The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to attend events promoting the Municipal Archives this fall.

The municipality will be hosting an Ask an Archivist pop-up at Scotia Square food court (5201 Duke Street, Halifax) on Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Archivists will be available to answer questions and provide residents with information on finding municipal records, donating materials and locating genealogical sources.

The Municipal Archives will also be hosting two Scan-A-Thon events:

Residents are encouraged to bring photographs, slides or negatives of their neighbourhoods to these events. Archivists will record essential information, then carefully scan them so residents and researchers will have access to a digital copy. Contributors can either keep or donate the original.

The Municipal Archives are particularly interested in preserving photos from the Cogswell District area, as the project prepares to complete substantial construction later this year. If residents have records related to this neighbourhood, they are encouraged to bring them to the Halifax Central Library Scan-a-thon.

The Municipal Archives is the official repository for historical municipal government records from Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and the former County of Halifax. It also holds community records from the region. The Municipal Archives include a guide of buildings and properties, historical Council minutes from 1841 to 1996 and over 4,000 historical images of downtown Halifax before massive urban renewal projects of the 1960s – and much more.

Archivists are available to help residents by phone (902-490-4643) or email (archives@halifax.ca) Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Appointments can then be made to consult or donate records at the Municipal Archives at 81 Ilsley Avenue, Unit 11, Dartmouth.

For more information, visit halifax.ca/archives.