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1960-1991 (Creation)
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- Duncanson, John V., 1918-1999
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4.6 m of textual records and other material
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John Victor Duncanson was born 25 August 1918 in Windsor, N.S., the son of Adelaide (Aylward) and John Maxner Duncanson. He received a BA from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario. In 1940, he enlisted in the army and served in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps in both Canada and Europe until July 1946. He then worked in the field of personnel and industrial relations with positions in New Brunswick, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario. His interest in geneaological research developed into the publication of three books: Falmouth - a New England Township in Nova Scotia (1962); Newport, Nova Scotia - a Rhode Island Township (1985); and Rawdon and Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships in Nova Scotia (1989). In 1993 Duncanson was named planter scholar by Acadia University for his research on the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia. He died at Windsor on 14 January 1999.
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Consists of records documenting Duncanson's geneaological and historical research of Hants County, Nova Scotia. Includes correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings, family charts, transcripts, booklets, and pamphlets pertaining to Falmouth, Newport, Rawdon, Douglas Townships. Also includes photographs of individuals from Hants County, maps of Hants County, a microfilm reel of cemetery inscriptions of gravestones in selected Hants County cemeteries, and personal correspondence and other material relating to Duncanson's life and involvement in heritage groups.
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Donated by John V. Duncanson from 1982 to 1991.
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Microfilm available:
MG 1 volumes 2440-2444 - microfilm 601-611
MG 1 volumes 2653-2657 - microfilm 773-777
MG 1 volumes 3241-3247 - microfilm 778-785
MG 1 volumes 3335-3339 - microfilm 15186
MG 100 volume 136 files 27-28 - microfilm 15186
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Published works by John V. Duncanson available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library.
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Includes 22 microfilm reels (35 mm), 11 photographs, and 5 maps.