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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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Newsletters
Back issues of Cumberland Roots, the quarterly newsletter of CCGS – first published in March, 2001 and published each year thereafter. Four (4) issues per year. [Reprints 2001 to present, price $3.00 CAD per issue.]
Samples:
[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.
Cumberland Roots Volume 2, Issue 2 – June 18, 2002
[From the Editors:]
Congratulations to the committee and members who helped in the setup and execution of the very successful workshop. The membership list on pages 3 and 4 in this issue includes the additional thirty-five new members and eight renewals, which brought our membership over 100. However, the family research file has grown too big to publish in our newsletter. The families and related researchers have been posted on the CCGS Web Site. Copies will be mailed with this newsletter for those who do not have access to the internet.
Cumberland Roots Volume 23, Issue 4 – December 2024
CCGS President’s Report, 2024
From the President
As the seasons change, and time moves on we find ourselves once again in November and winding up another year in the life of CCGS. We have again been very fortunate to keep our doors open and the society on track all through the help of our many volunteers who give their time generously to help us reach our goals.
As the reports given previously in the meetings show our collection continues to grow with the addition of numerous items being donated or purchased – we are becoming known for our collection of Cumberland related documents and the good care we take of the historical items donated into our care, so they can be found for future researchers. We strive each year to meet and maintain our mandate – “The Cumberland County Genealogical Society (CCGS) was established to provide a forum for those interested in genealogy to share information and to assist in the identification and cataloguing of resource material so that it can be readily available to everyone for both research and education.
Objectives of the CCGS are to collect and preserve genealogical material; promote the study of genealogy and family history in Cumberland County; further ethical practices, scientific and effective techniques of genealogical research; and to publish and distribute genealogical material to help in the education and promotion of interest in genealogy”. As part of fulfilling our mandate CCGS offered a beginner’s course on June 25th, 2024, where attendees were guided through the labyrinth of where to begin to unlock the secrets of their own family history. I would like to thank Tammy Smith for sharing her knowledge to those who by now I am sure are burning the midnight oil in their own search for lost ancestors. We have a number of projects being worked on; one of which is a new publication to add to our growing list of self-published books – this one is on Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford, NS. We had hopes to have it in print in time for Christmas giving but as with all publications those final polishing finishes take longer than any of us expect. We will announce on Facebook and our web page when it is complete. Our cemetery database is having updates taken of all headstones post 2008 – a daunting task where we could use volunteers to help cover the active cemeteries in Cumberland County. As well this past summer, our summer employee worked diligently on transcribing headstones for our cemetery database – it seems like a never-ending task but slowly and surely, we are closing in on the finish line for that part of that project. In house, our massive collection of Cumberland County obits are being sorted chronologically and an index being created. This will be another fine tool to have in our research arsenal for out of town as well as local researchers.