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Record Finder Table for Nova Scotia

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

This Record Finder table links to the Nova Scotia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Birth date and place	Civil Registration Census Church Records	Acadians Cemeteries Obituaries Newspapers
Marriage place and date	Civil Registration Church Records Newspapers	Acadians Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1917)
Death date, place, and burial	Civil Registration Church Records Obituaries Cemeteries	Acadians Newspapers Probate Records Military Records

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Maiden name	Civil Registration Church Records Newspapers Obituaries Loyalists	Military Records Cemeteries Probate Records Obituaries
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Civil Registration Church Records Census Probate Records Obituaries	Loyalists Newspapers Emigration and Immigration
Living relatives	Directories Court Records Obituaries	Census Biographies Societies Church Records Probate Records

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for:

Best Records to Search:

Alternative Records:

Immigration date

Emigration and Immigration
Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1917)

Obituaries

City or Country of foreign birth

Census
Civil Registration
Emigration and Immigration
Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1917)

Church Records

Residences and Locations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Residence	Census Civil Registration Land and Property Probate Records Military Records	Directories Obituaries Biographies Societies

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Nationality and ethnicity	Acadians Census Church Records First Nations Cultural Groups	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1917) Emigration and Immigration Societies Periodicals
Occupation	Census Directories Emigration and Immigration	Court Records Biographies
Religion	Census Church Records	Cemeteries Military Records
Social activities	Biographies Obituaries Newspapers	Cemeteries Societies
Physical description	Military Records	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1917)

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-== Record Finder Table for New Brunswick ==
+== Record Finder Table for Nova Scotia ==
 The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
 === Order of Records ===
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 == List of Topics ==
-This Record Finder table links to the New Brunswick topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
+This Record Finder table links to the Nova Scotia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 ===Vital Events ===
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 | align="left" | Birth date and place
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Marriage place and date
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
+*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
 |-
 | align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
-*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
 |-
 |}
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 | align="left" | Maiden name
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Loyalists|Loyalists]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Loyalists|Loyalists]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Loyalists|Loyalists]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Loyalists|Loyalists]]
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
-*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Living relatives
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
-*[[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Court Records|Court Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
 |-
 |}
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 | align="left" | Immigration date
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
+*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 |-
 | align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
+*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
 |}
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 | align="left" | Residence
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Land and Property|Land and Property]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
-*[[New Brunswick Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
 |}
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 | align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Acadians|Acadians]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
 *[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
-*[[New Brunswick Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
+*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1917)
-*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Occupation
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Directories|Directories]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Directories|Directories]]
-*[[New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Court Records|Court Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Court Records|Court Records]]
-*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Religion
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Census|Census]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Census|Census]]
-*[[New Brunswick Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Church Records|Church Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Social activities
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Biographies|Biographies]]
-*[[New Brunswick Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Newspapers|Newspapers]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
-*[[New Brunswick Societies|Societies]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Societies|Societies]]
 |-
 | align="left" | Physical description
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Nova Scotia Military Records|Military Records]]
 | style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-*[[New Brunswick Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1917)
+*[[Nova Scotia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1917)
 |-
 |}
-[[Category:New Brunswick, Canada]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
+[[Category:Nova Scotia, Canada]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
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