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              Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
              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
              Annapolis County Court of Probate records
              Fonds · 1970, 1992
              Series contains records relating to the disposition of property of deceased persons in Annapolis County as administered through the Court of Probate. Series consists of two sub-series of records: Wills recorded at Annapolis County registry of deeds 1879-1979 and Estate files 1763-1925.
              Estate files
              Subseries · 1970, 1992
              Part of Annapolis County Court of Probate records
              Sub-series contains documents relating to the settling of estates in files opened at the Annapolis County Registry of Probate from 1763 to 1925. Documents include original wills, petitions for probate or administration, oaths taken and bonds furnished by executors or administrators, records of decisions made by the registrar of probate, valuations and inventories of estates, and accounts furnished at the estates' closing showing financial transactions of the estate. Petitions for probate or administration generally give the place and date of death. All documents do not exist for all estates. The files prior to 1900 were filmed in 1970 on 35 mm. positive image film. The files subsequent to 1900 were filmed in 1992 on 16 mm. negative image film. The files are arranged in chronological order with each surname starting with a common letter being found in a group. — Title derived from microfilm lead cards — Microfilm 20418 is a listing of the estate files in the order in which they are filmed.