This brief history of the town is not meant to be taken as definitive. Rather, it is my view of the place which has been my home for fifteen years and my small tribute to the people who have created it.
Regular office Winter hours start on Oct 15th, 2025.
Come visit Friday and Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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CCGS general meeting will be held at Amherst Police Station, 21 Havelock Street, Amherst, NS 2nd floor, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 17th.
Speaker after a brief meeting will be Elizabeth Cooke-Sumbu. She will do a power point presentation on "Black Athletes of Amherst"
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 25 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, and occupations, etc. and about the times, that they lived their lives.
Email: "archives@ccgsns.com" or Call: 902-661-7278
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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.
Oxford – Recollections of a Small Town
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xford – Recollections of a Small Town 1791-1991
Price $15.00+ S & H
87 pages
5 ¼” x 8″ (8 ½ X 11 folded & stapled)
Published by Wendy Hargreaves Hunter
From the preface: