BOOKS
& CDs RELATING TO ANTIGONISH
The History of the County of
Antigonish,
Nova Scotia by Rev. D. J. Rankin, 1929
[Reprint
available]
[Images and a downloadable version is available from
Our Roots at
the University of Calgary.]
History of Inverness County,
Nova Scotia by J.L. MacDougall, 1922
[Images and online copy is available at Electric
Scotland ]
The Antigonish Whiddens,
Genealogical
Record by D. G. Whidden, 1930
[Reprint
available]
The Descendants of Donald
Cameron
[Pitcher's Farm] by James M. Cameron, 1957
[privately
printed]
American Pioneers in Antigonish [Pushee, Williams, Hulbert] by James M. Cameron
Memorable Years by H. M. MacDonald, 1964
A History of the Catholic Church in Eastern Nova Scotia, by Rev. A.A. Johnston,Longmans: 1961, 1970, 2 volume set.
Down Memory Lane by H. M. MacDonald, 1972
History of Antigonish, Vol.
1
and Vol. 2, Edited by Raymond A. MacLean, 1976
[reprint
available]
Recollections by Margaret "Peg" MacGillivray, 1977
St. Margaret's Church [Arisaig] Centennial 1878-1978
Through the Years : 175th Anniversary, St. Peter's Parish, Tracadie, N.S., 1978
Faces and Places, Travel and
Tales
in Nova Scotia's Antigonish & Guysborough Counties
by Terry
Tremayne,
1983
A Century Ago at Arichat and
Antigonish,
Reminiscenses of Mary Belle Grant Ormond (1860-1947) by
Douglas
Somers Ormond, 1985
The History of Antigonish by Patrick F. Walsh, 1989
Bishop John Cameron: Piety & Politics by R. A. MacLean, 1991
A Journey to The Past by
Evelyn
DeCoste, 1993
[West Havre
Boucher, Linwood, Frankville]
Antigonish Diocese Priests & Bishops, 1786-1925 by Rev. A.A. Johnston, edited by Kathleen M. MacKenzie (biographical sketches/photos of priests/bishops who served in the Diocese of Antigonish during this time, only includes those ordained up to 1925.) Antigonish: Casket Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd., 1994
Four Cameron Pioneers, by Frances MacMaster Thompson, 1996 [privately printed]
For the People, The History of St. F.X., by James D. Cameron; Toronto: McGill Quees Press, 1996; (Official history of St. Francis Xavier University).
St. Joseph's Parish and Community 1848-1998 by Katherine Anne Chisholm & Donna Kennedy, 1998
Drummer on Foot Editors: D. MacFarlane and R. A. MacLean, 1999
The
Casket 1852-1992, From Gutenberg to Internet: The Story of a
Small-Town
Weekly
by R.A. MacLean
Monastery and Its People by Ann Wallace
St. Andrews, Then and Now by H. Joseph MacDonald, 2000
"And Martha Served" History
of
The Sisters of St. Martha, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
by James Cameron, 2000 [1953]
Donald 'Red' MacDonald of Lakevale and his descendants edited by Bob King, 2001
"A Memoir of a Nurse" (about Elizabeth Campbell from Cloverville)
St. Peter's Parish, Tracadie ~ A Parish History 1803 - 2003 by Ann Wallace, 2003 [116 pgs]
"Limbs" by Lewis B. Chisholm (family genealogy inc. Chisholm of Lanark, Dalton & Kennedy) [209 pgs]
"Ripples from Copper Lake" by Rose Sutherland Carter [235 pgs]
"In Profile" by Mary Lou
O'Reilly~58
of more than 200 interviews that appeared in The Casket, 1986 [184
pages]
"Historic Antigonish Town
and
County" Images of our Past by Laurie C C Stanley-Blackwell & R A
MacLean
~ 290 pages with chapters
including
Communities, House and Home, Living off the Land and Sea; Trades
Businesses
and Industry; Women's Work; Religion; Education, Transportation,
Recreational
Pastimes, Sports, Events, and the Many Faces of Antigonish.
Contains
an extensive bibliography. Available through the Antigonish
Heritage
Museum 24.95 plus shipping. (all Canadian funds) Note:
shipping
to US is 8.50. For information, contact Jocelyn
Gillis,
Antigonish Heritage Museum
or
902-863-6160.
"A Better Life: A
Portrait of Highland Scottish Women in Nova Scotia" by Teresa
MacIsaac. Cape Breton University Press.
Price 22.95 + Shipping.
Available at the Antigonish
Heritage Museum or 902-863-6160.
"Tokens of Grace: Cape
Breton's Open Air Communion Tradition" by Laurie
Stanley-Blackwell". Price 19.95 + Shipping.
Available at the Antigonish Heritage Museum or
902-863-6160.
“John R.
MacInnis: His Life and His Writing”, written and edited by Marleen
MacDonald-Hubley, 2008, privately printed (contains genealogies and
stories from the
St. Joseph’s District) Available at the Antigonish
Heritage Museum or 902-863-6160.
CDs
St. Ninian’s Cemetery
Part 1
St. Ninian's Cemetery Part 2
St. Joseph and area
(Old Ohio, St Josephs, Keppoch & MacDonald (Addington Forks)
Catholic Cemeteries of
Eastern Pictou (Egerton, Lismore & Bailey’s Brook)
St. Margaret of
Scotland, Arisaig
Georgeville and Area
(St. Georges, St. Mary’s Maryvale & Morar)
(All CDs are available at the Antigonish
Heritage Museum
902-863-6160. All proceeds go to the
Museum to help obtain new records.)
If you know of other books that
should
be listed here, please let me know here