CANADIAN SITES

Links

Take an online visit. The Nova Scotia Museum and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage websites are packed with useful information for you. From locating museums around the province to online learning and games, there are many resources available.

	Images Nova Scotia is an online gallery of heritage images of people, places, events or things in, or of relevance to Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.
	Learn about Nova Scotia’s First Peoples on the Mi’kmaq Portraits Collection
	Meet the Gaels of Cape Breton Island and explore this ancient language on the Cape Breton Chéilidh virtual exhibit.
	Uncover the importance of Archaeology in Nova Scotia
	Learn about Fossils of Nova Scotia and join the hunt on the Trace Fossils Mystery website, available in French and English
	Discover the stories and struggles of Black Loyalists - Black Communities in Nova Scotia, available in French and English
	Access images and exhibits featuring our natural history, from snakes and birds to turtles and salamanders
	Discover the Titanic through the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
	Find out about Nova Scotia's dinosaurs and watch some of the oldest and smallest fossils in North America being prepared at the Fundy Geological Museum lab
	Take a tour of Sable Island, available in French or English
	Learn more about plants in Nova Scotia on the Poison Plant Patch website
	Explore all 27 provincial museums in the Nova Scotia Museum family
	Search more than 300 listings in the Nova Scotia heritage directory, including museums, archives, public galleries and historical and naturalist societies.
	Learn about Backyard Birds of Winter and what to feed them.
	See bird images on the Birds of Nova Scotia collection.
	Uncover Nova Scotia symbols and traditions
	Search for historic places in Nova Scotia.
	Find your family roots at novascotiagenealogy.com
	Be informed about the Special Places Program that protects archeological sites, shipwrecks and more
	Web site that celebrates the coming of the Planters to Nova Scotia 250 years ago. Planters 2010
	Canadian Genealogy Records which had a what's new page... a current list of information with ties to Canada
	Acadia University's Digital Collections
	Ship wreck sites - names of ships only.

Take note of a new source coming on line for genealogy research

.......My latest project is doing indexing for Family Search. I don't know if you know that they are indexing all of their records so that people might have free access to them on the FamilySearch.org website. I have worked on a few Canadian census records but most have been 1850 Census from Illinois & Pennsylvania as well as birth and marriage records from West Virginia. There are new records coming on line all of the time. It was exciting to do some 1871 Halifax Census records. I was hoping to come across some names that I knew but did not.

I am letting you know about this exciting new undertaking so that you can let others know. (I think that they decided to do this as Ancestry.com is no longer free for the Family History Centers and people are having to pay to access information. For my participation, it is an opportunity to let me 'pay back' for all the information that I have been able to access on the internet at no or very little cost. Also, it is something that I can do at home at any time of the day. S. Livingstone

CANADIAN SITES	An additional 27,987 'new' historical vital statistics are now waiting for you on www.novascotiagenealogy.com! New content includes births (1908), marriages (1933) and deaths (1958), plus 'delayed' registrations for individuals born in 1908 or earlier but not registered at the time of birth. The delayed registrations are especially interesting - most include several pages of documentation (keep scrolling down...) and the earliest is for someone born in 1830.
1891 Canadian Census	www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html
Acadia Digital Collections	Acadia’s Digital Collections: Something for Everyone Acadia’s Digital Collections are divided into three sections. The Digital Archives contains historically significant collections from Acadia ’s Archives such as Handley Chipman, Edward Manning, Silas T. Rand Collections, and the Elizabeth Bishop Exhibit. The eScholarship section currently contains a selection of electronic honours and Masters theses from the last five years and will be the future home for our faculty publications collection. The Acadia Communities section contains digital publications arranged by department. It currently includes the Planter Notes newsletter from the Planter Studies Centre and the Canadian Parks Association Archive to name a few.
Eastern Canada Architecture	Once Upon A Roof - A short history of house architecture in Eastern Canada
Nova Scotia Historic Places Initiative	Historic places, such as buildings, cemeteries, parks and bridges, surround us and shape our landscape. They give us a sense of place. Without them, we would lose part of our identity - a tie to those who have gone before us. The Nova Scotia Historic Places Initiative (NSHPI) was established in 2003 to promote the protection of Nova Scotia's historic places. Through training, support and the searchable Register of Historic Places, the NSHPI invites you to help us share our significant past to help shape our future.
Virtual Museum of Canada	As the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) turns six years old this month, it continues to welcome new content, including Community Memories exhibits that draw from the treasures found in local museums and the stories of people in the communities they serve.
Nova Scotia genealogy on line - births, deaths, marriages back to 1864	novascotiagenealogy.com
Federation of Nova Scotia Heritage	www.fnsh.ns.ca/hcc Heritage contacts and connections
Canadian Genealogy Centre	http://www.genealogy.gc.ca
Rare old maps	http://www.homesteadmaps.com
Probate Will in England from 1384-1858 some with Nova Scotian connections	http://www.pro.gov.uk/online/docsonline.htm
1901 Census	http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
Public Archives of Nova Scotia	http://gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap
Church database identifying records available at the Archives	http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/databases/churches/
Nova Scotia Historic Places	http://nshistoricplaces.ca
Brookfield, Colchester County	http://www.etbrookfield.org
Archives Museums and other Heritage Resources in Nova Scotia	http://museum.gov.ns.ca/musdir/index.htm The Council of Nova Scotia Archives and the ArchWay Database have new addresses and new looks! http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/ http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/ARCHWAY/index.html Explore the new virtual exhibit "Holidays and Celebrations" at http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/holidays/index.html (flash 5 plug in required) Search the new Photographic Database at http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/ArchwayPhoto/index.htm
Ideal Maternity Home	http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bhartlen
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia	http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/heritage.trust
NovaLight	Pictures of Chester
Toronto Reference Library	http://indexes.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/genealogy/index.htf
Canadian Genealogy and History Links	http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
Ontario Genealogical Society	http://www.ogs.on.ca/
National Archives of Canada	http://www.archives.ca/
Canada GenWeb Project, a communal enterprise for a global library	http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cngenwebe.html
WorldGen Web	http://worldgenweb.org/
Genealogy Gateway to the Web	http://www.gengateway.com/
Journal of Online Genealogy	http://www.onlinegenealogy.com/
Jewish Genealogy	http://www.jewishgen.org
AfriGeneas	http://afrigeneas.com/
Hudson Bay Company	http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/resource/publish.html
Children sent to Canada from Great Britain between 1869-1930's	http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?s&020110&e&top&0
Canadian Virtual War memorial, lists of names, death dates and final resting places Canadians and Newfoundlanders who died in the First and Second World War	http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem
Aboriginal Peoples guide to Government records	http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&0201200&e&top&0
GeneologyHQ	http://www.genealogyhq.com
Family Tree HQ Resource Directory	http://www.familytreehq.com
Canadian Heritage Information Network	http://www.chin.gc.ca
Canadian Conservation Institute	http://www.pch.gc.ca@cci-cci
Canadian Heritage Information Network	http://www.chin.gc.ca/
CHIN Job Listings	http://www.chin.gc.ca/Forum
Canadian Museums Association	http://www.museums.ca
Attractions Canada	http://attractions.infocan.gc.ca
Reading the Museum	http://www.nald.ca/rtm.htm
Nova Scotia Museum	http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/summer.html
Global Genealogy - great information	http://www.globalgenealogy.com
Hiltz 2003 Project	http://tor-pwl.netcom.ca/~krhiltz/yourpage.html
The Beaver	http://www.historysociety.ca
Infoculture On-line Magazine	http://www.infoculture.cbc.ca
Western Valley Heritage	http://www.wvda.com
Canadian Heritage Rivers System	http://www.voyageur.carleton.ca
Blandford Historical Society	Blandford Historical Society
Nova Scotia Archives Search Engine (Spring 1999)	http://www.nsarm.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-win/gencgi.exe?RUN?ArchWay
Federation Nova Scotia Heritage	http://www.fnsh.ns.ca
The Nova Scotia Genealogy network Assoc.	http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/
	A Valuable Antiques Information Resource Website.
Ancestry.com a subscription web site	Now you can check the subscription Web site Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com) for immigrant ancestors who landed in Canada before continuing to the United States. The site's immigration databases now include record images bearing more than 4 million names of people who crossed the U.S.-Canadian border between 1895 and 1956.

INTERNATIONAL SITES
Genealogy Wizard	http://www.GeneologyWizard.com
Mormon's Site	http://www.FamilySearch.org
Another good site	http://www.RootsWeb.com
American Association for State and Local History	http://www.nashville.net/~aaslh
American Associations of Museums	http://www.aam-us.org
International Council of Museums (ICOM)	http://www.icom.org/
Smithsonian Institution, Centre for Museum Studies	http://educate.si.edu/
Museum Employment Resource Centre	http://www.wyoming.com/~MERC/
Art Education Resources	http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/art-education-resources
Heritage Council Victoria, Australia	http://heritage.vic.gov.au

ICMO SITES
Education and Cultural Action	http://ima023.joannem.ac.at/ceca96/
Museums and Collections of Archaeology and History	http://www.dhm.de/hinweise/ICMAH/
Museology (INOFOM)	http://www.dhm.de/hinweise/ICMAH/
Musical Instruments Museums and Collections	http://www.mucis.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/cimcim/
Conservation	http://www.natmus.min.dk/cons/icomcc/icomcc.htm
Documentation Committee	http://www.cidoc.icom.org
Marketing and Public Relations	http://www.natmus.min.dk/conc/icom_cc/icom_cc.htm
Natural History	http://senckenberg.uni-frankfurt.de/icom/icomnh.htm
Training and Personnel	http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/maltwood-ictop.html
• 100 Most Common US Surnames Think your research suffers from common-surname syndrome? Find out here.	http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa_common_surnames.htm
The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands Explore the history of the Dutch in America.	http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/awkbhome.html
• The History Channel Hanukkah Learn about the history and traditions of Hanukkah (including some that have made it into the Guinness Book of World Records).	http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/hanukkah/index.html
• British Pathe Limited This British media firm offers 3,500 hours of digitized newsreels from more than 60 years.	http://www.britishpathe.com