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Lena Harrington fonds
Fonds · [Photocopied 1995]
Fonds consists of one scrapbook created by Lena Harrington over a span of several decades. The scrapbook contains clippings regarding local events, obituaries and genealogical information, recorded by Lena, on the Bigelow, Hart, Sherlock, and Whitman families.
Wilda Marcotte fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of binders of genealogical information and newspaper clippings arranged by family, rolled family charts, and scrapbooks.
J. Furber Marshall fonds
Fonds · 1872-1992, predominately 1964-1991
Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Furber while working on his genealogy research. This includes correspondence, research notes, Marshall family histories, clippings, photographs of Nova Scotian places and people, and maps of various Nova Scotian areas. Also included are the daily diaries he kept while working for MT&T which he used to record significant company events taking place around the province.
Ivan Weatherby Collection
Fonds · [195-]-[199-]
Collection consists of clippings on the history of Tatamagouche and area; obituarites (extensive) for local residents; genealogical information on the Weatherby, Langille, Hingley, Rose, Ball and Mattatall families; index to land grants for the Weatherby family, and miscellaneous research notes created by Weatherby when writing various articles on local history. MG 1, Vol. 4 & Vol. 34.
Dorothy (Hagar) Freeman Collection
Fonds · 1783-1994
Collection consists of records of Freeman's activities as a researcher, correspondent and a heritage recorder for over a period of thirty years. Also included are historical documents and correspondence preserved by her grandfather and father, and family records given to her by a number of present day and former residents of Roseway/Churchover/Carleton Village area of Shelburne County. Her genealogical research also included in depth notes on branches of local families who settled in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, and various counties in southern New Brunswick. MG 1 Vol. 2601-2707.
35 - Collection Resther Doucet
Fonds · 1828-1912
Ce fonds est constitué de documents de la famille d’Amable Benonie Doucet et de ses descendants, c’est-à-dire, les ancêtres de M. Resther Doucet. Le fonds contient une série : (A) Ventes de terres. MG 35
37 - Collection Perry Guidry
Collection · 1792-1891
La collection est classée selon les séries suivantes : (A) Correspondance et (B) Ventes de terres. MG 37
Research material and publications
Series · [ca. 1965]-2003
Part of Robert M. Ritcey fonds
Series forms part of the Robert M. Ritcey fonds and consists of the contents of two binders, each comprising volumes of a work entitled “Memories and family: collections by Robert M. Ritcey” (also entitled “Memories, family, and collections of Robert Milton Ritcey Sr.”). The work is a collection of research material related to the Ritcey family of Nova Scotia, as well as other families connected to the Ritceys, including the Newman, Williams, Bayers, and Gaetz families. The work comprises material created by Ritcey or collected from other sources, and includes text; family trees; excerpts and transcriptions from publications; records such as certificates and forms; correspondence; maps; drawings; and other material. All of the material from the binders is photocopied, with occasional annotations in pencil. Included in the work are drafts of Ritcey’s memoirs “The Place” and “The People”. Also included in the work are colour copies of photographs of Martinique Beach and Dun’s Beach. Ritcey began collating the material in 1986, although he had begun creating some of it in 1972 or earlier, and had been accumulating it for many years before then. Series also includes a letter to the Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society related to the upcoming publication of part of his work, along with an annotated copy of an introduction to be included in the publication, and a copy of a map of the area around Martinique Beach in around 1937, hand drawn by Ritcey. Accession number 2010.004
Family files
Series · [ca. 1972]-[ca. 2002]
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of records related to genealogical research into Eastern Shore families undertaken by Stevens. Series includes copies of censuses, obituaries, and vital statistics. Series also includes correspondence with other researchers, and printouts of genealogical material from other researchers. Records are in files arranged alphabetically by family name. 2003.010
Research material and publications
Series · 1978-1996
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series consists of records related to historical and genealogical research conducted by Stevens. Series includes publications, copies of publications, publisher catalogues, finding aids from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (then known as the Public Archives of Nova Scotia) and other archives and brochures. Series also includes copies of historical records including the June 5, 1784 muster roll of the Royal Garrison Battalion at Sheet Harbour, 1871 census records possibly taken at the Halifax Poor House, and the February 1779 General Monthly Return of the German Troops in Canada. 2003.010