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Canada—Nova Scotia


Goal 3: Vital and Census Records


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Goal 3: Learn about Nova Scotia vital and census records.


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ALearn about Nova Scotia vital and birth records.


  1. Learn about Nova Scotia vital records in this article.

    FS—Wiki: Nova Scotia Vital Records

  2. Explore Nova Scotia vital records on the Nova Scotia Archives site.
  3. Read this case study in Nova Scotia vital record research, from Olive Tree Genealogy.

    OT— Using Search Engine Tools Provided to Find an Ancestor

  4. Explore vital records on the Nova Scotia BMD site.
  5. Learn about adoption records on the OriginsCanada site.
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BExplore Nova Scotia census records.


  1. Get an overview of Nova Scotia censuses in this article.

    FS—Nova Scotia Census

  2. Explore Nova Scotia census and poll tax records on the Nova Scotia Archives site.
  3. Explore the MyFreeCensus site for Nova Scotia province and county census records.
  4. Download census information files from the Nova Scotia GenWeb site.
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CExplore Nova Scotia death records.


  1. Learn about and search Nova Scotia death records.

    FS: Nova Scotia Death Records

  2. Explore death record resources on the Death Indexes site.
  3. Explore Nova Scotia obituaries on the In Memoriam site.
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