Next CCGS Meeting
UPDATED again.
Please be advised that the AGM for CCGS will be held on Feb 24th at 7 p.m.
This meeting will be held by teleconference with the possibility of locals being able to attend in person if Covid-19 restrictions allow at that time. If that becomes possible a location for the meeting will be announced at a date closer to the 24th (restrictions change daily at the moment) If you are interested in attending in person please let me know.
If you would like to join us for this AGM via teleconference please send your request for the phone number.
This meeting is necessary as we are required to submit paper work to register the Society with the Government of Nova Scotia and also our Charitable Tax Status.
We hope to see as many of you as possible to reconnect after our long hiatus during Covid-19 restrictions.
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 our summers hours begin in May 2021 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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Cumberland Roots Vol. 1 Issue 3
ISSN #1496-6972 Price $2.00
[From the Editors:]
What a busy summer ! Grown children visiting on and off and grandchildren stayng for weeks on end. It’s hard to do much research on the beach. Now their schooling offers us a reprieve and after daily chores there is time to again look for the ancestors. We did get to the library for books (in case there was a rainy day) for the children and picked out some for research. Book reviews are offered on page 5 and 6. We took our camera (instead of a pen for recording inscriptions) and the kids to a few cemeteries as well. They are learning all about their great-great-greats while swatting mosquitoes.
We were also loaned a copy of the “North Eastern District Telephone Directory of November. 1937. (Thanks to R. Ernst and R. DeWitt). We have reproduced some of the family business advertisements. “Busy Amherst” lists about 1000, both business and personal telephoncs. Parrsboro 145. Oxford 200. Pugwash 175 and Springhill about 350.
Our sympathies are with all those whose family notes will record losses due to the disastrous events of September 11, 2001.
Contents:
From the Editors
Membership Report
June Meeting
Fenian Raids, conclusion
Net News
National Library of Canada
East Leicester School
Cousins Generate Confusion
The Story Tellers
Book Reviews
New Member Queries
The Society and Contacts
{Source: Page 1, Cumberland Roots, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 18, 2001}