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 may be made by cheque, 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 Thursday - Saturday from 10 AM - 4 PM
Come visit Friday & Saturday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The speaker for this event will be Courtney Mrazek who is the current W.P. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow in the Canadian Studies Department at Mount Allison University. Her topic: "A Matter of Life and Breath: Patient Trends at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium and the Jordan Memorial Sanatorium."
Everyone is welcome.
Please join us for an interesting lecture, a 50/50 draw, and refreshments on November 20th.
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
Cumberland Roots Vol. 1 Issue 1
Cumberland Roots Volume 1, Issue 1 – March 20, 2001
ISSN #1496-6972 Price $2.00
[From the Editors] –Here it is! The first of our newsletters.
Thanks to those who took time to consider a name. There was no clear winner, but several suggested we incorporate the words “roots” and thus “Cumberland Roots” was born.
Because the name suggested a logo including roots, and the shape of the county resembles the crown of a tree it seemed logical to join them with a trunk shaped by the winds of Fundy, Tantramar and the Northumberland Strait. Hope you like it.
In the pages of your newsletter we will give you the news about what and/or who the members are researching, helpful hints, titles of pertinent publications and useful internet links. As well, we’ll include some of your stories or information that may be of interest to others, like our feature article in this issue; the veterans of the Fenian Raids into Canada, contributed by S. Hill. This is your newsletter, send us articles, ideas, queries, pictures to scan etc.
Contents:
From the Editors
Helpful Hints
Resource Directory Committee
Where do we look?
Fenian Grants
Guest Speakers
Maccan Temperance Society
Researching at Mount Allison
Trivia
A Glimpse from the Past
Maritimes Most Wanted
Queries
Nothing New
The Society and Contacts
{Source: Page 1, Cumberland Roots, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 20, 2001}