The Port Hastings Museum has information of interest to genealogic research including the following information:

• Census for this area for 1811, 1822, 1838, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901
• Inverness County census and local sections from 1891
• 1871 Plaister Cove census
• 1871 index for Richmond County
• Ship passenger rolls 1791 Gut of Canso
• Birth records of Central and Western Cape Breton 1820-1830
• Church records for 1917-1934 for St. David’s Presbyterian Church, Port Hastings
• Obituaries for 1933-present
• Binders and file folders on Port Hastings families
• Family Trees of area families
• Index cards for marriages, baptisms and cemetery records
• House binders giving write-ups of older houses and families
• Calendar of Cape Breton land grants – 15 binders
• Petitions for land grants in the Gut of Canso 1807 – 1827
• Index for deeds and records stored in Port Hood
• Port Hastings deeds and records 

A sample record from our binders:

Prices:

Self directed research $5/hour

Staff assisted research $10/hour

Copies $0.25, over 15 $0.15

Links:

Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management

Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics

Access Nova Scotia - Genealogy