Nova Scotia vital records online .....

[SarahND]

This just came in on the Rootsweb Review. The search is free, then if you want to order the certificate it is $9.95. Looks like a great resource for those with family in those parts!

Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Now Online, Free of Charge

Welcome to 1 million new possibilities in searching for your Nova
Scotia roots! Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is pleased
to announce the launch of an outstanding new resource for genealogical
and historical research--Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics,
available at www.novascotiagenealogy.com .

<www address edited, - there must be a space between the "com" and the end-of-sentence period ! dww>

The website contains a fully searchable database containing the names
of 1 million Nova Scotians whose births, marriages, or deaths were
registered with the province in the following date range: births,
1864-1877; marriages, 1864-1930; and deaths, 1864-1877, 1908-1955.

Each name in the database is linked directly to the corresponding
original record and public access is free. The database will grow by
approximately 12,000 records annually.

[JustJean]

Good one Sarah!!

In order to view the documents online you have to download a viewer...and then that only permits a very small viewing screen so you have to do alot of scrolling and squinting in order to get to the record you want. Some you can zoom in on but the later ones are WYSIWYG It lets you see the whole page which in the earlier records includes several entries. I'm not complaining though.....have found a couple of my own and also had a student last week hit paydirt with it. You can't print what you see but you can transcribe to your hearts content!

Been too busy of late to tell anyone else

Jean

[SarahND]

<www address edited, - there must be a space between the "com" and the end-of-sentence period ! dww>

That'll teach me! I just copied and pasted from the Rootsweb email, but the link I actually tested was from another email from NEHGS Those pesky little dots

Jean, thanks for the clarification on how it actually works. Since I don't have anyone (I think!) from that area, I didn't go through the steps to see an image.

[DavidWW]

<www address edited, - there must be a space between the "com" and the end-of-sentence period ! dww>

That'll teach me! I just copied and pasted from the Rootsweb email, but the link I actually tested was from another email from NEHGS Those pesky little dots

Jean, thanks for the clarification on how it actually works. Since I don't have anyone (I think!) from that area, I didn't go through the steps to see an image.

Those pesky little dots, indeed, or commas for that matter ................

If I only had $10 for every time I've stuck in a www
address and forgotten to leave the required space between
the end of the address and the "." or ","

David

[emanday]

The trouble is that you can look at a broken link for ages before you actually see that nasty little dot in the wrong place

[SarahND]

The trouble is that you can look at a broken link for ages before you actually see that nasty little dot in the wrong place

Maybe it would help if I cleaned my computer screen Seem to have pesky little dots all over the place

[Tracey]

Hit the jackpot first time found my Gordon Moggach and Margaret Tocher daughter marrying a William Sim (will have to check see if he also is one of my Sim's)
I was begining to think i would never find anything again having come to a halt on things

Of to look some more

[Ina]

Sarah,

Thanks for posting the website.

Took a chance and did a search for my Fergus Ferguson, who disappeared from Glasgow, Scotland early 1900's. I had no idea where he went.........lo and behold he died in Nova Scotia 1926. Death registered by his wife. Now I can start looking for his wife and three daughters.

Once again thanks for sharing the website.

Ina

[SarahND]

Hi Tracey and Ina!
I'm so glad the website helped to solve some mysteries for you It really is wonderful that so many new sources are coming online.

Sarah