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Location: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

Surnames/tags: Nova_Scotia New_Brunswick New_England
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A work-in-progress bibliography of Sean Benjamin's frequently-used sources.
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Books
Regional Histories
New Brunswick:
- "At Portland Point." New Brunswick Magazine. 1899.
- Hempel, Rainer L. New Voices on the Shores: Early Pennsylvania German Settlements in New Brunswick. Toronto, ON: German-Canadian Historical Association, 2000.
- Raymond, W. O. The River St. John, its Physical Features Legends and History from 1604 to 1784. Saint John, NB: Strathmore Press, 1910.
Nova Scotia:
- Calnek, W. A. History of the County of Annapolis. Toronto: Briggs, 1897.
- Campbell, Carol and James F. Smith. Necessaries and Sufficiencies: Planter Society in Londonderry, Onslow and Truro Townships, 1761-1780. Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 2011.
- DesBrisay, Mather Byles. History of the County of Lunenburg. Toronto: Briggs, 1895.
- Duncanson, John V. "Newport, Nova Scotia: A Rhode Island Township." Belleville, ON: Mika, 1985.
- Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Salem, MA: 1910
- Hill, Allan Massie, Some Chapters in the History of Digby County, and Its Early Settlers. Halifax, NS: McAlpine, 1901.
- Miller, Thomas. Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County. Halifax, NS: MacKinlay, 1873.
- Norwood, Caroline B. Life on Brier Island. Yarmouth, NS: 1995.
- Patterson, St. Clair Harvie. Hantsport Shipbuilding. Hantsport, NS: Tug Boat Publishing, 2008.
- Reid, Jennie. Musquodoboit Pioneers: A Record of Seventy Families. Nova Scotia : Musquodoboit Enterprisers Historical Committee, 1980.
- Robertson, Allen B. Tide and Timber: Hantsport, Nova Scotia, 1795-1995. Milton, Ontario: Global Heritage Press, 2001.
- Savary, A. W. Supplement to the History of the County of Annapolis. Toronto: Briggs, 1913.
- Shand, Gwendolyn Vaughan. Historic Hants County. Halifax: 1979.
- Shea, Phil. Brier Island: Land's End in the Bay of Fundy. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot, 1990.
- Trueman, Howard. The Chignecto Isthmus and its First Settlers. Toronto: Briggs, 1902.
- Wilson, Isaiah W. Geography and History of the County of Digby. Halifax, NS: Holloway, 1900.
Maine: WikiTree's Maine source list.
- Brown, Margaret Mary. John Allan and the Revolution in Eastern Maine. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1932.
- Chadbourne, Ava Harriet. Maine Place Names and the Peopling of its Towns: Washington County. Freeport, ME: Bond Wheelwright, 1971.
- Clayton, W. W. History of Cumberland Co., Maine. Philadelphia: Evarts and Peck, 1880.
- Clayton, W. W. History of York County, Maine. Philadelphia: Evarts and Peck, 1880.
- Drisko, George Washington. Narrative of the Town of Machias. Machias, ME: 1904.
- Kidder, Frederic. Military Operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the Revolution. Albany, NY: Munsell, 1867.
- Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts, 1993.
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1896.
- Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, ME: 1939.
- Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias. Machias, ME: Furbush, 1863.
- Pope, Charles. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660. Boston, MA: 1908.
- Ridlon, G. T. Saco Valley Settlements and Families. Portland, ME: 1895.
- Sargent, William M. Maine Wills: 1640-1760. Portland, ME: Brown Thurston, 1887.
- Thornton, Nellie Carroll (Mrs. Seth S.)Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island. 1938.
- Varney, George J. A Gazetteer of the State of Maine. Boston: Russell, 1881.
New Hampshire: WikiTree's New Hampshire source list.
- Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Rockingham and Strafford Counties, New Hampshire. Philadelphia: Lewis, 1882.
- Pope, Charles. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660. Boston, MA: 1908.
- Potter, Chandler Easton. The Military History of the State of New Hampshire. Concord, NH: McFarland and Jenks, 1868.
- Stearns, Ezra S.Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1908.
Family Histories - Alphabetical by Family Name
Wikitree's list of family histories.
- Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader, 1881.
- Benjamin, R. Allen. "Obadiah Benjamin of Nova Scotia". Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: 1973.
- (Benjamin) - Bicha, Gloria Wall and Helen Benjamin Brown. "The Benjamin Family in America." 1977.
- Bill, Ledyard. History of the Bill Family. New York: 1867.
- Chase, John Carroll and George Walter Chamberlain. Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. Haverill, MA: Picton, 1928.
- Chute, William E. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America. Salem, MA: 1894.
- (Clarke) Justice, A. R. Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan Genealogy.
- Cleveland, Edmund Janes, and Horace Gillette Cleveland, comps. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Vol. 1. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, & Brinard Company, 1899.
- Crandall, John Cortland. Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants. New Woodstock, NY: 1949. p. 13, 27
- Crandall Family: Descendants of Wilbur Crandall
- Davis, George T. Genealogy of the Descendants of Col. John Davis of Oxford, Connecticut. New Rochelle, NY: 1910.
- Davis, Ralph Harold. The Davis Family of Connecticut, New York, Brier Island & Yarmouth, NS 1690-1997.
- (Denton) Krumm, Walter C. "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol. 120-122 (1989-1991).
- Harmon, A. C. The Harmon Genealogy. Washington, DC: Gibson, 1920.
- (Harmon) Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836. Boston: Stanhope, 1924.
- Hatfield, Abraham . Captain John Hatfield: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Captain John Hatfield, Loyalist. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1943.
- (Hatfield) Hayward, George Hatfield. Hatfields of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, 1783-2016. 2016.
- Huntley, Alice P. "John Huntley and Descendants." NEHGS Register, Volume 100.
- Fillmore, Charles L. So Soon Forgotten: Three Thousand Fillmores. 1984.
- (Kelsey) Claypool, Edward A. A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey. New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1928. (via. Ancestry.com)
- (Knowlton) - Stocking, Charles Henry Wright. The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. New York. 1897.
- Leighton, Perley M. A Leighton Genealogy: Descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire. Boston: NEGHS, 1989.
- Leighton, Walter L. A Genealogical Sketch of a Dover, N.H. Branch of the Leighton Family. Newton Center, MA: 1940.
- (Lockhart) - Eagles, Douglas Eaton. "Lockhart Families of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Sarnia, Ontario: 1984.
- (O'Brien) - Noel and the Genealogy of the O'Briens
- Newcomb, John Bearse. Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family. Elgin, IL: 1874.
- (Newcomb) Hodge, Orlando John. Hodge Genealogy From the First of the Name in this Country to the Present Time. Boston: 1900.
- Russell, Barrett Beard. The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass., Boston: NEHGS, 1904.
- Slocum, Charles Elihu. A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America. Syracuse, NY: Charles Elihu Slocum, 1882.
- (Steevens) Barlow, Claude Willis. John Steevens of Guilford, Connecticut. Rochester, NY: Stephens, 1976.
- (Steeves) Bowser, Les. The Search for Heinrich Stief: A Genealogist on the Loose. Halifax, NS: Nimbus, 2001.
- (Steeves) Wright, Esther Clark. Samphire Greens: The Story of the Steeves. Kingsport, NS: 1961.
- (Thorndike) Stafford, Morgan Hewitt. Descendants of John Thorndike of Essex County, Massachusetts. Ann Arbor, MI: 1960.
- (Thorndike) Steward, Scott C. and John B. Arthaud. A Thorndike Family History: Descendants of John and Elizabeth (Stratton) Thorndike. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2000.
- Tingley, Raymon Meyers. The Tingley Family; Being a Record of the Descendants of Samuel Tingley of Malden, Mass. Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1910.
- (Tingley) - Frye, Marian McCauley and Harold E. The Tingley Family Revised: Being a Record of the Descendants of Samuel Tingley of Malden, Mass., in both the male and female lines. 1970.
- (Vaughan and Compton) MacLeod, Harold.The Loyalist Comptons of Prince Edward Island
- (Whitman) - Farnam, Charles Henry. "History and Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth Mass." New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1889.
- Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, RI, 1632-1721/2, and Descendants. Chicago: 1939.
Published Genealogical Records
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. Emigrants from England to the American Colonies 1773-1776. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988.
- Hale, R. Wallace. Early New Brunswick Probate Records 1785-1835. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1989.
- Jackman, Beulah G. Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827). Concord, NH: 1937.
- Kinkaid, Peter A. "Passenger Lists to Fort Cumberland." Generations (New Brunswick Genealogical Society), vol. 18:2 (Summer 1996), pp. 25-31.
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Statistics of the Town of XXXXXXXX, Mass. to the Year 1850. Boston, 1906.
- Pierce, William Macbeth. Old Hancock County Families. Ellsworth, ME: 1933.
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1860-62.
- Smith, Leonard H. Jr., and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
- Wright, Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers: Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1976.
Online Primary Sources
- Nova Scotia Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838
- Newport Township Book transcription
- Yorkshire Emigration to Nova Scotia, 1772-1775.
- Census of Canada
Other online research tools
- Internet Archive - Online repository for digitized books.
- Don Shankle. Down East.
- Genealogy Gophers - Online genealogy books, including post-1923 publications.
- Norman A. Franke. Our Genealogy: The Franke/Colucci Family Website. - a useful, well-sourced site for early Westmorland and Albert County families: Colpitts, Cummings, Jones, Somers, Trites.
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