Collection search - Poll tax assessment rolls and census returns for Nova Scotia [textual record (microform)]

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Poll tax assessment rolls and census returns for Nova Scotia [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1767-1861.

Reference:

R11460-0-7-E, MG9-B10

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102863

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Poll tax assessment rolls and census returns for Nova Scotia
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1767-1861.

Place of creation:

Nova Scotia

Extent:

31 microfilm reels negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilmed poll tax assessment rolls for Nova Scotia; 1767-1805, and census returns for Nova Scotia, 1811, 1817, 1827, 1838, 1851 and 1861. This material is located on microfilm reels M-874 to M-887, M-1165 to M-1171, M-3134 to M-3139, M-5219 to M-5220, M-5902-M-5903.

The poll tax assessment rolls for Nova Scotia, 1767-1805, and census returns of 1811, 1817, 1827, 1838 and 1851 appear on reels M-3134 to M-3139. All but the 1851 census returns were reorganized and refilmed in 1979, on reels M-5219 and M-5220. Researchers should use reels M-5219 and M-5220 in preference to the earlier filming, as the arrangement is much easier to follow. The census returns of Pictou County for 1851 were filmed in 1980 and appear on reels M-5902 and M-5903, prefaced by a map of the districts.

Microfilm copies of the 1861 census returns, with the exception of Annapolis County, which has not been found, appear on reels M-874 to M-887 and M-1165 to M-1167.

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Nova Scotia: Census Returns

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(Paper) The finding aid provides a summary of the census returns and related records available on each run of microfilm reels, as well as descriptions of related records found in other series. MSS0300 (90: Open)

(Electronic) Census Thematic Guide. All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: MSS0300 (90: Open)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/Finding-Aid-300.aspx

(Paper) The published catalogue Census returns/Recensements, 1666-1891, serves as the primary finding aid for the microfilm copies of the Nova Scotia census returns. The Pictou County returns, reels M-5902 and M-5903, were acquired only the publication of the census cataloque, and are therefore listed in detail only in finding-aid MSS300. (90: Open)

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Location of originals note:

The originals are held by the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.
Subject heading:

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Nova Scotia - Census, 1811, 1817, 1827, 1838, 1851

Pictou County (N.S.) - Census, 1851

Maps - Nova Scotia, 1851

Taxation - Nova Scotia, 1767-1805

Poll-tax - Nova Scotia, 1767-1805
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Private

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MG9-B10
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-1165--M-1171;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-3134--M-3139;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-5219--M-5220;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-5902--M-5903;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-874--M-887;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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LAC has the authority to copy selected pages for genealogical or historical research purposes.
For a complete copy of the reels prefixed with M, or for reproductions for exhibition or publication purposes, researchers must contact the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

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