Rosie
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:23:50 -0800
Thank you very much John! Yes, I have tried all variations of names and feel pretty confident, after many many hours of searching, that I have covered all the variations. The search engines in these databases seem to pull up lots of variant names as well. Do you have a comment on that? Perhaps I am missing something. Are you familiar with the way Ancestry.com searches? It seems that database pulls up all sorts of variations to what is searched. Do you know how I would get into the microfilm version of the Halifax Herald? Thank you for the info on what the CD covers. Do let me know if you have info on accessing the microfilm. I have also contacted all the Catholic churches for records in Halifax, and yes, you are right, I do not know if it was Halifax proper or the county. I have conducted wide searches on all these names to cover everything. The problem could also be that these records are buried in church files somewhere. That may be my only hope in finding them. I don't know how much knowledge you have on the Halifax Explosion, I am curious to know if records were destroyed at that time. It would appear so given the destruction that occured in Halifax. There were probably many more deaths that occurred than were recorded in the Rememberance book. There was the influenza outbreak too, which probably claimed many lives that are not in those records. Thank you, and do let me know if you know how i can access the microfilm for the Herald. Rose
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:07 AM, John Cordes <john.cor...@dal.ca> wrote: > Hi Rosie, > > Just a caution -- you need to be careful about saying things > like "it is not in the online files". Sometimes the > transcriptions which appear in the search index can be quite > badly mistaken (i.e. weird spellings, etc.). When I referred > in an earlier message to 'patient searching' I was thinking > especially of trying many spelling variants, and also close > examination of many entries which might not quite match your > expectations for the date, or place, for that matter. > > Furthermore there are cases which have turned up (including > my own grandmother, till I got it corrected) where a > particular record was interchanged with another -- i.e. my > grandmother's second marriage appeared under the names of an > entirely different couple altogether. > > It is also quite true, especially for the time period you're > interested in, that there are many events which apparently did > not get registered with the government and so do not appear in > this database. You should also read the "Background" page on the > NSHVS site, > https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/Background.aspx > > My understanding is that one of the reasons for the major gap > in Nova Scotia records in the latter part of the nineteenth > century was a lack of funding support from the federal > government. > > Deaths in the City of Halifax (as opposed to Halifax County, > or the rest of Nova Scotia) are included for the period 1890 - > 1908 (see "Death Registrations in the sidebar at the NSHVS > site). > > When you say that your grandparents were born in Halifax, NS, > do you know whether this means specifically the *City* of > Halifax, or could it just be somewhere in Halifax County? > > You asked about the Halifax Herald CD -- that only covers > obituaries from about 1961 through 1999. The only way I know > to search the newspapers for the earlier periods is to > (painfully!) search the microfilmed versions of the paper. > > Hope this helps to answer some of your questions. > John > > > On [2010-02-02 at 07:50am] Rosie <kefirche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have searched Nova Scotia vitals for my grandmothers birth certificate. > It > > is not in the online files. > > Her name was Mary McDonald, born in Halifax, NS either 1901 or 1904, on > May > > 4th. Parents, Ralph McDonald and Nellie Walsh. > > Any other way I can locate this? > > Thanks! > > Rose > > On [2010-02-02 at 07:55am] Rosie <kefirche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me why there are missing birth certificates for the years > 1876 > > through 1908 in Nova Scotia. It appears that there are records previous > to > > these dates. > > Rose > > On [2010-02-02 at 07:50am] Rosie <kefirche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone here have the Halifax Herald obituary archives on CD? > > I hear that it was sold at one time. Perhaps I could request a search?? > > Thanks! > > Rose ___________________________________________ nsroots mailing list nsroots@ednet.ns.ca http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots