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Planter Nova Scotia
1760-1815 by Julian Gwyn
--$7.00 each or 4 for $25.00
--This is a series of FOUR books, each focussing on the planters of a different township. The four townships are: Cornwallis, Newport, Horton and Falmouth
--Each book is approximately 83 pages in length

The Lion & The Lily Vol. I & II
--$40.00
--By Peter Landry
--Do you trace your roots back to Acadia? Do you trace your roots back to colonial New England? Are you interested in the early history of Nova Scotia? Or, of New England? Then... You should buy this book!

The Lion & The Lily 2nd Edition
--$40.00
--By Peter Landry
--Do you trace your roots back to Acadia? Do you trace your roots back to colonial New England? Are you interested in the early history of Nova Scotia? Or, of New England? Then... You should buy this book!

Cemeteries

Graveyard Inscriptions
--$5.00
--Section 1: The Old Saint James Burial Ground, Brooklyn, Hants Co., and
--Section2: Meander (Old Methodist) Cemetery, Newport
--19 pages; published by West Hants Historical Society

Gravestone Inscriptions: Falmouth Area
--$5.00
--by John V. Duncanson
--34 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

Old Parish Burying Ground
--$5.00
--Coil Bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • It is believed that there have been slightly more than 4,000 burials at Windsor's Old Parish Burying Ground, though only a fraction are still identifiable. The Majority of these burials range from 1771 to the late 1800's.

Riverview Haven Cemetery (Old Presbyterian), Brooklyn, Hants Co.
--$5.00
--20 pages; published by the West Hants Historical Society

St George's Anglican Church, Falmouth, NS:
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Confirmations and Names of Churchmen
--$15.00
--Extracted from Original records by Margaret Tuttle and David Cameron
--Coil Bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

St. Michael's Anglican Church
Baptisms, Marriages, Confirmations
--$8.00
--Extracted from Original records by Margaret Tuttle and David Cameron
--Coil Bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

Communities

Ardoise Union Church, Hants Co., N.S. 1830-1980
--$5.00
--by Pearl Cochrane Brown and Maribelle Smith
--19 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

A Brief History of Bramber
--$3.00
--by Alice Galley
--9 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

A Brief History of Centre Burlington
--$5.00
--by Edith Mosher
--24 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

A Brief History of Cheverie
--$5.00
--by Maurice Rathbun
--26 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

A Brief History of Kempt
--$5.00
-- by Edith Mosher
--19 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

Ellershouse Highlights
--$5.00
--by Maribelle Smiley
--24 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

Hants County History and Geography School Project 1941
--Initiated by M.W. Campbell, School Inspector
--$18.00
--120 pages; 75 maps; 9 page index; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • In 1941, Inspector Campbell asked students to prepare sketches of local history accompanied by maps. This is the result of their findings which detail such subjects as the Acadians, the Loyalists and local industries

Historical Recordings of Beaver Bank
--$16.00
--by Maribelle Smiley
--125 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

Historical Recordings: Ste. Croix Village, Hants Co., NS 1754-1965
--$16.00
Ste. Croix Churches 1772-1965
--by Maribelle Smiley
--108 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Houses of Summerville and Their Owners
--$5.00
--by Edith Mosher
--24 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

Leminster, NS A County Line Community
--$5.00
--by Allan W. Leopold
--coil bound

Ralph B. Whittier's Notes on the Early History of Central Hants County
--Edited by John D. WIlson
--$18.00
--92 pages; 18 page index; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • This is the collection of Ralph B. Whittier's weekly articles which first appeared in the Hants Journal between 1979 to 1980

Sweets Corners, Hants Co., N.S.
--$5.00
--by Maribelle Smiley
--12 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

The Village of Walton
--$10.00
--by Reginald C. E. Clark
--19 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Way We Were
--By Alice O'Brien Lawrence
--$6.00
--33 pages; 7 pages of photographs; 1 map; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • A description of life in Windsor Forks, Nova Scotia in the 1920’s based on the author’s memories and family notebooks and scrapbooks.

Windsor, Nova Scotia: A journey in History
--$39.50 $30.00
--by L.S. Loomer
--400 pages; 56 pages of illustrations; published by West Hants Historical Society

Families (Genealogy)

The Chandler and Chandley Families of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
--By Margaret Tuttle, John Wilson and Jack Chandler
--$35.00
--306 pages; 24 page index; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

  • A consolidation of research tracing the history of seven Chandler families of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with a focus on the Chandler and Chandley families of Hants County.Also featured are the allied families of Wilson, Cove, Webb, Fralick, Lawrence, Smith, Tarr and Thornburn.

The Cochran Saga
--$16.00
--by Iola Young and Maribelle Smiley
--180 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Dill Saga
--$10.00
--by Maribelle Smiley
--170 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

History of the Smiley Family of Hants Co., NS, 1828-1960
--$12.00
--by Maribelle S. Smiley
--99 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Hunter Family History 1769-1960
--$25.00
--by Iola Young and Maribelle Smiley
--231 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

John Haley from England to Nova Scotia
--By Maribelle Smiley, updated by Gloria (Haley) Blanchard in 2002.
--$15.00
--64 pages; 18 page index; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • Contains the genealogy of the descendants of John Haley and Sarah Jane Mason of South Rawdon, Nova Scotia and their family: Martha Haley, John Durning Haley, Elizabth and Mary Ann Haley.

The Mungo Dill Family of Hants Co., NS-No.1
--$6.00
--by Maribelle Smiley and Edna (Hunter) Huntley
--58 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Mungo Dill Family of Hants Co., NS-No.2
--$18.00
--by Maribelle Smiley and Edna (Hunter) Huntley
--170 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

The Redden Family of Hants Co., 1795-1985
--$20.00
--by Maribelle Smiley and Iola Young
-- 232 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

Spence Family History
--$8.00
--by Maribelle Smiley
--50 pages; coil bound; published by West Hants Historical Society

The Sweet Saga 1530-1960
--$15.00
--by Iola Young and Maribelle Smiley
--231 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

John V. Duncanson's Books

These popular books have now been reprinted by the West Hants Historical Society. Including historical notes, maps, photographs and extensive genealogy on local families, John Duncanson’s works are considered by many to be an authority on the areas they feature.

Falmouth: A New England Township in Nova Scotia
--$30.00
--published in 1965 and republished in 1983
--coil bound

Newport, Nova Scotia: A Rhode Island Township
--$30.00
--published in 1985
--coil bound

Rawdon and Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships in Nova Scotia
--$35.00
--published in 1989
--coil bound

Nova Scotia Vessels: Shipwrecked or Disables in US Coastal Waters, 1875-1914
--$24.00 $15.00
--by John V. Duncanson
--231 pages; published by West Hants Historical Society

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Other

Country Boy: A Snapshot in time of life on Hants Shore, NS
--$8.50
--By Ted Sanford
--60 pages

The Family Book of Fact and Fiction
--$12.00
--by Edith Mosher
--91 pages; coil bound; published by the West Hants Historical Society

  • A book with fictional characters with factual accounts of life in a small Nova Scotian seacost town.

Gates of Heaven (History of Christ Church, Windsor, NS)
--$20.00
--By Reverend David Curry
--92 Pages

Hantsport Shipbuilding
--$20.00
--by St. Clair Patterson
--published by Tub Boat Publishing

Kings Edgehill School 1788 to 1988
--$10.00
--by L.S. Loomer
--published by Kings Edgehill School

South End Lawn Tennis Club, Halifax, NS 1890-1998
--$10.00
--by Jim Scriven
--80 pages; published by West Hants Historical Society

Toothsome Recipes and Historical Sketches
--$15.00 $10.00
--compiled by Jane C. Haliburton
--122 pages; published by West Hants Historical Society

 

Clearance

South Rawdon Reunion
--$2.00 $1.00

Windsor Academy Reunion: 1945-1950
--$2.00
--138 pages; published by Lancelot Press

 

 

 

 

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