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              Blaikie Family Collection
              Collection · 1839 - 1961
              The collection contains textual records and photographs that demonstrate the activities of several members of the Blaikie Family of Great Village, NS, for almost a century from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Items were arranged into series by the archivist based on record type or content, including: letters; insurance policies for various properties in Great Village; payment agreements; Estate of Melinda (Gould) Blaikie; bills; land deeds; John Wier contracts; World War I correspondence, mostly between Joseph McKay Blaikie and Blanche Johnson; ledgers; documents related to the shipbuilding and shipping industries, focusing on “The Peerless”, “Chieftain”, and “The President”. The fonds also contains assorted items related to community organizations and happenings in Great Village, NS, including: day books for Ezra Layton’s store; Iron Age Division of the Sons of Temperance; dyke books; play bills; Corinthians Lodge; war rations books; Women’s Institute of Great Village; and a scrapbook. The photograph collection contains a large number of portraits, with most people identified as members of the Blaikie Family. There are also a large number of photographs of William Edward Spencer and Truene Ruth (Geddes) Spencer, at home and on holiday in California. 2006.48.1 - 148; 2007.36.1 - 56
              Estate files (Halifax County)
              Subseries · 1750-1930
              Part of Halifax County Court of Probate records
              Sub-series contains documents relating to the settling of estates in files opened at the Halifax County is County Registry of Probate from 1750 to 1930. 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. RG 48 Vol. 396 to 426; Microfilm 19,396 to 19,426.
              Land grants, deeds, and wills
              Series · [ca. 1784-1924]
              Part of Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
              Series forms part of Katherine L. Stoddard fonds and consists of three land deeds including one for land in Hantsport purchased from Charles Cowley Brown and his wife Emma by Robert J. Stoddard, Master Mariner, for six hundred dollars in 1924; one for land in Kings County purchased from George A. and Louise Yeaton by Robert J. Stoddard for one dollar in 1924; and one for land in Horton, King’s County, purchased by Robert J. Stoddard of Musquodoboit Harbour from John L. and Eunice E. Graham for three thousand six hundred dollars in 1923. Series also includes transcripts of a grant for five hundred acres to Thomas Stoddard dated September, 1784. Also includes typed transcripts of memorials written by Michael Eisan to the governor discussing a request for land in Jeddore and a later purchase of land in Ship Harbour c. 1786-1791 as well as another memorial dated 1796, wherein Eisan requests that he be granted permission to take possession of some back lands to attempt to raise grain in order to sustain his family, as he and his neighbors were having difficulty doing so on their current land in Ship Harbour; it being so close to the sea. Another transcript includes a deed for 200 acres on Lot. 20 purchased by Eisan from Joseph Lumb (or Lamb) for nine pounds in 1791. The transcripts also include a rejected petition made by Michael Eisan, Loyalist, for relief due to loss of property in South Carolina. The series also includes transcripts of the will of Thomas Stoddard of Clam Harbour dated 1813, bequeathing his land to his sons Walter Hercules, Thomas Ratchford, George William Sherlock, and Edmund Fanning. Michael Eisan (1730-1833) was the grandfather of Katherine Stoddard’s great grandmother Elizabeth Eisan. Accession number: 2013.008
              Family papers & genealogy
              Series · 1638-1966, 1770-1860 predominant [copied 1949-1966]
              Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
              Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of records related to various Eastern Shore families and individuals including Duncan Johnson, Hal de Ganges, Ross C. Graves, Joan Scott, Agatha Palmer Ganong, and the Siteman, Dewey, Eisan, Ells, Gerrard, Hartling, Henderson, Johnson, Hilchie, Hill, McCarthy, Beaver, Jamieson, O’ Bryan, Palmer, Peitzch, Richardson, Robson, Shellnutt, Twining, Webber, Smith, Mitchell, Moser, Newcombe, and Stoddard families as well as other Eastern Shore and Pictou County families. Records include lists of settlers, wills, Loyalist claims, vital records, genealogies, petitions, muster rolls, obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, newspaper clippings, school papers, voter lists, correspondence, land records, and other documents. Accession number: 2013.066
              Land records, wills, & petitions
              Series · [ca. 1750-1970], [ca. 1940-1968 (copied)]
              Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
              Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of records related to the acquisition, sale, and transfer of land including deeds, grants, indentures, and petitions. Also included are notes regarding Crown Land and wills, correspondence, abstracts, a list of children brought from England and distributed on the Eastern Shore, maps, school trustee and assembly papers. Accession number: 2013.066
              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.
              Halifax County Court of Probate records
              Fonds · 1750-1967
              Series contains records relating to the disposition of property of deceased persons in Halifax County as administered through the Court of Probate. Series consists of two sub-series of records: Wills recorded at Halifax County registry of deeds 1750-1967 and Estate files 1750-1930
              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.