Next CCGS Meeting
The 2020 AGM will be held on Nov 16 at the RCAF Association building located at 31 Havelock Street, Amherst, NS at 2 PM
This meeting will follow the RCAF Association Covid rules – masks will be required - tables will be set up so people are social distanced – their building requires people to sign in so we will have someone manning the door to record those attending and with one person recording it reduces the contact to pen and paper as well.
After our AGM we ask that you bring an item of interest for a show and tell.
We hope to see as many of you as possible to reconnect after our long hiatus during Covid-19 restrictions.
Due to the COVID pandemic the Board of Directors has voted in favour of keeping the offices of Cumberland County Genealogy Centre closed to researchers and guests until December 2020 at which time this policy will be revisited.
We would like to advise you all that researchers are available to you - if you have a request please send an email to
Thank you for your patience and understanding during these uncharted times.
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. Full news article posted in left column below our newest publications.
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Meetings
Past Meetings:
September 16, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: David Milner
Topic: Dr. William Walker Herdman of River Hebert; his tragic death on Feb. 10, 1917, and a journey to the Supreme Court of Canada.”
May 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus
147 South Albion Street, Amherst
Guest Speaker: CCGS Members
Topic: Show & Tell
April 15, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Alison Draper
Topic: Oxford Heritage Group
March 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus
147 South Albion Street, Amherst
Guest Speaker: Ray Dixon
Topic: Curry Family of Rhodes & Curry
February 18, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Linda Letcher
Topic: Northport Community History Research
Jan. 21 , 2014 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Room 176, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Rev. Chris Greer
Topic: Little River Baptist Church History – book signing “Where the Spirit Dwells”
November 19, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Annual General Meeting, Show & Tell and Pot Luck Meal
Oct. 15 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Cumberland Campus, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Ruby Bjarnason & Alice Dionne
Topic: Genealogy in Poetry Part 2
Sept. 17, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Ruby Bjarnason & Alice Dionne
Topic: Genealogy in Poetry
April 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Dr. Grant Aylesworth
Topic: 3D Technology to Decipher 18th Century Gravestones
March 19 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Cumberland Campus, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Ed Gilbert
Topic: New Acadian Info. in Parrsboro
February 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Conrad Byers
Topic: Life Along the Parrsborough Shore
January 15 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus, Amherst
Topic: Show & Tell
November 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Annual General Meeting and Pot Luck Meal
October 16 , 2012 at 7:00 pm
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St., Amherst
Guest Speaker: Charles Thompson, Author
Topic: New book “A Look Back” book launch
September 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Topic: Show & Tell and 10 Year Membership Awards
Summer Events/Road Trip:
Aug. 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Charles Thompson’s Farm, Oxford, NS
Pig Roast for CCGS members and guests.
July 22, 2012 at 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Ottawa House Museum, Parrsboro
Guest Speaker: Susan Hill, CCGS Archivist
Topic: Integrated Cemetery Database demonstration
June 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Member Fun Night
May 15, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St., Amherst
Guest Speaker: Sarah Wallace, Archivist
Topic: Church records and holdings at the Maritime Conference Archives
April 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Linda Scott
Topic: Viewing of DVD Veteran’s
March 20, 2012
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St. Amherst
Guest Speaker: Bill Fairbanks of Amherst
Topic: How to Use Court Records to Research
February 21, 2012
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Topic: A demonstration of CCGS’ Integrated Cemetery Database will take place, along with an update on the project to date.
January 17, 2012
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St. Amherst
Guest Speaker:
Lawrence Nicoll, President of CCGS
Topic: Working with Internet resources such as: Ancestry.ca, FamilySearch.org, Canada census on Ancestry, Cdn Archives, automated genealogy and the different results
Search techniques to surmount indexing problems
Quick review of NB and NS vital stats online