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Genealogical Resources
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- Searching for your roots?
- Don’t know where to
turn next?
- Looking for a long lost
someone?
- Know something we
don’t?
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We can help each other!
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If you have any updates to add to our information, or if you
would like to request information on your family history, click here. If
requesting information, please note the fees below.
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Sources of Information
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Church Registers (from the late 18th to early 19th
Centuries)
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- Trinity Anglican Church,
Digby
- St. Patrick’s Anglican
Church, Weymouth
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Government Documents
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- Township books
- County Municipal records
- Land grants
- Deeds
- Probate records
- Digby County School records
- 1784 Botsford & 1801
Hatfield Land Grant maps
- Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from
Newspapers 1769-1856
- Deaths, Burial and Probate
of Nova Scotians, 1800-1850
- Sir Guy Carleton Book of Negros
- Carleton’s Loyalist
Index: A Select Index to the names of Loyalist and their associates
contained in the British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783 (CD)
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Media Sources
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- Some indices to vital
statistics
- The Digby Mirror (hardbound)
- The Digby Courier: 1877-1978
(microfilm)
- Weymouth Free Press: 1901-1904
(microfilm)
- Bear River News: 1897-1909 (Microfilm)
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Personal Information
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- Genealogies and charts
- Journals and Diaries
- Family files and
publications
- Scrapbooks
- Major family collections for
approximately 4000 Digby County families
- Thomas Lynch Papers
(Microfilm)
- Michael Lynch Papers
(Microfilm)
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Other
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- Cemetery inscriptions
- Funeral home records
- Census records:
1838,1861,1871-1891 (indexed), 1901
- 1864 Digby County ‘A.
F. Church’ Map
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Popular Sources
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 Family History
Binders – are
continuously compiled and organized by a very dedicated group of genealogy
volunteers. Hilma Woods, a long-time volunteer researcher, initiated this
project. These binders have been over two decades in the making and they
continue to grow. We welcome any family newspaper clippings, names,
stories, etc., which would ‘round out’ your family’s
binder. The binders are organized in alphabetical order. They are a
wonderful resource if you already know some of your past family names and
want to find more.
Printed Pedigrees – are books that have either been donated to or
purchased by the Museum and are available for use in tracing your heritage.
*Our genealogy resource room has over 4,000
surnames in it's family binders,
shown on the right-hand side of the image above.
Census Records – This information is available on
microfilm, with some in book form.
Genealogy
and History of Digby County - Several
books are available for purchase at our Museum and on our gift shop page
located here. They cover
a wide range of topics when considering history and genealogy in the Digby County area.
Cemetery
Records - offer invaluable information regarding burial sites in
the Digby County area and the
people interred therein.
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Fee's and Services (Effective June
15, 2009)
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- RESEARCH (done by staff): $10.00 per hour
- IN PERSON
[MEMBER]: $5.00 full day; $2.50 half day; $0.15 per photocopy.
- IN PERSON
[NON-MEMBER]:
$8.00 full day; $5.00 half day; $0.25 per photocopy
- Double sided copies will be
charged per copied side.
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Fees are subject to
change. Check this site for current rates.
Special rates are available to members of the Admiral Digby Library &
Historical Society.
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For more
information on memberships click here
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The Admiral Digby
Library & Historical Society is a non-profit organization. As such, we
rely heavily on donations from people like you! Receipts are issued for
amounts of $10 or more upon request.
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Send your cheque or
money order to:
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Admiral Digby
Library & Historical Society
P.O. Box 1644
Digby, NS, Canada
B0V 1A0
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