To those of you why are not familiar with it, I want to refer you to a
wonderful book titled "Yarmouth Nova Scotia Genealogies," by George S.
Brown. Mr. Brown was a writer for the Yarmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Herald, and wrote some absolutely great genealogy columns in the 1890's and
1900's, not only on the Cann surname, but on a number of others in the area
of present day Nova Scotia and New England. In more recent times, some
folks named Martha & William Reamy prepared the information for
publication, and the current book is copyright 1993.
The book is available from Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. in Baltimore,
and I will be glad to send contact information for them to anyone
requesting it. I have used the book quite a lot, and gotten a great deal
of information from it on my Cann ancestors who settled in Nova Scotia and
New England, and I highly recommend it. Much of the information you see on
my genealogy page on the Canns and other lines came from there, and if
memory serves me correctly (sadly, it sometimes does not), the book sells
for about $35 here in the U. S., though you may find it in your local
genealogy library.
David
David E. Cann
decann(a)infi.net
List/Board Administrator of:
Cann surname list on RootsWeb
Cann surname board on RootsWeb