Bridgetown, Nova Scotia [Photo Credit: Coward Album, Nova Scotia Archives]
Annapolis County Chronicles is an independent project dedicated to preserving society columns from early 20th-century local newspapers.
Week by week, these columns recorded the small but meaningful details of everyday life — who was visiting, who was ill, who celebrated a milestone, and community events and organizations.
On this site, you’ll find carefully transcribed and searchable society news that I hope will be help to local and family historians and anyone curious about the people that were once part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
Currently work is focused on the years 1914-1919, with the goal of expanding to other years over time.
Getting Started
If you’re looking for a person or family:
- Search Names to look for a specific surname or given name
- Browse by Community to see which towns or areas are currently included
Each transcription includes the newspaper name, date, and community to help you verify what you find.
What You’ll Find Here
- Verbatim transcriptions of newspaper society columns
- Coverage organized by community
- A growing name index to support genealogical research (coming soon)
New material is added as time and sources allow. Coverage varies by community, and not all years are complete.
About This Project
The site does not attempt to tell a single, complete story of Annapolis County. Instead, it provides raw material—carefully transcribed and clearly cited—that you can use to build your own understanding of people, families, and communities.
To learn more about sources, transcription practices, and the scope of the project, please visit the ‘About the Project’ page.
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20 JANUARY 1915
Councillor Elliott was in Annapolis Royal last week attending the annual meeting of the Municipal Council …
20 JANUARY 1915
On Wednesday evening last, the Young People’s Society, of Melvern, gave a Literary evening on “An Evening with Sir Walter Scott …
20 JANUARY 1915
Mr. Ralph R. Bohaker left for Halifax on Friday via H. & S.W. Railway with a carload of apples, which he intends …
20 JANUARY 1915
Ice cutting seems to be the particular business just not. Ice of unusually fine quality, being about 15 inches thick is being stored …
20 JANUARY 1915
A number of young people from Springfield and Lake Pleasant enjoyed the skating on Lake Pleasant on Monday and Tuesday evening …
13 JANUARY 1915
The ladies in Granville are doing their part nobly for the relief of those suffering from the effects of the deadly war which is still raging …
13 JANUARY 1915
Two youngsters started out one one evening with a subscription paper and in a short time collected $8.20 for the Monitor Belgium Relief Fund …
13 JANUARY 1915
Mrs. S. Sanders and Miss Mary Fitzrandolph left Monday for Truro, where they will attend a Convention of the Women’s Institute …
13 JANUARY 1915
Reginald Bishop, Avard Longley and Harold Balcom are spending a few days at the Provincial Agricultural College at Truro …