Welcome
Welcome to the website for the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia (GANS).
Note to members: click on Members Only and enter your login name and password to change your profile, enter your surname interests, and to access our members-only databases and resources.
Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax
Update: An additional 3,445 records have been added from a portion of the north half of the cemetery.
We are pleased to announce the availability of nearly 9,000 gravestone inscription records from Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, based on over 3,000 gravestone photographs. This represents approximately half (the south half) of the cemetery. A more detailed description of this cemetery project may be seen under the sidebar link Cemetery Records. The individual records are accessible to GANS members.
Office
Open Office
We now have internet access in the office as well as a new laptop and flat-screen monitor for visitors. Our space has been renovated and provides a convenient, air conditioned research area. Come check it out!
The GANS Office at 3258 Isleville Street (corner of Isleville & Stanley), Halifax, will be open to visitors two Sunday afternoons per month, beginning October 14, 2012.
Library
The Library Holdings database is being slowly, but regularly, updated to include subject, surname, and location categories for each record. While this notice is up, please note that only the title and author listings give you information on our complete catalogued collection.
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
We are very pleased to announce that the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal has been awarded to Dr. Allan E. Marble, President of GANS; the investiture ceremenony was held December 17, 2012 at Government House, Halifax. Dr. Marble was cited "for contributions to the study of genealogy in Nova Scotia and the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia."
GANS President Dr. Allan Marble (R) at the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Investiture, with His Honour Brigadier-General The Honourable J.J. Grant, CMM, ONS, CD (Ret'd), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, December 17, 2012
(Image courtesy: Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia)
Recent Additions to the MOA
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Some items added to our MOA Databases: (most recent items at top)
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Shelburne-Barrington: Methodist Circuit Baptisms, 1790-1806
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Guysborough County School Records, 1826
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Halifax - St. Mary's Basilica Marriages, 1830-1877
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Marriages in Massachusetts, 1850-1853
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Prospect - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Marriages, 1823-1877
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Prospect - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Baptisms, 1823-1870
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Dartmouth - St. Peter's Baptisms, 1830-1854
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Halifax - St. Peter's Baptisms, 1821-1829
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Port Dufferin - St. James Baptisms, 1847-1909
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Antigonish - St. Ninian's Baptisms, 1833-1905
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Halifax Victualling List - 1750
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Nova Scotia: Vital Statistics from Newspapers (January 1859) updated 2011.12.17
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Colchester County School Records, 1828 class lists for 45 school districts
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Annapolis County School Records, 1821 more school districts added
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Digby County School Records, 1828
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Annapolis and Digby Marriages updated to 1908
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GANS Library Holdings - frequently updated
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Amherst Baptist Marriages 1868–1896
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St. Mary's Auburn (Anglican; Kings Co.) Baptisms 1817–1861
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Halifax Baptist Church (North) Marriages 1866–1873
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NS Strays file updated
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Cornwallis Township Book — Marriages
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NSG Vol 3, Number 3 (Fall, 1985)
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Annapolis Regiments 1867–1914
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Christ Church Dartmouth Burial Records 1793–1866
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Christ Church Dartmouth Baptism Records 1793–1866
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Chester Congregationalist Marriage Records 1765–1795
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Advocate Cemetery, Cumberland County Records
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Cumberland School Returns 1814, 1821, 1822
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Chester Congregationalist Baptism Records 1762–1793
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Sheet Harbour and area Presbyterian Marriage Records 1813–1887
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St. Mary's Guysborough Presbyterian Marriage Records 1838–1864
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Christ Church Dartmouth Marriage Records 1793–1874
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Annapolis & Digby Marriage Records – series updated to 1875
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Annapolis & Digby Probate & Estate Records
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For information on membership, publications and general inquiries
please E-mail: info@novascotiaancestors.ca
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GANS Lecture by James Frost & Annual General Meeting
Saturday, May. 25th
at 1:00 pm
Speaker: James D. Frost
Office Open
Sunday, May. 26th
at 1:00 pm
All lectures are open to the public and will be held unless otherwise noted in the Akins A/V Room, Nova Scotia Archives, 6016 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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