Meetings

 

Past Meetings:

September 16, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: David Milner
Topic: Dr. William Walker Herdman of River Hebert; his tragic death on Feb. 10, 1917, and a journey to the Supreme Court of Canada.”

May 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus
147 South Albion Street, Amherst
Guest Speaker: CCGS Members
Topic: Show & Tell

April 15, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Alison Draper
Topic: Oxford Heritage Group

March 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus
147 South Albion Street, Amherst
Guest Speaker: Ray Dixon
Topic: Curry Family of Rhodes & Curry

February 18, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Linda Letcher
Topic: Northport Community History Research

Jan. 21 , 2014 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Room 176, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Rev. Chris Greer
Topic: Little River Baptist Church History – book signing “Where the Spirit Dwells”

November 19, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Annual General Meeting, Show & Tell and Pot Luck Meal

Oct. 15 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Cumberland Campus, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Ruby Bjarnason & Alice Dionne
Topic: Genealogy in Poetry Part 2

Sept. 17, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Ruby Bjarnason & Alice Dionne
Topic: Genealogy in Poetry

April 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Dr. Grant Aylesworth
Topic: 3D Technology to Decipher 18th Century Gravestones

March 19 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NS Community College, Cumberland Campus, Amherst, NS
Guest Speaker: Ed Gilbert
Topic: New Acadian Info. in Parrsboro

February 19, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Conrad Byers
Topic: Life Along the Parrsborough Shore

January 15 , 2013 at 7:00 pm
NSCC Cumberland Campus, Amherst
Topic: Show & Tell

November 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Annual General Meeting and Pot Luck Meal

October 16 , 2012 at 7:00 pm
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St., Amherst
Guest Speaker: Charles Thompson, Author
Topic: New book “A Look Back” book launch

September 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Topic: Show & Tell and 10 Year Membership Awards

Summer Events/Road Trip:

Aug. 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Charles Thompson’s Farm, Oxford, NS
Pig Roast for CCGS members and guests.

July 22, 2012 at 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Ottawa House Museum, Parrsboro
Guest Speaker: Susan Hill, CCGS Archivist
Topic:  Integrated Cemetery Database demonstration

June 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Member Fun Night

May 15, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St., Amherst
Guest Speaker: Sarah Wallace, Archivist
Topic: Church records and holdings at the Maritime Conference Archives

April 17, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Guest Speaker: Linda Scott
Topic: Viewing of DVD Veteran’s

March 20, 2012
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St. Amherst
Guest Speaker: Bill Fairbanks of Amherst
Topic: How to Use Court Records to Research

February 21, 2012
Senior Citizen’s Recreation Centre, 4 McDougal Street, Springhill
Topic: A demonstration of CCGS’ Integrated Cemetery Database will take place, along with an update on the project to date.

January 17, 2012
Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church, 1 Ratchford St. Amherst
Guest Speaker:
Lawrence Nicoll, President of CCGS
Topic: Working with Internet resources such as: Ancestry.ca, FamilySearch.org, Canada census on Ancestry, Cdn Archives, automated genealogy and the different results
Search techniques to surmount indexing problems
Quick review of NB and NS vital stats online