>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:16:16 -0300 >From: "John MacLeod" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [nsroots] Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia > >Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia > > >The Public Archives of Nova Scotia is pleased to announce a new online >digitized print resource. With funding assistance from Industry Canada, >the Archives has produced a fully digitized version of 'Place-Names and >Places of Nova Scotia'. This is the first time that the book has been >published online in its entirety. The resource is available on the PANS >[email protected] Site Web Site, http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/places. > >Published first in 1967, 'Place-Names' is still the best source >available for basic, reliable and easily accessed information about Nova >Scotia's cities, towns and villages. Over 2400 communities appear in >'Place-Names', in alphabetical order and accompanied by a brief, concise >entry describing community highlights such as first settlement, first >churches, first schools, primary industries, significant events and >notable citizens. > >'Place-Names' is an invaluable resource for a wide range of heritage >interests--from genealogical research to environmental studies to >landmark dates for community development. The online version is fully >searchable by community name or by county, and is accompanied by a >selection of period postcards taken from the Archives' photographic >holdings. > >For further information: > >Lois K. Yorke >Manager, Public Services >Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management >Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA >Phone: (902) 424-6068 >E-Mail: [email protected] >___________________________________________ >nsroots mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots