Next CCGS Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Amherst Police Station (Const. Francis Smith, Board Room), 21 Havelock St., Amherst, NS, take elevator on far left in lobby to second floor.
Following our meeting we will enjoy an evening of Show and Tell – so look in those old trunks or up in the attic for your unique item and bring it out to share.
Meeting is open to the public please feel free to join us.
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 blossom with Gold, Silver and Greenery. Full news article posted in left column below our newest publications.
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“Once By Sea – Once By land” Genealogy of Elijah Brown
A private publication by author Bliss Brown, a direct descendant of Elijah Brown (1780-1855)
Price: $65.00 + (shipping and handling is extra)
1100 pages 8 ½” X 11″, (3 Volume Set)
“Once By Sea, Once By Land” is a three volume 1100 page collection of genealogy and history based upon the ancestry and descendants of Elijah Brown (31 March 1780 – 30 September 1855). The story begins in England 1635, to Boston, then New Hampshire and Maine before his marriage 1802 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The families of Elijah and Henrietta (Cannon) Brown spread across Colchester and Cumberland counties of Nova Scotia, Westmorland County of New Brunswick and Elgin County, Ontario. The wide span of family names include Siddall, Piers, Carter, Welton, Hughes, Fife, Brundage, Jeffers, Skidmore, Kennedy, Tabor, Edwards, Pettigrew, Thompson, Allen, Canning, Harrison, Hoeg, Bird, Atkinson, Cochrane, Bowden, Dowe, Quinn and of course, Brown; and so many more. Pages also include over 300 photographs and numerous obituaries. Authored by Bliss Brown, after more than 40 years of research.