In the FAMILY NAMES Section, the following information is provided:

• The main FAMILY NAME spelling;
• ALTERNATE SPELLINGS of the name as found in a variety of sources;
• Page reference in the book "Planters & Pioneers" Revised Edition, by Esther Clark Wright, Lancelot Press Ltd., Hantsport, NS, 1982, ISBN 0-88999-087-5;
• Page reference in the book "Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867", by Leonard H. Smith Jr. and Norma H Smith, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1992, ISBN 0-8063-1343-9;
• If the name appears in Canadian Census records 1871-1901;
• If the name appears in Birth, Marriage or Death records on the Lunenburg GenWeb site; links are provided;
• If the name appears in the four volume "Cemetery Inscriptions" published by the South Shore Genealogical Society of Lunenburg;
• If the name appears the Index of Obituaries 1962-1992 put out by the Halifax Herald Newspaper;
• If the name appears in the Index to Probated Wills;
• If the name appears on the AF Church & Co Map of Heads of Households produced about 1864;
• If the name appears on the Montbeliard monument on blockhouse Hill in Lunenburg (link to photo);
• Other citations to this name (e.g. church records, militia).

• Given Name(s)
• Birth - Death dates
• Stated Occupation at time of immigration (from passenger lists)
• Home Village/area and country (from passenger lists)
• Ship and year of passage (from passenger lists)
• Whether the name appeared on the Lunenburg Victualing list of 1756 as published in the book "Historic Saga of Lehève (LaHave)" by Ruth E Kaulback, 1970.
• What Town Lot was assigned in 1753 (from Bell's Notes) and occupied in the 1762 Registry
• What Garden Lot was occupied in 1762
• What 30 Acre Farm Lot was assigned in 1753 (from Bell's Notes) and occupied in the 1760 Registry
• What 300 Acre Lot was assigned in 1763
• When married
• Name(s) of the wife, maiden name, and Birth - Death dates
• Names of the children, their Birth - Death dates, and who they married and when
• Other data of interest

Much of the data on individuals was willingly contributed by other researchers. Their names (and web links) are listed.