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A Family Tree of Westhavers

$4.99

Rev. Clyde Westhaver who was not only a close friend of Dr. Chris Young, but also a collaborator in a number of Foreign Protestants joint works.

THE LANGILLE FAMILY Genealogical Records

$3.95

This book was written and published in 1929 by Allister Sloan Langille and Sara Ann Hanson Langille, M.D., of Chicago, Ill. It is believed to be the first Langille history written by a family member.

A History and Genealogy of the South Shore Langilles - Complete

$16.95

SKU: BK0011 / BK0012

By Stewart C. Langille

This digital Fifth Edition of Stewart C. Langille’s classic history and genealogical book dedicated to the Langille family of Nova Scotia is based upon his previously privately published Fourth Edition (1983-84). This current edition was edited and published by the Canadian Not-for-Profit ForeignProtestants.com Society. There are two parts to this edition: History of the Langille Family and a copy of the original Handwritten Ancestral Records and Hand Drawn Diagrams.

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The creation of this new digital edition has also led to the development of highly searchable museum grade content management system providing Society Members online access to nearly 5,000 ancestral records of not only Langille family members, but also of many other Foreign Protestants Founding Family members related by marriage to the Langilles.

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1 × A History and Genealogy of the South Shore Langilles

1 × Langille Ancestral Records

Langille Ancestral Records

$3.00

Part II

A History and Genealogy of the South Shore Langilles

$13.95

Part I

Lunenburg’s Bicentennial June 1953

$1.99

This 46-page booklet is dedicated to the memory of those courageous men and women founded Lunenburg 200 years ago. As one of the oldest communities in British North America, we are proud of their contribution as an ethic group of virility and imagination to the stream of Canadian nationhood.

Little Dutch Church 1895 (HALIFAX)

$1.99

The Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church is the second oldest building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after St. Paul’s evangelical Anglican church. The church was built for the Foreign Protestants who first landed in Halifax starting in 1749 before then later in 1753 being transported by ships sailing to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was adapted as a church in 1756 and consecrated in 1760. It is the oldest known surviving church in Canada associated with the German-Canadian Community. Nearly 60% of all the original Foreign Protestants were German.

The Halifax Citadel

$1.99

THE HALIFAX CITADEL National Historic Park Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

This is an actual multi-page informational 11 page booklet with maps, pictures, and information.

Halifax was founded in 1749 to provide a base for the British Navy and Army and a springboard for attack on the French at Louisbourg and Quebec, because the final contest between France and England for possession of the North American continent was clearly approaching. Citadel Hill was always the innermost keep and chief land defence of the Halifax Fortress. Four forts were built, at different periods, on its summit.

Nova Scotia-A Brief History by Phyllis Ruth Blakley

$2.95

This now out-of-print book was originally used for many years primarily in the 5^th and 6^th grades to provide the Nova Scotia school children with an accurate and engaging brief overview of their Province’s important history. We are making this current online digital copy available of her book to all our FREE Guest Members for two very important reasons:

Students & Their Teachers: To again have available this very important brief, but still very accurate historical and cultural information about the history of Nova Scotia not only for the young people of Nova Scotia, but also of all of Canada and North America, home to millions of Foreign Protestants descendants.
Adults: In as much as this book is a very engaging and quick read for adults, it as a fun and accurate source of information for those individuals either descendants of or those interested in the Foreign Protestants.

Phyllis Blakeley's contributions to Nova Scotian history and to the archival profession in Canada will not soon be forgotten. A generation of schoolchildren first developed an interest in their provincial history through her textbooks. Two generations of pupils were captivated by her witty and enthusiastic school tours through the old Archives building on the Dalhousie campus. And a multitude of university students and faculty have been inspired by her great love—the=story of our past, which she presented as a gift to all those who wished to learn. *Excerpt from Phyllis’ 1986 obituary in the International Journal of Education by L. Kernighan.

CORKUMs AT HOME OR AWAY FISHING

$12.95

By J. Christopher Young, Ph.D. (author-publisher)

The idea for this book grew out of Chris’s conversation with Lionel Thurlow in the run-up to the Grand Family Reunion [Chris created and managed.] of July 10-14, 2003 as part of Lunenburg’s 250th Anniversary Celebration.

Lionel had called me to see if he could represent the THURLOW family at the Reunion, even though his family didn’t arrive in Lunenburg until the 1880's. I assured him that, despite the emphasis on families who arrived in 1753 with the founding of the town, ALL families were welcome.

The conversation continued as follows with me asking; Do you know Stanley Thurlow?

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He replied: Yes, he was my uncle. How do know him?

He lived across the street from my grandfather in Lunenburg. [334 Pelham Street]

Who is your grandfather?

Captain Leo Corkum.

I know him. I sailed with him on a fishing trip about 1939.

At the reunion, Lionel came and introduced himself. Then he presented me with an envelope containing about 40 photographs that he and Fred SPINDLER had taken while fishing with my grandfather.

After thanking him for the pictures, I asked Lionel, “What was the name of the ship you sailed on with my grandfather?”

The Irene Mary

The Irene Mary was named for my mother.

While scanning his photographs, I recalled that my grandfather Captain Leo CORKUM had written his memoirs shortly before he died in 1971 and that his son, my uncle, Max CORKUM also had written his memoirs with a chapter devoted to his experience fishing with his father. It then seemed logical to combine the two memoirs and illustrate them with Lionel’s photographs.

Then genealogical information on the CORKUM family was added followed by information on one trip Leo made on his early schooner the Irene M. Corkum.

There are four parts:

• Part A traces the Corkum lineage from the first namesake in the Netherlands of the 1520's.

• Part B comprises Just About Me, Leo Corkum’s memoirs in their entirety with some Illustrations.

• Part C comprises the chapter on fishing with his father by Max Corkum in his memoirs - Memories Are Forever illustrated with the bulk of Lionel’s photographs.

• Part D is the Log of the schooner Irene M. Corkum - November 31,1917 - January 27, 1918.

• Part E contains several published interviews with Leo [Corkum].

96 pages Indexed Original book ISBN 0-ISBN 0-9730393-3-7 Written & Published (2003) by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D.

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Register of The Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770)

$19.95

Written by Winthrop P. Bell, Ph.D. Compiled by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D. (author-published)

Originally published and sold-out as a printed 2-volume set of books, this invaluable resource is now available as a PDF download. From nearly 40 different sets of surviving civil and church records covering the period ca. 1749-1770, Dr. Bell extracted all relevant details for each of some 800 different families and consolidated the data into register format. The fruits of Dr. Bell's work are published here in combination with other related information.

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Originally published in book form and sold-out at $250.00 per set, this invaluable resource is now available only as a PDF download for a dramatically reduced price. Essential for the Foreign Protestants researcher!

The Foreign Protestants, as they are called, were fleeing tough times when about 2230 of them left their homes in Switzerland, France, and parts of Germany in the early 1750s and landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In June of 1753, about 1453 of these settlers were then transferred by ships from Halifax to establish the new Town of Lunenburg.

Dr. Winthrop Bell's earlier book, The Foreign Protestants and the Settlement of Nova Scotia, was published in 1961. That book covers the immigration to Nova Scotia in the early 1750's of some 2200 German and French-speaking Protestant Europeans and how they then came to settle in Lunenburg.

After publishing his original work, Dr. Bell then set out to address the lack of information on the individuals themselves.

From nearly 40 different sets of surviving civil and church records covering the period ca. 1749-1770, he extracted all relevant details for each of some 800 different families and consolidated the data in register format.

Bell unfortunately died before the project was complete, but donated his research to Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then researchers have had access to his work through microfilm copies available at the Archives.

Thanks to the tireless work by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D., the original fruits of Dr. Bell's work are published here in combination with other related information. This book should be of great interest to historians, social historians, genealogists, and family historians alike as it presents personal history of the Foreign Protestants as they sought to build a better life in the New World.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION - How the book came to be published.
BIOGRAPHY of WINTHROP BELL - A personal view of Dr. Bell.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS - Brief sketches of Drs. Chris Young, Terry Punch, Ken Paulsen & Peter Waite, and Heather Johnston.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - Who provided assistance during the preparation of the book.
GENEALOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BELL'S REGISTER - Written by Noted Lunenburg genealogist Dr. Terry Punch.
THE FOREIGN PROTESTANT PLANTERS: THE SETTLEMENT OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA (1753-1760) - Noted Lunenburg genealogists Drs. Terry Punch and Ken Paulsen wrote a brief history of how the Foreign Protestants came to Nova Scotia and Lunenburg’s early days.
THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR BELL'S REGISTER - An introduction to where Dr. Bell found information on the first settlers.
KEY TO DECIPHERING BELL’S REGISTER - Bell has nearly 40 different kinds of information on his pages. By using a typical page, these are each highlighted and described. The original sources for each item are integrated into this section.
BELL'S REGISTER - the bulk of the book, in Bell’s own handwriting. In all, nearly 2000 individuals are covered. There are five sections:

I - Those Whose Ship from Europe is Known

II - Those Not Showing Up in Nova Scotia

III - Those Whose Ship From Europe is Unknown

IV - Those Who Appear in Bell’s Miscellaneous Research Papers

V - Those Who Appear in 1749 Passenger Lists

ALTERNATE SPELLINGS OF FAMILY NAMES - There is considerable variability in family name spellings. The ones encountered by Bell are listed here.
INDEBTEDNESS LIST SIGNATURES - Over 800 signatures are shown for those who had to borrow to pay for their passage to Nova Scotia.
RETURN OF LUNENBURG TOWNSHIP 1770 (CENSUS) - Transcribed by Terry Punch.
INDEX of NAMES

873 pages Indexed Original book ISBN 0-9730393-2-9 Written by Winthrop P. Bell, Ph.D. Compiled by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D. (author-published)

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A YOUNG Life: the Memoirs of James Christopher Frederick YOUNG

$14.95

Maps Associated With Lunenburg County Family History (Nova Scotia)

$14.95

By J. Christopher Young, Ph.D. (author-publisher)

Originally published and sold-out as a printed book, this invaluable resource is now available as a PDF download. The Town of Lunenburg celebrated its 250th Anniversary in 2003. During the initial stages of preparation for Lunenburg's Grand Family Reunion in 2003, those people initially contacted were asked: What would you like to do the most at the reunion? The most frequent answer was: I want to go and stand on the land that was granted to my ancestors.

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The organizers of the reunion, led by Chris Young, decided to develop and publish this book of maps so that attendees could locate the lots that their immigrant ancestors originally settled. This book is of great value to everyone with an interest in the early settlement of Lunenburg. Parcels of land in question include those in the town of Lunenburg proper, Town Lots, the Garden Lots to the east of the Town, the 30 acre Farm Lots, and the 300 acre Forest Lots.

The volume is also prefaced with maps of Europe showing, when known, the location of hometowns of the first Lunenburg immigrants and concludes with maps that show the location of over 200 known Foreign Protestants cemeteries distributed across Lunenburg County.

This is an essential reference resource for all descendants of the first Foreign Protestants!

153 pages
Indexes
Maps
Illustrated
Original book ISBN 0-9730393-1-0
Written & Published by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D.

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A Family Tree of Westhavers

THE LANGILLE FAMILY Genealogical Records

A History and Genealogy of the South Shore Langilles - Complete

Langille Ancestral Records

A History and Genealogy of the South Shore Langilles

Lunenburg’s Bicentennial June 1953

Little Dutch Church 1895 (HALIFAX)

The Halifax Citadel

Nova Scotia-A Brief History by Phyllis Ruth Blakley

CORKUMs AT HOME OR AWAY FISHING

Register of The Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770)

A YOUNG Life: the Memoirs of James Christopher Frederick YOUNG

Maps Associated With Lunenburg County Family History (Nova Scotia)

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