| List of Microfilm Reels at the New Glasgow Library List of what documents are contained in the New Glasgow Library's Microfilm collection, including vital stats, church records, wills and probate, and newspapers. | New Glasgow Library Microfilm reference Bee Clarion Colonial Patriot Colonial Standard Eastern Chronicle Enterprise Evening News Free Lance Novascotian Pictou Advocate wills probate Rev. Hugh MacKensie Parish of Tarbat Vital Statistics | | |
| Pictou Again Honoured Article about Rev. D. M. Gordon receiving his doctor of Divinity from Glasgow University | Pictou Advocate Rev. D.M. Gordon Daniel Gordon Rev. Daniel M. Gordon newspaper article | | |
| Hurricane Edna Photos and article printed in the Pictou Advocate on 23 September 1954 re damage caused by hurricane Edna | Roland H Sherwood Pictou Advocate Hurricane Edna 1954 Customs House St. James Church CNR water tower damage | | |
| William 'Big Billy' Donald Grant Family Pictou Advocate article regarding the Grant families move to Pictou town in 1952 | William Donald Grant W D Grant Three Brooks Pictou town Johnnie Grant Billy Grant Big Billy Grant Bessie Laura Murray Grant Pictou Advocate 1952 | | |
| "Tug-of-War Proves Popular" Article about the first tug-of-war competition organized at the Pictou North Colchester Exhibition in 1937, including list of team members for all seven teams. | Elmer McClair Dave Gray Vincent Heighton Bill Morrison Percy Forbes Stewart Ross Lloyd Irving Tom Shields Spurge Langille Bert Cameron J. Ferguson Nick Bowen Fred Dalton Arnold Murphy Charles MacInnis Jack Chisholm Colin Chisholm John H. MacDonald Bernard Murphy Dan W. Chisholm Dan MacIsaac Charles MacDonald John A. Chisholm Hugh MacDonald Charles MacLean John L MacInnis John McNeill Gordon Dickie Dave Stewart Joseph Kehoe Henry Sutherland George Kehoe Walter Dickie Dan MacDonald Aldon Young Fred MacDonald Chester Holmes Allan Dunn Clarence Clark Joseph White Adeloide White Fraser Bigney Thomas McGuire George Buell Searles Mansfield Pius Binns Alf Fraser Addison Gould George Ryan Alex Martin D. Fraser Charles Barnett Bill Barnett Johnston Barnett Cecil Polly Clarence Manning Ernest Martin Harold Hingley Monty Chambers Rollie Weatherby Bert Polly Alex Royals Alex Fraser Colin MacDonald Colin Ross Ira Hughes Marvin Murray Alex Foote Jim Cunningham Dan MacDonald Claude Saxon Girton Grant Tom MacQueen Ernie Porter Gil Porter Milton Bentley Colin Dorrington George Dorrington Frank Gerrior Jim Langille Paul Pelrine Joe Reddick John Somers E. Josephs Jim Reid Joe Benoit Ted Farmer J.W. Cummings Plant Car Works tug-of-war Pictou North Colchester Exhibition Pictou Advocate exhibition newspaper | | |
| 1815 Immigrants in Pictou County A list of immigrants living in the County in 1815 published in the Pictou Advocate in 1934 after the list was discovered at the Provincial archives. | Middle River West River Fishers Grant Rogers Hill Scotch Hill Merigomish Mount Thom East River Caribou Pictou 1815 Pictou Advocate newspaper immigrants | | |
| Canadians Get New Ration Book Short article from the Pictou Advocate about the distribution of Ration Book No. 6 in 1946 | Pictou Advocate newspaper ration book ration WWII | | |
| Watt Family - Four Generations Small write-up from the Pictou Advocate (1946) and photo of Pictou's Watt family with four generations gathered at a family reunion. | Edmund Watt Watt Arthur Watt Pictou MacKenzie Watt A. MacKenzie Watt Robert Watt Pictou Advocate newspaper | | |
| Pen Sketch of John McRae of Toney River, circa 1897 Pen sketch of John McRae of Toney River, drawn from a photograph. John's poem, Welcome Sweet Summer, the pen sketch, and a brief introduction of John McRae, the author of the poem, were published in the Pictou Advocate in 1897. | John McRae Pictou Advocate Toney River Toney Mills Schuyler Nebraska Liberal Missouri Spirtualist | | |
| Ethel Drummond, Letter to the Editor, Pictou Advocate, August 1, 1973 Ethel Irene Drummond of Teulon, Manitoba, the great-granddaughter of Alexander McRae, wrote two letters to the editor of the Pictou Advocate that were published together on August 1, 1973. | Ethel Drummond Alexander McRae John McRae Roderick McRae Catherine McRae Allan McQuarrie Catherine McQuarrie Catherine McRae J.R. MacQuarrie Settlers of West River Eastern Chronicle Toney River Toney Mills Isabella Fraser Isabella McRae Christopher Lawrence Christine Fraser McRae Christine Fraser Lawrence Pictou Advocate | | |