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Genealogical Records: Ontario and Nova Scotia Settlers, 1790–1860
(CD 274)
Reviewed by Marthe Arends

Researchers working in Ontario and Nova Scotia will be delighted with six important references originally published by Genealogical Publishing Company and now available as a Family Archive. Included titles are:

Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volumes I and II by Leonard H. Smith
Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia by Marion Gilroy
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Genealogies Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald by George S. Brown
Early Ontario Settlers by Norman K. Crowder
Ontario People: 1796-1803 by E. Keith Fitzgerald.

The six books list information for approximately 131,000 individuals.

Since the CD contains images of the actual pages of the books, you can read the original books' introductions, tables of contents, bibliographies, and even view individual indexes (although all names are included in the searchable electronic index).

The information you'll find is varied; for instance, Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vols. I and II contain abstracts on immigrants from manuscript sources at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and other locations, as well as from 450 articles in various Nova Scotia periodicals. Typical information includes individual's name, occupation, place of origin, age, family members, name of ship, date of arrival, and military affiliation. Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia contains information about the approximately 10,000 Loyalists who were eligible to receive land in Nova Scotia. Typical information includes the individual's name, date and site of the land grant, and acreage.

April 20, 2000

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The information in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Genealogies Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald includes information from George Brown's columns which traced the New England families who migrated to Nova Scotia around the Revolutionary War. Early Ontario Settlers contains extracts from official records; typical information includes the name of the head of household, place of settlement, age of head of household, and sometimes statistical details about the family. Maps are included in this volume. Finally, Ontario People: 1796-1803 contains a transcription of the District Loyalist Rolls of 1796, a valuable resource indicating which individuals appeared in court to confirm their land rights. Typical information includes the individual's name, township, and place of residence. Maps of Upper Canada are also included.

The books made available on this CD comprise a valuable resource for Scottish, Irish, English, and Loyalist ancestral research in Nova Scotia and Ontario. Area researchers will be delighted to find these important research tools now available in an inexpensive, easily used media.

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About the Author

Marthe Arends has been involved in genealogy for 18 years. She has lectured on computers and genealogy to many groups, has been the SysOp of a Fidonet genealogy BBS, has written articles for a variety of genealogy publications, and currently writes fiction. Marthe has also written Genealogy Software Guide and Genealogy on CD-ROM, both published by the Genealogical Publishing Company.

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