When people are undertaking genealogical history for their families, they gravitate to family
histories, county histories and municipal histories. I find that in Nova Scotia the preference is for family histories, such as the McClelland’s or Smith’s, followed by municipality histories as they are more focused than county histories. We have sold more municipal histories than the others. The purchasers are either family researchers or people who now live in the municipality of interest.
Here are some of the municipal histories that we have sold. And there have been many others.
Portrait of a Century: A Pictorial History of the Town of Canso – Celebrating 400 Years;
The Canso Historical Society, Canso; printed and bound in Canada by The Casket Printing &Publishing Co., Ltd., 2004.
Township of Falmouth Nova Scotia: A New England Town in Nova Scotia; by John V.
Duncanson; Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, Ontario, 1983.
North Along the Shore; by Edith Mosher; Lancelot Press, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1975.
Chester Basin Memories: 1749-1989; written by Cliff and Ruth Oxner, Chester Basin,
1989.
The History of the Village of Chester 1759-1967; compiled by the Chester Branch of
Women’s Institute of Nova Scotia, founded on January 30, 1923; work on the history
began in January 1966 and completed in Canada’s Centennial Year 1967.
A Century at Chignecto, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: A Sequel to Campbell’s History; by George S. Brown; Rand Avery Company, Printers, Boston, 1888.
Sandy Cove: The History of a Nova Scotia Village; by Mary Kate Bull; illustrated by Henry
Osler Bull; Lancelot Press, Hantsport NS, 1978.
A History of Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal 1605-1800; Brenda Dunn; Nimbus Publishing
Ltd and the Historical Association of Annapolis Royal, 2004.
Sheet Harbour A Local History by James E. Rutledge; printer, William Macnab & Son,
Halifax, N. S., 1954.