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AMHERST DAILY NEWS
A division of Transcontinental Media Inc. First published in 1893. Comes out five days a week.

Darrell Cole – Managing Editor
dcole@amherstdaily.com
PO Box 280
147 South Albion St. Town Square
Amherst, B4H 2X2
Phone: (902) 661-5430
Cell: 902-694-2745
Fax: 902-667-0419
cumberlandnewsnow.com

CITIZEN-RECORD
Published weekly.

THE OXFORD JOURNAL
Published weekly, the first issue of the Journal was published June 22, 1898. Covers Oxford and surrounding areas.
NO LONGER IN PUBLICATION AS OF MARCH 2015
P. O. Box 10
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: 902-447-2051
Email: thejournal@ns.sympatico.ca

The Shoreline Journal
A monthly newspaper serving communities along the Glooscap Trail from Truro to Parrsboro, NS. Published on the last Wednesday of each month.

Maurice & Dorothy Rees, Publishers
Box 41
Bass River, NS B0M 1B0
Tel: 902-647-2968
Cell: 902-890-9850
www.theshorelinejournal.com
Email: maurice@theshorelinejournal.com

Regional:

THE CHRONICLE-HERALD (Halifax)
The Herald Online Newspaper published six days a week, with daily deliveries to Cumberland.
The Halifax Chronicle Hearld

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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