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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
Fonds · 1834, [ca. 1890]-1974, [199-?]
Fonds consists of records of the family of Anna Barbara Webber, created and/or accumulated by Anna Barbara Webber and later her daughter Frances Robson. Records include photographs, family land records and research, certificates, announcements, and wartime records. Accession numbers 2010.009, 2010.010
Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1900-1969]
The fonds consists of records accumulated by Annabel (Siteman) Ells during the course of her research on the area of Ship Harbour and the families who lived there as well as personal records created and accumulated throughout her lifetime. The fonds includes a wide variety of records such as land related documents, wills, Loyalist petitions, census information, court papers, church registers and vital statistics including marriage, birth, and death records; school papers, genealogies, clippings and notes taken from various newspapers and periodicals, photographs and negatives, correspondence, postcards, and diaries. The records within the fonds shed light on the history of Ship Harbour and its families, the work of Annabel Ells, her personal life from a young girl growing up on the Eastern Shore to travelling as a young woman and attending school, entering into various careers, living as an independent woman in the early 20th century, her marriage later in life and her lifelong interest in her Ship Harbour home. http://www.heritagevillage.ca/LCASresources/Annabel_%28Siteman%29_Ells_fonds_Inventory.pdf Accession number 2013.066
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 Also included are historical documents and correspondence preserved by her grandfather and father, and family records given to her by a number of present day and former residents of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.
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.
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.
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.
Lomas family fonds
Fonds · 1866- 2009, predominant 1970- 2000
Fonds consists of collected research on the history of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s from its earliest records, with a special focus on gold mining and Goldenville, Nova Scotia, as well as the personal archives of the Lomas family recording their decades of public service alongside historical material gathered from their families and the community in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. The historical research begins with the earliest inhabitants of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s, and continues with the arrival of Europeans, reports on the economic development of the area, essays on regional occupations, churches, charitable organizations, schools, government, transportation, communications, energy, banking, health care, recreation, and the war effort in two world wars. It collects research on the communities of Ecum Secum, Marie Joseph, New Chester, The Liscombs, Spanish Ship Bay, Sherbrooke, Sonora, Wine Harbour, Indian Harbour, Port Hilford, Port Bickerton, Harpelville, Fisherman’s Harbour, Jordanville, Stillwater, Waternish, Melrose, Aspen, The Forks, Denver, Glenelg, Smithfield, the Caledonias, Goshen, Argyle, Garden of Eden and the St. Mary’s River. Goldenville, Nova Scotia, is covered extensively with maps, photographs, census reports and other papers. Many histories of the region are collected in this fond, including unpublished memoirs. Papers from the Prince Henry Sinclair Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, West River Station Restoration Committee, St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Sherbrooke Library, Sherbrooke Village, Canso Historical Society, and the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia are also in this fonds, alongside a generous collection of material generated by the Lomas family themselves. There are records from the foreign service of Alton Anderson Lomas in the United States, Mexico, Belgium, and China, as well as his political work in Ontario and Nova Scotia. There is also an extensive record of the community service done by Al and Aleah Lomas, notably her work as librarian at the Sherbrooke Library, and several awards for volunteer service. In addition to the Lomas family material, this fonds holds genealogy research for many local families, notably the McKean/McKeen, Anderson, Henderson, Landesberg, and McLane families. There are photographs of local people and landscapes dating back to the 1870 opening of the first bridge over the St. Mary’s River at Sherbrooke, up to the 2005 wedding reception of Aleah Lomas Anderson and Murray Anderson, with an emphasis on the Anderson, Lomas, Palmer, and MacDonald families. The fonds also has audio and video recordings of interviews, speeches, and brief reports discussing topics of interest to the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Fonds consists of the following series:Series 1: History of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’sSeries 2: Lomas History of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’sSeries 3: St. Mary’s Historical SocietySeries 4: CemeteriesSeries 5: ChurchesSeries 6: Foreign ServicesSeries 7: GenealogySeries 8: Gold Mining and Heritage Goldenville SocietySeries 9: Heritage / Heritage Inventory ProgramSeries 10: Industry, LocalSeries 11: MapsSeries 12: MemoirsSeries 13: MilitarySeries 14: News ClippingsSeries 15: ObituariesSeries 16: Personal PapersSeries 17: PhotographsSeries 18: Photographic SlidesSeries 19: Sherbrooke LibrarySeries 20: Sherbrooke VillageSeries 21: Audio RecordingsSeries 22: VHS cassette tapesSeries 23: Ships and shippingSeries 24: Books and Periodicals, CollectedSeries 25: MacDonald familySeries 26: Glass negativesSeries 27: Canadian Government ServiceSeries 28: Community Initiatives 2022.006
Wilda Marcotte fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of binders of genealogical information and newspaper clippings arranged by family, rolled family charts, and scrapbooks.