In keeping with our mission, TGS provides opportunities to our members to participate in a variety of projects, including researching, indexing, transcribing, and compiling data from local resources. Volunteers are encouraged to apply their existing skills to those projects where they feel they can be most useful; as well as expanding their skills on projects where they may not be as confident. Project leaders work with anyone wanting to grow and share their enthusiam for all things genealogical.
Bible Records Project
A cooperative effort between the Tallahassee Genealogical Society and the Florida State Archives was first undertaken in 1987, which allowed members of the general public to have selected pages of their family bibles copied, to preserve the valuable information in those precious family heirlooms. Photocopies of the materials were provided to the contributing individuals, and to the society. A bible record transcription project was begun by the TGS in 1987 but never completed.
The opportunity for copying was repeated in 1996, and again in early 1997. With the permission of the donors, the TGS developed a project to transcribe the contributed contents of the bible pages, combine them with images of the title pages (if available), and produce a hard-copy publication of the materials. The project has been suspended since the Fall of 1997.
The dust is off the records now and the project is on track for completion this Fall. With changes in technology and a move away from printed materials, the new project outcome will consist of downloadable, searchable, PDF files of the materials. The finished product will be hosted on the TGS website, and will be accessible to the general public at no cost. A very limited number of hardcopies may be produced, to be located at the Florida State Archives and within the TGS library collection, housed at the Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library.
View the Bible Records Project.
“The Tallahassee Genealogist” Article Index Project
The Article Index Project focused on the content of “The Tallahassee Genealogist”, as opposed to the Surname Index Project, which only identified surnames mentioned within the journal. The Article Index includes the Title, Subject, Author, Volume, and Page Number of nearly every article published within the journal (exceptions are noted in the document).
The PDF file is sorted in chronological order by volume and series number of the journal. The file is completely searchable, and may be opened, viewed, or printed from the website, or may be downloaded for added convenience.
As future issues of The Tallahassee Genealogist are published, the Article Index PDF file will be updated and re-posted to the website.
To view the Article Index PDF document, click here.
Thanks to TGS member volunteers; Amy S. Hutson, Mary LePoer, and Robin F. Collins, for their combined efforts in compiling this index.
