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Kings County Registry of Deeds records
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ca.1762-1968 (Creation)
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22.5 m of textual records (191 volumes)
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Scope and content
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of land transaction registers recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor and grantee, mortgage assignments and releases, quit claims deeds and many other types of records relating to land transactions. Some of the registers may also contain plans sketched or pasted on the page to accompany the deeds. ; Series also includes: a Cornwallis Township Proprietor's Lot Boundaries Register (ca.1762-ca.1812); Canadian Farm Loan Board registers (1937-1967); The Dominion Building and Loan Association, Kentville, Mortgage Register (1897-1898); two Wills Registers (1918-1954); Judgement Books 1 to 9 (1880-1968); and two Land Grants registers (1854-1935). ; The earliest land transactions for Kings County were registered at Cornwallis (1764-1843), Horton (1766-1843) and Aylesford (1820-1843). After 1843 all land transactions for Kings County were registered at Cornwallis (Kentville).
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Documents are primarily arranged in chronological order in numbered volumes. The earliest documents were
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2011-060
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Restrictions on access
To proect the records from further deterioration, access is limited to microfilm copies.
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Finding aids
To locate a particular document it is necessary to search the microfilmed index by name of grantor (seller) or grantee (buyer) to identify a book and page number. A volume listing, (series list 1908) s available with corresponding microfilm reel numbers.