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For twenty-four years our organization has never had a fund raiser - so now we would like to ask your help in raising the funds to buy a microfilm reader/printer and the available microfilm reels of newspapers for Cumberland County. We are a registered charitable organization and will issue tax receipts for your donation. Please HELP US REACH OUR GOAL. Please contact our office if you need further details. Donations or payments may be made by cheque, or E-transfer to archives@ccgsns.com or through Paypal by hitting the Donate Button, above - please add a note to say it is for the microfilm reader/printer. Or drop by the office Friday - Saturday from 1:00 - 4:00 PM [Winter hours.]
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Our regular general meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at the Police Department, 21 Havelock St, in the Francis Smith board room 2nd floor.
A Show & Tell will be held for the evening after a brief meeting. So please bring along something that has a unique story or anything of general interest to entertain for the attending parties.
Everyone is welcome.
Please join us for an enjoyable evening, and a 50/50 draw.
Meetings are always open to the public, so please come join your local family Genealogical Society, which has been serving Cumberland County for the past 24 years. Research your heritage and find new relatives. Learn about what times your parents, grandparents and other ancestors, lived through, where, when, how, education, religion, occupations, etc.
Email: "archives@ccgsns.com" or Call: 902-661-7278
1907 Vital Statistics
1907 Vital Statistics from the Amherst Daily News
CCGS Publication Number 9 Price $15.00 ea+ S & H
ISBN 978-0-9811015-2-1
133 pages
(8 ½” X 11″, spiral-bound)
This book is a compilation of newspaper articles containing vital statistics for Cumberland County, Nova Scotia as recorded by the “Amherst Daily News,” Amherst, Nova Scotia, from January 1, 1907 to December 31, 1907.
All vital statistics were transcribed in full as recorded in these issues. Entries were copied from microfilms housed at Mount Allison University, Ralph Pickard Bell Library, Sackville, New Brunswick. All individuals named within these articles, with the exception of ministers, have been cross-referenced for an easy search for your ancestors. At the end of each article in italics you will find the source of the article. For example: ADN Tues., Apr. 10, 1907 p.1 consists of the abbreviated name of newspaper, the publication date of the newspaper and the page number.
Compiled by CCGS volunteers.
Cover design by Rick King. Typed and proofread by members of CCGS.