Come visit Friday & Saturday from 1 p.m, to 4 p.m.
ATTENTION – have you visited the Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum? Well visits may be limited with the rumblings in the news.
Join us on May 21, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Col. Layton Ralston Armoury, 36 Acadia St., Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Ray Coulson
Topic: Talk and tour of Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum
Bring a friend, let's fill the room and make Ray feel honored. Not a member no problem everyone is welcome!
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 23 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.
Much more has been added to our collections during the time of COVID shutdown. Please come and do research from our vast expanding collection.
Email: "archives@ccgsns.com" or Call: 902-661-7278
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Genealogy Centre
Our Cumberland County Genealogy Centre officially opened on May 19, 2005, with the presentation of The Ernest Coates Research Room, located at 16 Church Street (lower level), Amherst, Nova Scotia, B4H 3A6.
Phone: (902) 661-7278
Email: archives@ccgsns.com
Summer Hours: May 19 – Oct. 14; Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10 am to 4 pm
Winter Hours: Oct. 15 – May 14; Fri., 1 pm to 4 pm; Sat. 1 pm to 4 pm
Wheelchair Accessible.
Take a Virtual Tour of the Genealogy Centre.
Members of CCGS volunteer their services to provide friendly, knowledgeable assistance to those researching Cumberland County families and local history.
We are conveniently located in the downtown core of historic Amherst, within walking distance of three churches and several restaurants.
Directions: From Exit 3 on the Trans Canada Highway, drive 1.6 km east into the town of Amherst; cross the railway tracks; turn right at first set of lights. Immediately to the left is 16 Church Street, with parking in the rear or across the street. (Find us on Google maps.)
The Genealogy Centre holdings include:
—————–: $10.00 per full day (10 am – 4 pm)
Non-scheduled office day research fee: $30.00
Photocopies:— .25¢/pg.
Digital images: .25¢/image, your device, phone, ipad, camera.
CCGS also offers research assistance to those who request help via email, phone or letter, with retrieval fees of $5.00 plus costs, or research fees of $30.00 per hour.