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The Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. |
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HOURS: Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Through the efforts of former Society Board Member, Roscoe A. Stallings, of Nashville, Georgia, the Clinch County Board of Education offered the Society the use of two large classrooms at the old high school and the offer was accepted with much gratitude by the Society. Since that time the City of Homerville acquired the school building and completely renovated it. The Huxford Society was then granted the use of four rooms in the other wing of the building and the Society had those rooms renovated. As a result the Society had a much larger area for the library and a place to hold meetings. However, with the additions to the Huxford collection via donations, more space is still needed. The genealogical collection of the Huxford Library consists of a basic book collection with emphasis on the eastern United States and includes a microfilm and CD collection of the United States Census schedules, with an emphasis on the southeast. The book collection contains state and local histories, lineage books of several patriotic societies (DAR, DAC & Colonial Dames), self help books telling how to search, marriage and death records, cemetery records, tax lists, ship passengers, Quaker records, military and pension records, and many family histories. Also included are varying issues of genealogical periodicals. The Huxford Library serves as the depository for the life-long genealogical collection of the late Judge Folks Huxford, F.A.S.G.; including his card files, notebooks, correspondence, old newspapers, other papers which he acquired throughout his busy life, and varied reports which he had collected as a storehouse of treasured family and local history. The Huxford Library currently has 4,000 plus genealogical and reference books, and 1,300 family surname files. An extensive collection of microfilm, microfiche and CD-ROM reference material is available for viewing. Donations from members and friends of the library have expanded coverage to much of the eastern United States. The HGS Library Research Guide Books (Book I and Book II) are available for purchase. These two guide books provide you with a detailed listing of the genealogical research materials available at the HGS Library.
The Library staff will be happy to aid in making your genealogical research visit more profitable and enjoyable. They are looking forward to your visit. The staff does not perform your actual research; the patron of the library is expected to come to the library to use the resource tools available and compile and organize their own materials.
The Huxford Library Collection includes general
reference works, genealogical tools and indexes,
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HOURS FOR LIBRARY: The HGS Library is open daily from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Monday through Friday. The Library is closed on:
For further information, please call the Library: (912) 487-2310. Members of the HGS have FREE use of the library. A usage fee of $15.00 per day is charged to non-members. The HGS Library is non-tax supported. Members and friends of the HGS are encouraged to submit their ancestor sketches, books, and publications to the library. Ancestor sketches for inclusion in the Wiregrass Georgia Pioneer and the Suwannee Land Pioneer series are solicited. All publications received will be reviewed in the HGS quarterly magazine. New sketches, queries, and additions and corrections to previously published sketches may be emailed, faxed, or mailed to the Society. The library uses WordPerfect for Windows for word processing. Please submit your information in a file format that can be accessed by WordPerfect (includes MS Word). For further information on composing formatting and submitting ancestral sketches for publication, see SKETCHES Rules and Regulations
Workdays at the Huxford Library
The Workdays at the HGS Library are scheduled for the last Sunday of each month (workdays that fall on or near a major holiday are usually cancelled). Workdays start about 10:00 AM and continue until about 4:00 PM (with lunch at Jimbo's!) For Workdays, the Library staff places items on the counter that require work, such as sketches, meeting notices, word processing, etc. HGS Directors and Members are cordially invited to take part in the Workdays to make the HGS Library even better. Contact Delain Bennett, the HGS Librarian if you require more information concerning an upcoming Workday. Scheduled Workdays for 2008
Workshops at the Huxford Library
The genealogical Workshops at the Huxford Library are scheduled periodically for the last Saturday of each month. Come to the Huxford Library for a scheduled Workshop and learn about the use of the Library, its holdings, various aspects of genealogical research, etc. All Workshops are free for members and guests! No reservations are required. All Workshops begin at 10:00 AM and last for a full two hours. The Library remains open for research until 4:00 PM on the Workshop days. Scheduled Workshops for 2007
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Date of last edit:
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
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.... And Thus History Began
The
Huxford
Genealogical Society maintains
a genealogical library located in Room 18 in the old high school building in
Homerville (Clinch County), Georgia, now known as the Homerville Municipal Complex. Homerville is located in the lower Coastal
Plain of Georgia and is approximately mid-way between Valdosta
and Waycross on U. S. Highway 84. See .jpg)
Delain
Day Bennett is the Huxford Library
Manager.
Email Delain at:
biographical dictionaries,
individual biographies, family histories, lineage society records,
emigration-immigration records and the following other major record sources:
marriage and death records, census records, church records, court records, land
and tax records, military records, and some institutional records. There
are also many state and county histories. The Huxford Library has
materials on most every state in the United States, however, the major
concentration of materials are from the New England region, the mid-Atlantic
states (Pennsylvania and Virginia) and the southeastern states (especially
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina).
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