Cumberland County Genealogical Society

08/09/2025

Looking for names of these ladies - all from Amherst I believe.
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Alexandra Mansour, ?, ?

06/04/2025

On May 16, 2024 Vice President Lawrence Nicoll accepted cheque on behalf of CCGS from Town of Amherst L to R Terry McManaman Nic Furlong Lawrence Nicoll Hal Davidson and Mayor Robert Small

05/29/2025

And now you know :)

05/19/2025

04/16/2025

Please Note: April 18th 2025 is GOOD FRIDAY therefore the offices of the Cumberland County Genealogical Society will not be open. Happy Easter everyone!

04/09/2025

The next general meeting of the Cumberland County Genealogical Society will be held April 15, 2025, 7 p.m., in the Frances Smith Room of the Amherst Police Department, 21 Havelock St, Amherst, NS .

Speaker: William Chapman
Topic: Cumberland County English
‘That Old-Time Talk’: A Phonological Study of Speakers of the Greatest and Silent Generations Born in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Meetings are open to the public – so please feel free to join us.

04/01/2025

Looking for some help with names of these folks, Eastern Star, Amherst Back Row: ? ; ? ; Darrell Kaluza; Rita Kaluza Front Row: ? ; Peter Gray; Shirley MacTavish; ?

03/10/2025

The next general meeting of the Cumberland County Genealogical Society will be held March 18, 2025 in the Frances Smith Room of the Amherst Police Department.

Hal Davidson will give a presentation based on his experience - the history how most (not all) blacks were denied entry into the armed forces during the Second World War and once the decision was made to create the No. 2 Construction Battalion there was a significant recruitment drive at the Highland AME Church leading up to a huge Emancipation Day celebration and recruitment day at Dickey Park which was actually referred to as Highland Park at the time.

Meetings are open to the public – so please feel free to join us.

12/21/2024

Due to poor weather today Dec 21, 2024 the office will not be open today. Thanks for your understanding for our volunteers safety.

11/09/2024

Cumberland County Genealogical Society will hold it's Annual General Meeting on November 20, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. in the Francis Smith room at the Amherst Police Department,21 Havelock St, Amherst, NS . The speaker for this event will be Courtney Mrazek who is the current W.P. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow in the Canadian Studies Department at Mount Allison University. Her topic: "A Matter of Life and Breath: Patient Trends at the Nova Scotia Sanatorium and the Jordan Memorial Sanatorium."

Everyone is welcome.