Archive

Research Resources

The McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre's resources include genealogies, oral histories, community histories, maps, photographs, newspapers, vital stats, ship lists, legal documents, cemetery records, an extensive library as well as our own searchable database called HAGGIS.  Our resources are continuously growing due to generous donations.  We are always grateful to accept contributions either online or in person. 


Research by appointment only. Please see our genealogy page for information about how to book an appointment to access the archives. 

 

 

Our resourses include:

  • Family Genealogies
  • Oral Histories 
  • Community Histories 
  • Church Registries including Frist Presbyterian Church Records 
  • Ambrose Church Maps 1860s for Pictou, Antigonish, Cumberland and Colchester County
  • Illustrated Historical Atlas of Pictou County Nova Scotia 1879 by J. H. Meacham & Co.
  • Hundreds of community and family photographs including the Don MacIsaac Collection
  • Newspapers on microfilm (not inclusive) – Colonial Patriot 1827-1834, Colonial Standard 1858-1907, The Eastern Chronicle 1843-1953, Pictou News 1882-1887, The Pictou Advocate 1895-1981
  • Original Publications – The Albion 1831, The Bee 1832, The Enterprise 1888-91 & 1897, Trade Journal 1885-87, The Presbyterian Witness 1905, 1907 & 1908
  • Select Original Publications including - The Royal Gazette 11 June 185, Mechanic & Farmer 17 November 1841, The Athenaeum and Journal of Temperance 2 April 1851,  Fo'c'sle 1943-44
  • Municipality of Pictou County Records including Assessment Bills 1855-1858, 1862-63
  • Pictou County Cemetery transcriptions including the Ritchie Cemetery Records, complied by Henry and Margaret Ritchie in the 1950s. 
  • Stonebook (index to Ritchie Records)
  • Farms & Farmers articles by R. H. Ward 1919-1922 
  • Pictou County Census Records – 1818, 1838, 1851 to 1911
  • Nova Scotia Census Record 1827 (excluding Pictou County)
  • Guysborough County Census Records: 1851, 1871 to 1911 
  • Cumberland County Census Records 1861
  • Vital Stats collected from newspapers
  • The Presbyterian Witness Vital Stats 1848 - 1908, compiled by James and Shirley McCormick
  • Ships & Passenger Lists from various sources – 1767-1845
  • Marriages In Nova Scotia (Excluding Halifax City) 1752-1841, Vol 1 -4
  • Deaths, Burials and Probate of Nova Scotians 1800-1850, From Primary Sources, Vol 1-4
  • Historic Home Inventory Site Forms for the Town of Pictou and surrounding areas as well as Yarmouth and Tusket
  • Various obituaries from the Evening News, Halifax Herald and Pictou Advocate – 1974 -2000
  • Ann Woods Collection
  • Logan Files
  • Ancestry and Descendants of Angus Stewart McIvor III, 28 Volumes with Index compiled by Hazel Arnold MacIvor, BS, CG