Re: Jane Harding/Rev.Thomas Handley Chipman
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In reply to:
Jane Harding/Rev.Thomas Handley Chipman
10/13/99
Bob:
You are quite right. The Chipman and Harding names are closely connected with the Baptist religion here in NS, and there is lots of info about them in county historical records and also in libraries like the one at Acadia University in Wolfville, NS.
Try some of the following:
Acadia University's Vaughan Library - http://www.acadiau.ca/vaughan/http://www.acadiau.ca/vaughan/ - has perhaps the largest collection of Baptist information in NS
- http://www.stillman.org/ns.htmhttp://www.stillman.org/ns.htm - has good basic NS map
Kings Co, NS - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2946/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2946/ - site of earliest continuous French settlements around Grand Pré and St Charles des Mines (1620’s). Earthern dikes at Grand Pré built 1600’s by hand are 5½ MILES long and still keep out world’s highest tides of Bay of Fundy (ca 50 FEET high here). Best farm land in NS, centre of Annapolis Valley farming area, produces apples, tobacco, and wine grapes. Some of earliest English settlements started here after 1755. Home of Acadia University at Wolfville, NS.
NOTE: Kentville NS up until 1823 was called Cornwallis. The surrounding area was the Cornwallis Township. Someone born in Cornwallis, or anywhere within 20 miles of the town, may still have called it Kentville after 1823. A few miles from Kentville, Port Williams used to be called Horton or Horton Landing. Just next door, Mud Creek changed its name to Wolfville, the home of Acadia University.
Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, “The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia”; Belleville, ON: Mika Studio, 1972 [originally published Salem, MA: The Salem Press Company, 1910]
Shelburne County NS - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3699/genindex.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3699/genindex.html - main landing site for up to 20,000 United Empire Loyalists (including 3,000+ freed black Loyalists) in 1783/4. It was the FOURTH LARGEST SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA (after NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia) during these early years.
Yarmouth County NS - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nsyarmou/index.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nsyarmou/index.htm - is an interesting mix of early French Acadian history (from 1653 onward) and New England Planters (from late 1750’s) and later United Empire Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution (1776 to 1783). Also home base for the most sailing ships in the world in the mid-1800’s. Many large elaborate homes in Queen Anne Revival and Gothic Revival styles from mid-1800’s. Home of best museum and archives in NS outside Halifax Capital Region. Nearest location by ferry to USA.
Website - http://ycn.library.ns.ca/museum/yarcomus.htmhttp://ycn.library.ns.ca/museum/yarcomus.htm - and E-Mail - [email protected] - Yarmouth County Museum and Archives, 22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, B5A 3C8 CANADA - Tel: (902) 742-5539 Fax: (902) 749-1120 - they have just completed a major physical expansion and will be ready in summer 2000 to assist historians and geneaologists much more effectively than ever before. Outside of the Provincial Archives of NS in Halifax, this museum has arguably the best collection of archival records in Nova Scotia.
Brown, George S. “Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: a Sequel to Rev. John Roy Campbell’s ‘History of the County of Yarmouth, 1873’ ”, [Brown is reprint of original which was published Boston: Rand Avery Co., 1888] - also available for reference at: Argyle Municipality Historical & Genealogical Society, Tusket, NS - excellent for early settlers in Southern NS; needs updates, based on modern computerized info sources.
NOVA SCOTIA Genweb Site - http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/ -
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) [CANADA] - Halifax Mission,
Family History Centre & Genealogical Library,
44 Cumberland Drive,
Dartmouth, NS B2V 2C7
Tel: (902) 462-0628
**NOTE: The Mormons do not do a lot of verifying of the records they publish. Some people find they are about 50% accurate.
Main Office: Tel: (902) 468-2718, 202 Brownlow Avenue, Dartmouth, NSB3B 1T5
GOVT OF NS (VITAL STATISTICS) - http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/vstat/http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/vstat/ - births, marriages, deaths, etc.
- http://www.nsarm.ednet.ns.ca/http://www.nsarm.ednet.ns.ca/ - Public Archives of Nova Scotia - Tel: (902) 424-6060 FAX: (902) 424-0628 - **NOTE: AS OF 2000, THEIR ACTUAL RECORDS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE ON-LINE, so you must visit in person, employ researchers, or use “snail mail” if you live far away.
- http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/index.htmlhttp://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/index.html - Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) - Leland Harvie, newsletter editor - P.O. BOX 41, Halifax, N.S. Canada B3J 2T3 - 902-443-9107, Halifax - 1,500 members - the main “chebucto” menu was changed after April 1999 to - http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/ - with LINKS to many interesting sites
“Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia” by Terrance Punch - ISBN 1-55109-235-2 - Terry is a professionally accredited Canadian genealogist who specializes in immigration from Ireland, Germany and Montbéliard (Huguenot Protestants French-Swiss border area).