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Online Records

• Canada Phone and Address Listings at MyHeritage - index ($)
• 1907-8 Search: Canadian Directories Collection Library and Archives Canada
• 1864-67 Hutchinson's Direct. Extracts 1864-67
• 1870-71 McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71, images
• 1880-81 McAlpine's maritime provinces business directory for 1880-81 : containing names of all business men and women in the cities and provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland; with complete indexes to the different branches of business and localities
• 1907-8 McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08
• 1922 Nova Scotia, Canada- Eastern District Telephone Directory, 1922($), index
• 1930 Gazetteer and Business Directory, Canada, 1930, Part 8 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Microfiche

• Pre-1900 Canadian Directories. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1988. (On 4,219 FamilySearch Library fiche beginning with 6360453. These fiche do not circulate to FamilySearch Centers.)

Books

• The Atlantic Canadians 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places, and Vital Dates, 3 volumes. Elliot, Noel M., editor, (Toronto, Ontario: Genealogical Research Library, 1994).

Nova Scotia Archives (Hard Copies)

• Provincial Directories Listing
• City Directories Listing
• Telephone Directories
• Business Directories

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