Kings County Books and Publications


BOOKS & NEWSPAPERS


  • Local Newspapers:
    • Berwick - Berwick Register (weekly)- P.O. Box 640, Berwick,N.S. B0P 1E0
      The Register vital stats (1900-1931)
    • Canning - The Canning Gazette
    • Centreville - The Centreville Voice
    • Greenwood - The Aurora (bilingual, weekly)- P.O. Box 99 CFB Greenwood, Greenwood, N.S. B0P 1N0
    • Kentville - The Advertiser (2 x week) - P.O. Box 430, Kentville, N.S. B4N 3X4
    • Kentville - The Weekend Advertiser (weekly) - P.O. Box 430, Kentville, N.S. B4N 3X4
    • Kentville - The Kentville Town News
    • Articles from Transconinental Newsnet since April 5, 1999 - Including Kentville Advertiser and Kings County Register, among others
      Transcontinental Newsnet Archives

  • Provincial Newspapers:

  • Books and Publications:
    • History of Kings County, Nova Scotia by Arthur W.H. Eaton, 898 pp., 1910

    • A History and Geography of Kings County by M.G. Ferguson and M. McLellan, 113 pp., 1967

    • Place-Names in Kings County, Nova Scotia by Watson Kirkconnell, 39 pp., 1971

    • Bits of History of Canning, N.S. by I. Cox, 1940

    • A Genealogical History of Long Island (North Grand Pre), Kings County, Nova Scotia by Douglas E. Eagles, 111 pp., 1977

    • A History of Horton Township, Kings County, N.S., 37 pp., 1975

    • A History of Prospect in the County of Kings, Nova Scotia by Olive H. Lloyd, 83 pp., 1975

    • A History of Bishopsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, 1710-1974 by A. Phillips, 32 pp., 1974

    • A History of Greenwich by Edythe Quinn, 108 pp., 1968

    • Historical Sketch of Church of St. John, 1810-1960, and the Parish of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, 1760-1960 by J.E. Rand, 1960

    • Grist from the Mills: A History of Sheffield Mills by Women's Institute of Nova Scotia, 118 pp., 1967

    • The Port Remembers: The History of Port Williams, 256 pp., 1976

    • Mud Creek : the story of the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia - Published by the Wolfville Historical Society - 255 pages ISBN: 0969171900

    • The History of Cambridge, To The Best Of My Knowledge by Frances Taylor

    • Over the Years (contains genealogy on 130 families from Black Rock, Canada Creek, Garland, Chipman Brook, and Ross Corner of Kings County) by Frances Taylor, 2009

    • News and Views (t tells about the occupations and the adventures of the people of Black Rock/Canady Creek, Chipman Brook & Ross Corner. It covers many points of interest from a long time ago, right up to the present. 135pgs and 24 sketches of area) by Frances Taylor, 2010

    • "Looking Back" A Portrait of Gaspereau, Kings County, Nova Scotia by Daphne (Gertridge) Frazee Price - 59 pages

    • Horton Township records, King Co., Nova Scotia : register of births,marriages and deaths,1751-1895 - complied by Douglas E. Eagles, Published: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada 1974 - 92 pages.

    • Horton Point: A History of Avonport (1998) - Gordon M. Haliburton

    • Postcards from Acadie: Grand-Pr�, Evangeline and the Acadian Identity by Barbara LeBlanc

    • Where They Rest in Peace (2001) - Maynard Stevens

    • My Real Name Is Charley: Memoirs of a Grocer's Clerk by Glen Hancock, (2000) (Gaspereau Press) - ISBN 1-894031-36-9
Note: I do not have any information on any books or publications listed on this page.
Please try online book sellers, local books stores and historical societies.





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