local registrar. Some forms reporting individual deaths include the cause of death, how long the condition was evident, and the name of any attending physician. The returns are arranged by county, then chronologically by year and quarter, and then alphabetically by district. Among the quarterly returns are found many forms used to report individual deaths.
Fonds · Microfilmed 1980-1984
Fonds consists of: Series - Birth registration books, Series - Marriage registration books, Series - Death registration books, Series - Marriage bonds, Series - Marriage licence files, Series - Returns of marriage licences issued and marriages solemnized, Series - Returns of registered deaths, Series - Statistics office correspondence and other material, Series - Returns of births registered
Birth registration books
Series · Microfilmed 1980
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds and consists of birth registration books recording the name of the person born, the date and place of birth, the mother's maiden name, the father's name, residence and occupation, when and where the parents were married, the date the birth was registered and who provided the information. Series is indexed by surname of person being registered.
Series · Microfilmed 1982-1983
Part of Nova Scotia Deputy Registrar-General fonds
quarterly returns submitted by the local issuers of marriage licences to the federal statistics office in Halifax, N.S. The returns are arranged by county, then chronologically by date and then alphabetically by district within each county. The returns generally list the parties being married, those co-signing the marriage bonds, the minister and church involved, and whether the licence was returned. Returns of marriages solemnized give the full particulars of the wedding including names of witnesses, ages of those married, and the names and occupations of their parents. The returns were then used to compile the marriage registration books. Numbers found on the returns correspond to registration numbers on individual licences and not to numbers generated for indexes. The Registration Act of 1864 provided for the appointment of deputy issuers of marriage licences in all parts of the province. They were responsible for providing marriage licences to the clergy in their areas, receiving the licences after they had been used in performance of marriages, and recording the marriages by licence and also by banns. The quarterly returns were submitted to the federal statistics office in Halifax, N.S.