Next CCGS Meeting
Just a reminder…
Our summer meeting will be held at Ottawa House on July 25th, 2021 at 2 PM for all those who wish to attend.
The speaker will be Dale Swan on SWAN genealogy and a presentation on Anna Swan the Nova Scotia Giantess.
Lunch will be omitted this year due to Covid-19 limitations but tea and coffee will be made available.
Mark this date on your calendars – see you in Parrsboro.
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 further notice, 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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“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: $50.00 + (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.