Events for December 28 - March 23

TGS Board member Mary Anne Price will present an overview of family history resources that are available here in Tallahassee. Time: Social time is at 1:30 pm and the meeting will start at 2 pm. Location: The Fireside Room in the Parry Center at Westminster Oaks. (The Parry Center may also be accessed through the Maguire Center if you would like to park in the parking garage or near the Pool House.)

Former TGS Board member Dick Sherwin will present the changes in the US census from 1850 through 1950. Time: Social time is at 1:30 and the program starts at 2. Location: The Fireside Room in the Parry Center at Westminster Oaks. (The Parry Center may also be accessed through the Maguire Center if you would like to park in the parking garage or near the Pool House.)

Matthew Storey, Archives Historian at the State Archives of Florida, will talk to us about the US census from 1790, the first year the federal census was taken, through 1850. (Matthew spoke about land records at our June 2024 program meeting.) Time: Social time is at 1:30 and the program begins at 2. Location: The Fireside Room in the Parry Center at Westminster Oaks. (The Parry Center may also be accessed through the Maguire Center if you would like to park in the parking garage or near the Pool House.)

There will be no TGS program meeting in May because the fourth Sunday falls on Memorial Day weekend.

Author Donna Meredith, editor of the Southern Literary Review, will share how she researched and used family history resources in her book Margaret, The Rose of Goodwood. Time: Social time is at 1:30 and the program begins at 2. Location: The Fireside Room in the Parry Center at Westminster Oaks. (The Parry Center may also be accessed through the Maguire Center if you would like to park in the parking garage or near the Pool House.)

Tulie Taylor, former TGS Board member, will talk to us about the process of offering family papers, photographs, and artifacts to archives and museums. Time: Social time is at 1:30 and the program begins at 2. Location: The Fireside Room in the Parry Center at Westminster Oaks. (The Parry Center may also be accessed through the Maguire Center if you would like to park in the parking garage or near the Pool House.)

Our last meeting of the year is a short business meeting with officer elections followed by a party. This is a great time to socialize and talk about your family history research with other TGS members. Time: Social time is at 1:30 and the program begins at 2. Location: Specific location at Westminster Oaks to be announced.

There will be no TGS monthly program meeting in November. Image credit: Governor Collins' daughter Darby with Thanksgiving turkey at mansion - Tallahassee, Florida courtesy of Florida Memory, State Library and Archives at https://floridamemory.com/items/show/76854