Yarmouth Genealogy Resources

• Yarmouth County Historical Museum and Archives

22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, NS, Canada B5A 3C8
Phone: 1 (902) 742-5539 Fax: 1 (902) 749-1120
Website:  http://yarmouthcountymuseum.ednet.ns.ca/index.htm 
"We have the largest, non-institutional archives in Nova Scotia.
Our mandate is to collect, preserve, organize, describe and make available,
information pertaining to the people of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia (and
their activities).  The following list is just the "tip of the iceberg" of
the resources available to us, and to you!  We have a full time Archivist
and an experienced volunteer on hand to assist researchers.  For those
unable to visit in person, we offer a Research-By-Mail Service."
--Jamie Serran, Archivist
E-mail:
Museum
Archivist


Summary of Resources Available:
Genealogies:

• Brown's Yarmouth Genealogies                         by George S. Brown
• Crowell's New Englanders in NS Genealogies  by F. E. Crowell
• Doane's Yarmouth Genealogies                         by Clement Doane
• Nagle's Yarmouth Genealogies                          by Francelia Nagle
• Numerous Yarmouth Family Genealogies         published & unpublished
• Rankin's Yarmouth Genealogies                        by Lloyd Rankin


Census:

• Yarmouth, Shelburne and Digby Counties        1827, 1861, 1871,1881, 1891, 1901

Assessment Rolls:
• Township of Yarmouth:       1823, 1876-1880
• Town & Municipality of Yarmouth combined: 1881-1884, 1886-1887
• Town of Yarmouth:              1891, 1893-1905, 1907-1920
• Municipality of Yarmouth:  1894, 1898-1899, 1901-1925, 1927-1942, 1944-1947, 1955
• Municipality of Argyle:       1800s & 1900s

Land Deeds (transcripts):
• Municipality of Argyle:  1773-1824
• Yarmouth Township & County:  1773-1824

Civil Registration:
• Births:  1864-1877
• Marriages:  1864-1908
• Deaths (indexed):  1864-1877

Death/Funeral Records:
• Doctors Registration of Deaths    1908 - 1919
• Huskilsons Funeral Home Records   1959 - 1995
• Sweenys Funeral Home Records    1891 - 1960


Obituaries & Vital Statics:

 

Vital Records, Township of Yarmouth  Vital Records, Township of Argyle  Vital Records, Township of Barrington Nova Scotia Vital Stats from Newspapers Vital Stats from The Presbyterian Witness  Nova Scotia Surnames from Birth Registers Doanes Vital Stats Scrapbooks  Handys Vital Stats Scrapbooks Doanes Clipped Obituaries  Register of Yarmouth Marriages  Newspaper Obits - Chronicle Herald Newspaper Obits - Vanguard

1762 - 1811 1769 - 1847 1761 - 1847 1769 - 1854 1848 - 1908 1864 - 1877 1885 - 1911 1895 - 1984 1940 - 1965 1944 - 1958 1961 to date 1982 to date


Cemetery Records:
• Over 50 cemetery records available.  Includes gravestone inventories,

burial books, and histories of the cemeteries.


Church Records:

• Chebogue Church Records    1766 -1851
• Barrington Methodist, Baptisms & Marriages  1790-1837
• Zion Baptist Church Records    1814-1908
• Beacon United Church Collection    1832-1974
• Rev. G. T. Gordons Records of Baptisms, 191 -1968
• Marriages, 1929 - 1971
• Burials, 1917 - 1971
• Holy Trinity Anglican Church Reports   1900 - 1913
 
 Directories:
• Yarmouth Town Directories    1869, 1872, 1890, 1895
• Yarmouth Area Phone Books    1933, 42,43,48-50,54, 55, 58, 1960-62, 65; 1973 to date

 
 Miscellaneous:
• Business Records  -substantial collection
• Clubs, Societies, Schools -various affiliations
• County Villages   -published & unpublished histories and memoirs
• Family Name Files  -supplementary files of general family name information
• Family Networking  -well link you up with others researching the same names
• Family Records   -letters, diaries, memoirs, postcards, scrapbooks,clippings
• Historic Homes   -heritage inventory sheets and information
• Historic Photographs  -substantial collection covering all aspects of life in Yar. Co. Maps
• Newspapers    -substantial collection 1833 to date (with gaps)
• Reference Library  -rare books and historic reference works
• Shipping Records   -registers, masters/mates certificates, logs, diaries, letters

• Argyle Courthouse - Tusket (Historical & Genealogy Society)

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth

• Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management (PANS)
 
1. Census records for Yarmouth Co. are available for the following years: 1791, 1793, 1817, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901.  So far only 1871 & 1881 are indexed

2. Church Records (PANS) on microfilm

3. Wills and Deeds:

 4. Miscellaneous Records Available (PANS):

• Nova Scotia Vital Statistics--Info. on Birth, Marriage, & Death Certificates

• Mayflower Information Online:
• The General Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Mayflower Ancestry: The Massachusets Enquirer
• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Pages