A history of the 71st Fraser Highland Regiment’s fight in the American War of Independence.
71st Fraser Highland Regiment in the American War of Independence – Second Edition
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A Clyburn Story
A Genealogy of the Clyburn family,
A History of Schooling in Guysborough County 1735-2016: A Case Study of Public Education in Rural Nova Scotia
Written by John N. Grant, Schooling in Guysborough County 1735 -2016 explores the almost 300 year history of formal schooling in the County.
A History of the People and Places of Boylston, Nova Scotia
General history of the built heritage and the people of the community of Boylston including appendices of all war veterans and all gravestone inscriptions in the village.
A Mixing of Profit and Delight: The Story of James Lodge and the Boylston Manor, Thornhill
A Mixing of Profit and Delight: The Story of James Lodge and the Boylston Manor, Thornhill, tells the story of Thornhill, near Boylston N.S., which began as grand manor house built by Loyalist entrepreneur James Lodge. He had big dreams of multiple businesses in the pioneer days of eastern N.S. However, his plans turned to folly, and he presented his land to a local Black man, Anthony Bartram before leaving for England. Bartram’s family married descendants of the former enslaved Andrew Izzard. This book recounts the lives of Lodge, Bartram, and Izzard, their stories of survival and dreams for a better future in harsh Northeastern Canada.
Amazing True Stories of Guysborough County
So you thought you knew Guysborough County, eh…Well, think again.
From pirates to an over-amorous Lieutenant, secret military bases, Hollywood icons, a guru, slaves and even murder, this book tells it all. From the archives of the Guysborough Historical Society in the Old Court House Museum comes an accumulation of stories which will simply amaze you.
As I Remember It, Life as a little girl growing up in Guysborough during late 1800’s and early 1900’s
A quaint, historical directory written by a life-long Guysborough resident, Hilda Cox.
As They Remembered It – Life in Guysborough with Dr. George Buckley and Family
Janet Thompson, Toronto, writer, family historian, and retired editor, beautifully weaves the family histories from two of her Buckley family members, into this retrospective history of a once-bustling Eastern Canadian sea-side community of Guysborough, Nova Scotia. This book is a portrait of that town between 1888 and 1921, in contemporary words and pictures, remarkably by one family.
First World War Honour Roll of Guysborough County Vol. I
Honour Roll of Guysborough County Vol. I: 1915-1917. Written by Bruce F. MacDonald
First World War Honour Roll of Guysborough County Vol. II
Honour Roll of Guysborough County Vol. II: 1918-1937. Written by Bruce F. MacDonald
