[From the Editors] –Here it is! The first of our newsletters.
Thanks to those who took time to consider a name. There was no clear winner, but several suggested we incorporate the words “roots” and thus “Cumberland Roots” was born.
Because the name suggested a logo including roots, and the shape of the county resembles the crown of a tree it seemed logical to join them with a trunk shaped by the winds of Fundy, Tantramar and the Northumberland Strait. Hope you like it.
In the pages of your newsletter we will give you the news about what and/or who the members are researching, helpful hints, titles of pertinent publications and useful internet links. As well, we’ll include some of your stories or information that may be of interest to others, like our feature article in this issue; the veterans of the Fenian Raids into Canada, contributed by S. Hill. This is your newsletter, send us articles, ideas, queries, pictures to scan etc.
Contents:
From the Editors
Helpful Hints
Resource Directory Committee
Where do we look?
Fenian Grants
Guest Speakers
Maccan Temperance Society
Researching at Mount Allison
Trivia
A Glimpse from the Past
Maritimes Most Wanted
Queries
Nothing New
The Society and Contacts
Regular office summer hours start on May 15th, 2026.
Come visit Thurdsay, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
There will be a general meeting of the Cumberland County Genealogical Society on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 7 pm, in the Frances Smith Room on the second floor of the Amherst Police Station, 21 Havelock Street, Amherst.
We will again allow our guests and members bring something of interest, old or new for a "SHOW & TELL".
We have had numerous and surprising things of interest in past venues like this and hope, someone can please us with an "extra surprise object, to tickle everyone's curiosity".
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.
Cumberland Roots Vol. 1 Issue 1
ISSN #1496-6972 Price $2.00
[From the Editors] –Here it is! The first of our newsletters.
Thanks to those who took time to consider a name. There was no clear winner, but several suggested we incorporate the words “roots” and thus “Cumberland Roots” was born.
Because the name suggested a logo including roots, and the shape of the county resembles the crown of a tree it seemed logical to join them with a trunk shaped by the winds of Fundy, Tantramar and the Northumberland Strait. Hope you like it.
In the pages of your newsletter we will give you the news about what and/or who the members are researching, helpful hints, titles of pertinent publications and useful internet links. As well, we’ll include some of your stories or information that may be of interest to others, like our feature article in this issue; the veterans of the Fenian Raids into Canada, contributed by S. Hill. This is your newsletter, send us articles, ideas, queries, pictures to scan etc.
Contents:
From the Editors
Helpful Hints
Resource Directory Committee
Where do we look?
Fenian Grants
Guest Speakers
Maccan Temperance Society
Researching at Mount Allison
Trivia
A Glimpse from the Past
Maritimes Most Wanted
Queries
Nothing New
The Society and Contacts
{Source: Page 1, Cumberland Roots, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 20, 2001}