Genealogy Research in Nova Scotia

Some Nova Scotia Tips from a Genealogist

• Some Nova Scotia Tips from a Genealogist

Genealogy Guides for Researchers

General Guides

• Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources [NSGenWeb]
• Just Starting Your Family Tree? [Halifax Public Libraries] - Getting Started; Interviewing Family Members; Record Keeping; Genealogical Research.
• Guide to Tracing Family Trees [RootsWeb]
• Documenting Sources
  • How to Cite Sources [genealogy.com] - Recording Where You Find Information. How to cite everything from web sites and e-mails to newspaper articles to personal letters.
• Downloadable Genealogy Forms
  • Family Tree Magazine - Forms that can help you access and organize your information.
• How to Access Library and Archives Canada Records

To Begin Your Family Search

General Information

• Gather information from family and relatives.
• Write down names, dates, locations and family ties.
• Begin your search with relatives closest to you, and work back from there.
• Document every fact as you progress! Record information on pedigree charts and family group sheets.
• If you have a computer, organizing your data in a genealogical program is most helpful.
• Once you have determined all you can from relatives, you are then ready to start your search.
• Attempt to determine where an unknown ancestor may have lived. This you may be able to uncover from obituaries or census returns etc.
• Collect pictures and other material concerning family.
• Join your local genealogical society and take advantage of workshops and all they have to offer.
• Acquaint yourself with libraries and historical societies in your research area.
• Visit the area, or write to the genealogical society of that area and hire a researcher to search records for any information which they might have on your ancestor.
• Explore GenWeb sites on the Internet to look at what they have online, and to obtain the address of archives etc. where you could write for more help.
• Use the GenWeb look-up services for publication resources of interest to genealogists and historians.
• Post queries to connect with others who may have answers to find ancestors in your family line.

Nova Scotia Facts

General Interest about Nova Scotia

• Information about Nova Scotia [NS] - All kinds of interesting information on Nova Scotia. If you've never been to this province, you'll learn a lot about us here.
• Nova Scotia at a Glance [NS] - Statistics of general interest about Nova Scotia.

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