Description List of Microfilm Reels at the New Glasgow Library

Microfilm Collection, New Glasgow Library

Vital Statistics – Births, Deaths, Marriages

Index to Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877, 6 reels
Pictou County Births, 1864-1877, 2 reels
Index to Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877, 3 reels
Pictou County Deaths, 1864-1877, 1 reel
Pictou Quarterly Returns of Registered Deaths, 1864-1877, 4 reels
Marriage Bonds, 1848-1865, no index, 2 reels
Index to Pictou County Marriages, 1864-1917, 1 reel
Pictou County Marriages, 1864-1917

Church Records

Registers of Rev. Hugh MacKensie, Nova Scotian vital Stats: 1832-1844
Parish of Tarbat, Records: 1823-26, 1848-1859

All in 1 reel

Wills and Probate – Pictou County

1811-1926, vols. 1-14, some of which have indexes included, 6 reels

                Reel 1: vv. 1-3, 1811-1855
                Reel 2: v. 4, 1855-1869
                Reel 3: vv. 5-6, 1869-1889
                Reel 4: vv. 7-8, 1889-1900
                Reel 5: vv. 9-11, 1900-1912
                Reel 6: vv. 12-14, 1912-1926

Newspapers

Bee, 1 reel, May 1835-May 1838
Clarion, 1 reel, various issues b/w 1946 and 1949
Colonial Patriot, 2 reels, Dec. 1827-March 1831; April 1831-May 1834
Colonial Standard, 4 reels, Jan. 1862-Feb. 1866; March 1866-March 1870; April 1870-May 1871
Eastern Chronicle, 84 reels, 1843-1953
Enterprise, 2 reels, Aug. 1888-Dec 1891, 1897
Evening News, 279 reels, 1946-1999 (missing: 1955, Jan. to May 1956, Oct. 1957 to Jan. 1976 excluding 1969)
Free Lance, 23 reels, 1906-1971, with many gaps
Novascotian, 29 reels, 1824-1870
Pictou Advocate, 96 reels, 1893-1988 with many gaps (1895-1950 mostly indexed by vital stats)