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=== Introduction ===
This table can help you decide which records to search in Nova Scotia. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.


== Record Finder Table for Nova Scotia ==
1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
This Record Finder table links to the Nova Scotia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
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4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.
 
Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
 
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Birth date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]],[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Biography,
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Nova Scotia History|History]], [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Minorities, [[Canada Native Races|Native Races]], [[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]],[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
|-
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | French terms
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Language and Languages
*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]],&nbsp;
*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia History|History]], Historical Geography, [[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] Minorities
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], Biography, [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]],[[Nova Scotia Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]], Court Records, Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], Biography, [[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Maiden name, alias names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries;]] [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]; [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]; Names, Personal
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Loyalists|Loyalists]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]],&nbsp; [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Nova Scotia Land and Property Records|Land and Property]], [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Loyalists|Loyalists]]
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]], [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], Biography, Court Records, Business Records and Commerce
*[[Nova Scotia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Obituaries, [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]]&nbsp;[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], Biography
*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps, [[Nova Scotia History|History]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Historical Geography, [[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
 
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia History|History]], [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the province
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]] (indexed), [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Nova Scotia Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Nova Scotia Land and Property Records|Land and Property]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Biography, [[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records,]] [[Nova Scotia History|History]], [[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Nova Scotia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Political subdivision origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps, [[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia History|History]], Historical Geography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia History|History]], Biography
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
*[[Nova Scotia Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
 
| align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Census|Census]], [[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Nova Scotia History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries
*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia History|History]], Biography, [[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]], Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1917)
 
|-
|}
|}
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Introduction[edit | edit source]

This table can help you decide which records to search in Nova Scotia. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.

1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.

2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.

Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.


What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Census, Vital Records,Church Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date Vital Records,Church Records Cemeteries, Newspapers, Census
Birthplace Vital Records, Church Records Census, Newspapers
City or parish of foreign birth Church Records,Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Biography, Vital Records, Newspapers, History, Emigration and Immigration
Country of foreign birth Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship Church Records, Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers
Death Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records Newspapers, Military Records, Obituaries
Ethnic background Minorities, Native Races, Societies,Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship
French terms Language and Languages Church Records, Vital Records, 
Historical background History, Historical Geography, Periodicals Emigration and Immigration, Minorities
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Census, Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy,Land and Property
Living relatives (and adoptions) Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name, alias names Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers Cemeteries; Military Records; Probate Records; Names, Personal
Marriage Vital Records, Church Records,  Census, Newspapers Military Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Cemeteries
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration, Vital Records Newspapers, Biography, Court Records, Business Records and Commerce
Parents, children, and other family members Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Probate Records, Genealogy Obituaries, Emigration and Immigration, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Physical description Military Records, Biography Vital Records, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, History Historical Geography, Periodicals
Places of residence Census, Land and Property History, Military Records
Place (town) of residence when you know only the province Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, Land and Property Biography, Probate Records, History, Emigration and Immigration, Directories
Political subdivision origins and boundaries Gazetteers, Maps, Directories History, Historical Geography
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies Periodicals
Religion Census, Church Records, History Biography, Cemeteries, Obituaries
Social activities History, Biography, Newspapers, Societies Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries
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Major
 Repositories
Migration
 Routes
Canadian Pacific Railway · Halifax Road or Grand Communication Route · Pier 21
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