Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties

09/05/2026

09/03/2026

CASTING CALL FOR OUR UPCOMING 200TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION:
We are looking for actors to participate in our tour on October 24, 2026, 12-5 pm. If you are interested, please contact us at 770-954-1456.

09/02/2026

What's your Story? The Retreat for Writers.

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Maybe you’ve already started one. Maybe you’re a published author looking for fresh inspiration. Or maybe there’s simply a story in your heart waiting to be told.

📚 Published authors & inspiring keynotes
✍️ Hands-on writing workshops
🏛️ Historic tours
🥂 Cocktail hour & beautiful dining
☕ Breakfast on the Veranda
🍷 Progressive High Tea & wine tastings
📖 Book signings
…and so much more!

Location:
The Village at Indian Springs
1834 Highway 42 S
Flovilla, GA 30216

Dates:
Friday, October 16, 2026
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Sunday, October 18, 2026

Price:
Saturday Only — $149
Full Retreat — $199

Tickets available at https://writeatindiansprings.eventbrite.com

Space is limited to 100 guests.

Whether you’re just beginning or have been writing for years, come spend a beautiful weekend with people who understand the power of a good story.

Because everybody has a story to tell… what’s yours? ❤️

08/29/2026

The Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research has 15 courses for 2027! 6 will take place in the one-week format, July 26-30, 2027. Plus 6 Spring & 3 Fall in the once-a-week format. Registration begins Nov. 7, 2026, Noon ET, https://ighr.gagensociety.org/ighr-2027/

08/29/2026

2 WEEKS AWAY! Come discover the stories behind Georgia’s colonial and Revolutionary past during our September 10 Georgia250 Author Talk Featuring W. Wright Mitchell, Author of "Georgia's First Elected Governor: John Adam Treutlen and The American Revolution" at Rhodes Hall, Atlanta.

W. Wright Mitchell, President and CEO of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, is an Atlanta native and prominent advocate for safeguarding Georgia’s historic places. Over the years, Wright has contributed numerous articles on Atlanta history to newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. His research now centers on colonial Georgia, the Revolutionary War, and the state’s early political development, culminating in his biography of John Adam Treutlen, Georgia’s first elected governor.

Few figures better illustrate the promise and peril of Revolutionary Georgia than its first elected governor, John Adam Treutlen. A German immigrant who arrived in colonial Georgia as an indentured servant, Treutlen rose against overwhelming odds to become the state’s chief executive at the most precarious moment of the American Revolution.

The book has been nominated to receive the 2026 Award for Excellence in Historical Scholarship: Illuminating Archival Sources from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. Books will be available for purchase at this event. There are limited spaces available for this event. For more information and tickets, please visit: https://www.georgiatrust.org/georgia250/author-talks/

📅Thursday, September 10, 2026
⏰6:00p.m.
📍Rhodes Hall, Georgia
🎟️georgiatrust.org

08/27/2026

Our brick wall project is coming along wonderfully! Thank you, Darien Oliphant!

08/11/2026

Please join us for our next free meeting this Saturday!

08/09/2026

𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀

Vital records can open the door to names, dates, family relationships, and places that help move your research forward. The key is knowing where to look.

Georgia began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1919. Birth certificates are not held by the Georgia Archives, so records from 1919 to the present should be requested from the Georgia Department of Public Health or a county Vital Records Office. For earlier births, researchers may need to turn to sources such as church records, family Bibles, newspapers, or other local records.

For death records, certificates from 1919 to 1927 can be searched in the Georgia Archives’ Virtual Vault, and records from 1919 to 1943 are also available through FamilySearch. More recent certificates should be requested from the Georgia Department of Public Health or the county where the death occurred.

Marriage records have generally been kept by county probate courts since 1805, usually in the bride’s county of residence. The Georgia Archives has marriage records for most counties on microfilm, and many are also available in the Marriage Records on Microfilm collection in the Virtual Vault. With few exceptions, records created after 1900 should be requested from the probate court in the county where the marriage was recorded.

To learn more, visit GeorgiaArchives.org and select Vital Records from the homepage.

08/09/2026

Colonial Research - Matthew R. Morgan will be giving a lecture on how to track your colonial ancestors across state lines.

Join us online or in-person September 18-19, 2026. All lectures will be live streamed and recorded for later viewing.

To learn more and to register, click the link below: https://www.ncgenealogy.org/fall2026/

Tracking Colonial Ancestors Across State Lines: A Case Study from the Liberty Point Resolves:
This historical case study on one of the more obscure signers of the Liberty Point Resolves showcases some of the difficulties encountered when researching colonial-era North Carolina ancestors and provides tips and techniques on using several different resources to get snippets of information and then piece it all together.

Speaker Biography:
Matthew R. “Matt” Morgan is a professional genealogist, researcher, and author. He works for the Cumberland County Public Library in the Local & State History department doing genealogical and historical research (his dream job). Though not a native North Carolinian, Matt became a transplant North Carolinian while in the US Army before retiring after 24 years in the service. Still, his colonial and 19th century North Carolina research has turned up plenty of cousins from the Old North State.

His department recently authored a book on the Liberty Point Resolves, Cumberland County’s 1775 mutual defense pact against the British government, and in the course of researching some of the signers of this document Matt has expanded the area of his colonial research to include eight of the thirteen colonies.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Oregon.

To learn more and to register, click the link below: https://www.ncgenealogy.org/fall2026/

08/09/2026

Our family trees are filled with hardworking women who shaped their communities through domestic labor, paid employment, and countless other contributions. In this online lecture, we will focus on tracing women who were employed in the paid workforce in the United States— including those who worked in textile mills, World War II-era factories, offices, schools, hospitals, and beyond. https://hubs.ly/Q04rS_lK0