American Ancestors will host a five-part virtual seminar series, called Tides of History: Tracing Family History in Atlantic Canada, from August 3 to 31.
This five-week online seminar will provide a detailed overview of essential record sets, repositories, and research strategies for exploring Atlantic Canadian roots. The speakers will also discuss the historical context of the changes and events that transformed the region and influenced the lives of the people who lived there.
Each seminar will run on a Monday night during August, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. The seminars will all be recorded and made available following the live broadcasts.
The speakers are Judith Lucey, David Allen Lambert, Rhonda R. McClure, and Melanie McComb.
You can see the full schedule and register on American Ancestors’ website.
The cost is US$125 or about CDN$175. (Members receive a 10 percent discount.)
Free research guide
Also available from AmericanAncestors is the free Getting Started in Nova Scotia research guide.
Nova Scotia (formerly Acadia) has a rich history of written records dating to the arrival of the French Acadian population in the 17th century. Current-day Nova Scotia came under British rule in 1713 under the terms of the
Treaty of Utrecht, which permanently transferred ownership of what was mainland Acadia from French to British governance.
After the end of the French and Indian War, occupation by the British brought settlers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and New England. Settlers from New England known as “Planters” settled lands once occupied by Acadian families. In 1784, after the Revolutionary War, many Loyalists in the American colonies fled to Canada and settled in what is now Nova Scotia and what would later become New Brunswick.
This guide will introduce you to records and other resources that will aid your genealogical research in Nova Scotia.
