Next CCGS Meeting
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m
Location: Amherst Police Station (Sgt. Francis Smith, Board Room), 21 Havelock St., Amherst, NS, take elevator on far left in lobby to second floor.
Speaker: Sarah Wallace – Archivist Maritime Conference, Sackville, NB
Topic: Maritime Conference Office of the United Church of Canada. Talk will include background about the Archives and the facilities; an outline of the services the Archives provides, and talk about the Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and United Church records which might be helpful to genealogical researchers, as well as highlight several examples of interesting records we hold for the Cumberland County area.
Local area volunteers welcome. Please join us and help with many of our on going interesting projects.
Get you 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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Death Index 1909-1963 CD
Death Index 1909 – 1963
CCGS CD Publication Number CD 1 Price $34.95 + S & H
ISBN 0-97336430-0
9,112 entries linked to digital images from Death Record Books
The Death Record Books contain information transcribed from original documents that were sent to the NS Department of Vital Statistics between 1909 and 1963 for Amherst, NS and area.
As access is being restricted to these fragile documents in order to preserve them for future generations, CCGS has created this publication. The CD contains an index of all entries including surname, given name, full date of death, age, status, where born, place of residence or death, where buried, undertaker as well as a link to the digital image of the Death Records Book page. Comments have been added to reflect conflicting data found through additional research.
The image could include: sex, occupation, father’s name, husband’s name, cause of death, race, attending physician, name of person making the return, date of return and registrar.
This item is also available in book format.
Compiled by Cumberland County Genealogical Society