Atlantic Provinces

There are 31 links in this section.

Archives - Libraries - Museums

  • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic  Specializing in marine history of Atlantic Canada. Information and links on the location of the Museum, admission prices and hours of operation, history of the Museum, information on the collection, exhibits, etc.

First Nations

  • Micmac History  Information on the Micmac people who occupied Nova Scotia, the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and the eastern half of New Brunswick and southwestern Newfoundland.

General

  • Boston States Migrations  Resources to track families migrating between the Canadian Eastern Provinces, New England and New York through the centuries.

History

  • Chignecto Isthmus and its First Settlers  This book is an account of the settlement of the NS/NB border area known as the Chignecto Isthmus, which separates the Bay of Fundy from the Cumberland Strait.

Links

Maritime

  • Canadian Privateering Homepage  In Canada's past privateers were an accepted and respected way of waging war, and often the only means of defence for isolated Canadian communities.
  • Maritime History Archive  Collects and preserves original documents and copies of documents relating to the history of sea based activities in the North Atlantic region.

Organizations and Societies

  • Clan Baird Society of Atlantic Canada  The Society was formed in 1983 to promote the Clan in Atlantic Canada and to encourage Bairds in the region to take pride in their heritage. History of Bairds.
  • Genealogical Institute of the Maritimes  A non-profit entity concerned with improving genealogical practice in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. The Institute examines and certifies persons who desire to establish competence in genealogical research.

Personal

  • Andree MacMillan's Homepage  NS: Boudreau, Muise, Chiasson, Aucoin, Lefort and Deveau, MacFarlane, Coady, MacMillan, MacIsaac and McLellan McKenzie and Downing. PEI: the family of Archibald MacDonald. Excerpts from Cheticamp, NS parish records .
  • Arthur Owen's Genealogy Site  Descendants of Arthur and Elizabeth (LEE) OWEN of PEI. Descendants of Charles and Abigail (FILLMORE) OULTON of NB. Descendants of Jesse and Sarah (WRIGHT) STRANG of PEI.
  • Barb's Web Page  Ancestors from NB and NS. Genealogy of Jonah and Steeves.
  • Bill Norin's Genealogy  Donald Gillis I came to Prince Edward Island in 1772 on the Alexander and established their home in Pisquid. Donald II migrated to East Bay, Nova Scotia. Mac Donald Newsletter.
  • Descendants of James MAXWELL, U.E. L.  Ireland. Pennsylvania. Port Matoon, Nova Scotia. Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Includes.LEIGHTON, STROUT, FICKETT, WALLACE, SAWYER, MAXWELL, HILL, SMALL, DYER
  • Dip Into the Dobson Gene Pool  The descendants of Richard Dobson and Margaret Watson.
  • Don Chapman's Chignecto Home Page  Yorkshire settlers and descendants of the Chignecto region of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Also includes some settlers from New England.
  • Down East - A Maritime Heritage  Acadian Families - DUGAS, MOMBOURQUETTE, SAMSON. Lunenburg, NS Families - BECK, CONRAD, FOLCHER, GERHARDT, HARTMANN, SHANKLE, WEIL, WILKIE. Newfoundland Families - WINSOR.
  • Dr. Kenneth S. Paulsen  The majority of his ancestors were foreign Protestant settlers in Lunenburg County Nova Scotia. Kenneth's paternal grandfather's ancestry is Danish and Swedish while his paternal great grandmother's ancestry is Prince Edward Island Scottish
  • Gray Family  Researching the following surnames from Cumberland County, NS; WOOD, TEED, KNIGHT, MATTINSON, THOMPSON and Westmorland County, New Brunswick; CORMIER, LeBLANC.
  • Handspiker and Hanselpacker Genealogy  An ever-growing database on all Handspikers and Hanselpackers, mostly in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. With earlier ancestors in Bergen County, New Jersey.
  • Harvey Genealogist/Canada Page  The Harvey Genealogist contains over 250 webpages of Harvey Genealogical information. While information and queries are from all over the world, the predominance are from North American Harvey Researchers.
  • Hopewell Family History  Anderson, Christopher, Cleveland, Coo, Doherty, Fenton, Hawkes/Hawks, Martin, Peck, Ross, Stevens, Upham. in NB and NS.
  • Joylana's Home Page  Branscomb, Harrington, Jamison, MacGowan, McCulisten, Rogers, Sample and Weatherbie lines lived in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  • Kean Family Home Page  This website is an information portal into the history of the KEANs and LOVETTs of Britain, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
  • Lorna's Home Page  Munroe, Bray, Tucker, Pierce, Ellis, Crosby, Freeman, Slaunwhite (Schlagentweit), Nowe (Nau), Findlay, Longard and Fader (Feder) - NS. Hiscock, Verge - NF.
  • Lunergan Family Tree  This site gathers together the data I have acquired in a search of my family history. Absent from the net for a time it is now back as part of my college course work.
  • MacKay Family and Connections in the Maritimes  Information concerning the following families: MacKay, Chapman, Holmes, Martell, Johnstone, Salsman, Dakin and Snow, who settled in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Revonoc's Genealogy  Information on CAMERON, DEAN, NOWLAN in New Brunswick, and QUIGLEY in Nova Scotia.
  • The Hawkes Nest  Researching the Hawkes/Hawks family from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine, Massachusetts, Washington, Steeves, Godfrey, Layton, Benjamin, Carlson, Davis, Fenton, Killam, Knowlton, Nelson, Odo, Searles, Terris, Tingley, Williams.
  • The Hunt for my Ancestors  In Newfoundland: SKINNER, WILCOX, MILLEY, GILL, TUFF, PERRY. In New Brunswick: DAVIDSON, MITCHELL, HOSFORD, ALLABY, WOOD, HERRETT, GUIOU.
  • Ueltschi, Hilchey and Hilchie Families of the World  Covers mainly BOUTILIER, BEAVER, CLATTENBURG, GALLANT, HILCHEY, HILCHIE, MASON, NEWBOMB and UELTSCHI plus lots of other names. These names are mostly from SWITZERLAND, NS, PEI, CT, & ME.