Nova Scotia Research Tips and Strategies

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Nova Scotia

Research Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Nova Scotia Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Nova Scotia. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Nova Scotia Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Nova Scotia:

Finding Nova Scotia Birth, Marriage or Death Records

• Finding Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths using Guided Research

Finding Nova Scotia Records

• Nova Scotia Record Finder

Nova Scotia Provincewide Databases

• Nova Scotia Online Genealogy Records

Nova Scotia Research Process

• Nova Scotia Getting Started

Canada Research Strategies

• Canada Finding Town of Origin
• How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada
• How to Recognize your Canadian Ancestor
• See Canada Research Tips and Strategies for more resources.

Canada Online Learning

• Online Videos

Acadia Research

• The area comprising today's New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island was once known as Arcadie, later called Acadia. The area was first settled by the French.
• Acadia, New France
• Acadian Immigration (Acadia)
• Acadia Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

French Language

• French Genealogical Word List
• Latin Genealogical Word List
• Introduction to French Paleography at BYU Script Tutorial

Further Nova Scotia Research

• Nova Scotia Family History Library Research Outline