New Membership
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MEETING
CCGS regular meeting will be on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 7 p.m., at Col. James Layton Ralston Armoury, 36 Acadia St., Amherst, NS
After a brief general meeting, a guided tour of the Nova Scotia Highlander Regimental Museum: with Ray Coulson.
"The museum has three rooms packed with artifacts from the Great War up to the present time. A variety of badges and medals can be found on display dating back to the First World War, as well as lithographs by Group of Seven artist Arthur Lismer."
Bring a friend, relative or anyone you know that might have an interest in the local areas past, or of their own family histories.
Meetings are always open to the public so come join your local family Genealogical Society which has been serving Cumberland County for the past 22 years. Research your heritage and find new relatives. Learn about what times your grandparents 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
We are looking forward to seeing you once again.
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.
Photos
Discussions
- McKenzies of Malagash
by: speeters67
March 24, 2014, 21:55 - Re: If we find Susan Ross, $186,000 goes to four charities
by: speeters67
March 24, 2014, 21:36 - Re: Thomas Brown - Amherst
by: Guest
September 2, 2013, 18:58 - Re: Percy Chapman Black and Jean McDonald
by: quebecdenyse
August 16, 2013, 11:00
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Cumberland County Nova Scotia Cemetery Map
Price $3.00 + S & H
1 sheet 2 sided pamphlet
”8 ½ X 11″, 3 folds
Publication compiled by Cumberland County Genealogical society.
Who is Buried Here ?
There are very few headstones in Cumberland County with death dates prior to 1800, even though French settlements were being established more than 100 years earlier. Many of those early settlers as well as those who died as a result of the battles for supremacy fought between the French and English lie in unmarked graves. With the development of communities and religious groups came structured burial grounds and more complete death records. In community, church and family cemeteries the oldest burials include Acadians, Planters, Yorkshiremen, Loyalists and slaves. A common death date for several members of the same family was often the result of fire or diseases such as the influenza epidemic. Wars and mine disasters are reflected in the death dates of miners and veterans.