Become a Member or Renew Membership

You are welcome to join the Cumberland County Genealogical Society for an annual registration fee of $20.00 (single) or $25.00 (family – see membership form for details).

All members can print a copy of CCGS By-Laws and will receive a copy of the CCGS newsletter Cumberland Roots. (Samples listed in Newsletter section.)

If you would like to join us you may access a convenient CCGS registration form either in MS Word (document) or Adobe PDF format.

Membership form. DOC, or PDF Please print off and mail to the address on the form with cheque or money order attached.

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We wish to thank all of you who have made such generous donations for the 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. GOAL REACHED FOR THE MICRO FILM READER/PRINTER AND HALF OF THE NUMBER OF REELS ORDERED [ 250 0F 500 ] Please contact our office if you need further details.

MEETING

Regular office Summer hours start on May 15th, 2025.

Come visit Thursday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Regular meeting will be held Tuesday May 20, 2025, at the Amherst Police Station, 21 Havelock St., Amherst at 7:00 p.m.

Our guest speaker will be David Christie.

A retired Amherst lawyer, former partner in the Amherst law firm, Hicks, LeMoine. Active in various community and legal originations. Married to Beryl MacDonald; two children, Alex who resides in Ottawa and Maeghan who resides in Philadelphia. Currently in Lorneville.

Presentation will cover the history of Christie Brothers manufacturing in Amherst between 1863 and 1969.

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

Cumberland County Genealogical Society

Amherst, Nova Scotia

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