Website: www.okcm.ca/
The department operates an archives and reading room in the museum. It has a large collection of Nova Scotia census, township and cemetery records. There's also an extensive collection of Kings County material on computer database files, including indexes of all the basic county resources (ie. census 1795-1911, marriages, births, deaths, etc.). The department also has numerous resources on the New England Planters that settled in Kings County between 1760 and 1783.
Hours
April 1 - December 14
Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm,
July - August Open Saturdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm,
December 15 to March 31 - Closed for the season
Hours subject to change
Membership(s)
Memberships rate is $20.00 for an individual and $25.00 for a family (per year), members receive a newsletter (3 times a year).
Parking Spaces(car)
20
Contact Information
Nelson Labor
Chairperson
okcm.ca
Phone: (902) 678-6237
Fax: (902) 678-2764
Glenda Bishop
Secretary
okcm.ca
Phone: (902) 678-6237
Fax: (902) 678-2764
Admission Details
Museum admission is free or by donation.
The genealogy fee is $3 per day for non-members.
Organization Type/Service(s)
Archives
Genealogical Holdings
Society, Cultural Heritage
Theme(s)
Culture
Facilities
No smoking
Wheelchair accessible
Public washrooms
Bus tours welcome
Tourist info
Gift shop
Wheelchair access 1st floor only.
Bus tours welcome with advance booking.
Free parking in municipal parking lots.
Two hour parking in spaces adjacent to the building.
Special Group Tours Offered
No
Tour Details
Summer students are a wonderful resource
Genealogical Holdings:
Scope of Holdings
Family files and publications, genealogies, charts; scrapbooks; Church registers: Presbyterian; cemetery inscriptions; funeral home records; township books; census records: Kings County: 1871-1901; special collections for area: Planter Studies; land grants, petitions; deeds; probate records; Kings County school records; local newspapers and scrapbooks.
Extent of Holdings
There is 40 feet of running wall space of printed material.
Founding Family Names
Bishop, Baltzer, Benjamin, Bigelow, Burgess, Chase, Chute, Caldwell, Coldwell, Chipman, Church, Cogswell, Crowe, Cox, Davison, Eaton, Loomer, Lyons, Moore, Payzant, Jess, Foot, Newcomb, Porter, Rand, Rockwell,
Research Fees
First hour of research is free, after that a fee is charged (fee available upon request).
Duplication Fees
Photocopying services are available. Fee for members is 15 cents per copy, fee for non-members is 20 cents per copy.
Photographic Holdings:
Community Holdings
Information on 95 % of the smaller communities in Kings County.
Cemetery Holdings
Stone information recorded (and stored) on 99 cemeteries.