Category Archives: CCGS Meetings

CCGS July Meeting

Posted by Admin on August 5, 2013 Comments Off

July 28 – Ottawa House Museum in Parrsboro hosted CCGS’ meeting with guest speaker, Clemm Larsen, who provided on PowerPoint, an informative Pictorial Tour of the Parrsboro Shore.

CCGS BBQ Event

Posted by Admin on June 23, 2013 Comments Off

. Thanks to Rick & Shirley King for hosting this event for our members, read more in the June Cumberland Roots newsletter

Thanks to Rick & Shirley King for hosting this event for our members, read more in the June Cumberland Roots newsletter

Show & Tell at January CCGS Meeting

Posted by Admin on February 5, 2013 Comments Off

Marie Trueman shows an old family photo

Photo of Angus MacDonald

Marie (MacDonald) Trueman shows an heirloom photo of her paternal grandfather, Angus MacDonald. The McDonalds originally came from Scotland to Fox Harbour, N.S. and later relocated to River Philip.

Before the miners strike in Springhill Angus had a confectionery store on Main Street in Springhill, NS.

Thanks Marie for sharing your story with us.

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New Membership or Renewal

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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 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

MEETING

Regular office Winter hours start on Oct 15th, 2024.

Come visit Friday & Saturday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

The Annual General Meeting of the Cumberland County Cumberland County Genealogical Society will hold it's Annual General Meeting on Wendsday, November 20, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. in the Francis Smith room at the Amherst Police Department,21 Havelock St, Amherst, NS .

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.

Hope to see you all again!

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

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Get you colourful family memorial leaves placed on the CCGS Memorial Heritage Tree and watch it grow. Add your own ancestors using the attached form and see the tree continue to blossom with Gold, Silver and Greenery.
Link to:Memorial Heritage Leaf form