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Ordering Information
Books and CDs may be ordered by e-mail or by phone, (902) 678-6237. If you wish to mail your order, our address is: The Kings County Museum, 37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville NS, Canada, B4N 2E2.Payment will be received by cash, cheque, money order, Master Card and Visa. If you are making payment by credit card please enclose the credit card number and the expiry date. Please add the appropiate shipping and handling fees.
We regret that we will be unable to fill orders during the winter closure of the museum. Any orders received during this time will be processed when the museum reopens on March 17, 2010.
Books
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Kings Co., NS, Quiz Book
How much do you know about Kings County, NS? Challenge yourself and others with the quizzes in this book.
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Berwick
A history of the Town of Berwick compiled by Ronald E. Illsley.
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Historic Kings County
A special presentation of the Kings Historical Society,
this book looks at the history of Kings County
through pictures and stories. Its 66 pages are
filled with the history of 35 Kings County
communities.
Some one hundred photographs from the files of the
Kings County Museum's photo archives make this an
outstanding presentation of our heritage.
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Bearer of the Chosen Seed It is 1756 and much is at stake. The intense struggle between Britain and France dominates. National and religious loyalties come to the fore in both Old World and New. Bearer of the Chosen Seed is a tale of human survival and personal triumph spanning centuries of great upheaval. The setting embrases Western Europe, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. Cameron Royce Jess, the author, is a native Nova Scotian, who has travelled extensively. He and his wife Linda reside near Halls Harbour, Nova Scotia. Text and sketches 455 pages.
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Camp Aldershot
Brent Fox, well known authority on
military history covers the history of
the camp from 1904 through
to the 1980s.
Text and pictures. 24 pages.
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Township Books of Kings County
Contains data for Aylesford Township,
Cornwallis Township,
and Horton Township.
Over 7500 names, indexed, 157 pages. Also available as a CD. The information on the CD is in two formats: access database and a text file that can be converted to a word program, spreadsheet or data base program. The cost is $25.00 plus $2:00 shipping. |
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Memories of Coldbrook, N.S.
Marie Bishop writes about
her early years in Coldbrook
with writeups on 50 Coldbrook families;
356 pictures, maps, 270 pages.
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Kings County Vignettes
A series of 10 volumes
describing people, places and events
in Kings County. Approx. 50 pages each.
For more details visit our Vignettes page.
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Map Locator Book for Cemeteries of Kings County
Composed of maps and sketches this excellent
guide locates cemeteries all throughout Kings County.
This valuable reference work was produced by the
Community and Family History Committee of the Kings Historical Society.
Published 2003. |
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Health Rays, November 1977, vol. 57, No. 11
A magazine for patients and staff of the Nova Scotia Sanatorium. It enjoyed 58 successful
years of publication from 1919 to 1977. This volume contains
historical sketches of the Nova Scotia Sanatorium.
88 pages. |
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| *NEW* | Lineage linked database of "The History of Kings County" (Eaton).
This CD merges all
the families mentioned in Eaton's book and shows the connecting links between individuals
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Kings County Church Records.
Contains early records from: Cornwallis Presbyterian United, Canning Methodist/United, Kingsport Congregational, Berwick Methodist/United, St. John Anglican - Cornwallis,
Horton United of Grand Pre and St. Mary's Anglican of Aylesford. |
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Kings County Vital Statistics.
Produced by the Kings Historical Society, the CD contains the following statistics with instructions included.
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Births, Deaths 1864-1877, Annapolis Valley.
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Cemeteries of Kings County, NS. All 100 Kings County cemeteries with complete inscriptions - a zipped CD for PC or Mac.
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Census of Kings Co. Census data for 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 (on one CD). |
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Marriages in Kings County., NS - 1864-1909 5,964 records giving bride, groom, age and parents.
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Probate Records for Kings Co. - 1784-1949 Over 25,000 records.
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Index to Kings County deeds 1764 - 1951 $25.00 plus $2.00 shipping. |
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Acadian Church Records 1680-1757 and Acadian Census 1671-1758 $25.00 plus $2.00 shipping. | *NEW* | Township Books of Kings County
Contains data for Aylesford Township,
Cornwallis Township,
and Horton Township.
Over 7500 names, indexed, 157 pages. |
Maps |
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A.F. Church Map
This informative and useful book contains pages photocopied from the Topographical
and Township Map of Kings County produced by A. F. Church & Company. A. F. Church was
commissioned in 1864 to do various maps throughout Nova Scotia, and the Kings County map
was completed in 1872. |