





Come visit Friday & Saturday from 1 p.m, to 4 p.m.
Was held Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 2:30 p.m. in the Francis Smith Boardroom, 2nd floor, Amherst Police station, 21 Havelock Street, Amherst, NS.
After a short meeting with all available seats filled and election of officers completed, CCGS members, Gwen King and Janie Oickle editor of Gwen's book, gave a presentation on the soon to be released book, in time for Christmas, called "LORNEVILLE, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia - From Wilderness to Busy Seaside Community".
All attending enjoyed, and much conversation and queries were put forth as to contents of such a publication and availability, which was answered to as gone to the printers and will be for sale soon.
Check the CCGS website and Facebook often for details.
Thank you all for attending and "Happy Holidays".
All meetings open to the public. Come and join us for the
next meeting in 2024. Bring a friend.
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 22 years. Research your heritage and find new relatives. Learn about what times your grandparents lived through, where, when, how, education, religion, occupations, etc.
Much more has been added to our collections during the time of COVID shutdown. Please come and do research from our vast expanding collection.
Email: "archives@ccgsns.com" or Call: 902-661-7278
We are looking forward to seeing you once again.
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Cumberland Roots Vol. 1 Issue 2
ISSN #1496-6972 Price $2.00
[From the President] – Having just passed our first anniversary, I think back to the birth of our Society, and the successful start we were given through the well-attended seminar presented by Dr. Allan Marble just last May. It hardly seems a year in some respects, and now, with our membership nearing sixty, I feel the effort to get a genealogy interest group started here has been well rewarded. We’ve enjoyed some excellent guest speakers and set ourselves up to meet Society-status requirements. We now have a Newsletter and a Website, and long-range plans for some ideas that have come forward from our members.
The monthly demand to present interesting and informative programs at our meetings has been difficult. The solution, of course, is a Program Committee to develop programs and communication strategies for the coming year.
We have been meeting at the Cumberland County Museum, and I want to express my thanks on behalf of the Society, for their generosity and support. I look forward to a continued good working relationship with them.
My main objective has always been to provide a forum for those interested in genealogy to get together and share their interests. I sincerely hope that you have found the opportunity to share information to your satisfüction. I invite your comments and suggestions, and welcome your input. In fact, our continued success depends on it.
I look forward to our second year as a Society with great anticipation and enthusiasm. I hope you do as well.
I wish each of you an enjoyable summer of personal and family renewal.
Sincerely,
Jerry Randall
Contents:
From the President
From the Editors
Resource Directory Committee
Award Winning Newsletter
1911 Census Totals
Fenian Grants, continued
What a Background
From Our Members
Queries
What’s in a Name?
Net News
Family Cross Reference
Family Group Sheet
CCGS Membership List
Nothing New
The Society and Contacts
{Source: Page 1, Cumberland Roots, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 19, 2001}