Submissions to the registry should include the following information :
Surname or Maiden Name : (ex. Adams, Oxley, Smith)
Given Name : (ex. Hezekiah, Roxanna, William)
Birth Year : (ex: 1833, Mar. 1878, 02 Jan 1922)
Death Year : (ex: 1833, Mar. 1878, 02 Jan 1922)
Location : (town, village or area) (ex: Amherst, Parrsboro, Leicester)
Your Name & E-mail Address
The purpose for the Cumberland County Genealogical Society Surname Registry and subsequent pages is to allow anyone with ancestral connections to Cumberland County and surrounding area a place to leave a link so others of the same surname may make a connection.
We ask you to leave us with more than just a surname that you are searching, so others may be able to make a connection with specific individuals in a certain time period. Possibly it will cut down on some dead end trails that you have traveled before and lead to a more fulfilling path to your specific family research.
Queries and responses to emails are automatically copied to CCGS Archives.
Regular office Winter hours start on Oct 15th, 2025.
Come visit Friday and Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
There will be a general meeting of the Cumberland County Genealogical Society on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 7 pm, in the Frances Smith Room on the second floor of the Amherst Police Station, 21 Havelock Street, Amherst.
Our speaker will be Lawrence Nicoll, who will give a presentation on behalf of Oralee O'Byrne, curator of the Age of Sail Museum, titled "The History of Shipbuilding Along the Parrsborough Shore".
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.
Surname Registry
Surnames are listed in alphabetical order. Click on the first letter of the name you are researching.
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To register a surname you are researching in this area, please forward your information to:
Surname Registry
Submissions to the registry should include the following information :
The purpose for the Cumberland County Genealogical Society Surname Registry and subsequent pages is to allow anyone with ancestral connections to Cumberland County and surrounding area a place to leave a link so others of the same surname may make a connection.
We ask you to leave us with more than just a surname that you are searching, so others may be able to make a connection with specific individuals in a certain time period. Possibly it will cut down on some dead end trails that you have traveled before and lead to a more fulfilling path to your specific family research.
Queries and responses to emails are automatically copied to CCGS Archives.