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Nova Scotia’s death records are an invaluable resource for genealogists exploring family histories in one of Canada’s oldest provinces. Official death registration began in 1908, but earlier records are available in church registers, family Bibles, and cemetery inscriptions, dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries during the province’s colonial period.
These records often provide essential details such as family relationships, birthplaces, and causes of death. Supplementary resources, including obituaries, gravestone inscriptions, and probate documents, help fill gaps in historical records. Nova Scotia’s rich history, shaped by its Mi’kmaq heritage, early French and British settlements, and waves of immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, and Germany, makes these records indispensable for uncovering ancestry and understanding the province’s cultural and historical legacy.
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Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries
- Canadian Obituaries, 1997-2017 2,035,933 records
- Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths 506,460 records
- Canada, Nova Scotia, Death Index, 1890-1967 472,172 records
