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SOCIETY
MEETINGS 
The quarterly meetings of the Huxford Genealogical
Society are held on the second Sunday in
February, August, and November and the third Sunday in May at 2:00 PM in the Huxford Library.
The Huxford Library is located in the
City Municipal
Complex in Homerville, Georgia.
 The
HGS quarterly meeting agendas include the business of the Society as well as programs presented by widely
recognized genealogists and historians. The map symbol to the left will
provide you with a map of Homerville to locate the HGS Library.
The Library is open for research
from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM on the day of the Quarterly Meetings and from 10:00
AM until 5:00 PM on the Saturday preceding the Quarterly Meetings.
Quarterly Meetings for 2009
February
8, 2009 (Sunday)
May
17, 2009 (Sunday)
August
9, 2009 (Sunday)
November
8, 2009 (Sunday)
Meeting Notice
February 8, 2009
The February quarterly meeting of the Huxford
Genealogical Society will be on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM in
the HGS Library in Homerville.
Speaker:
Ann Purcell, President
Georgia Salzburger Society
Ann Purcell will be speaking
on the Georgia Salzburger Heritage and the upcoming 275th anniversary of the
Salzburger's coming to Georgia.
The first Salzburgers landed in Savannah,
Georgia after a two months trip across the Atlantic Ocean to escape religious
persecution in their native country of Salzburg, presently known as
Austria.
Since the arrival of the first Salzburgers in Georgia on March 12th, 1734, the
Salzburgers and their
 descendants have played an important role in the history
of the State of Georgia and the United States of America. They have
distinguished themselves through their service and contributions to the
economic, social, civic, religious, and political life of this country.
The Georgia Salzburger Society was established
in 1925. It has a membership of nearly seventeen hundred throughout the United
States including some international members. The Society’s activities are
organized around preserving the history and traditions of the early settlers of
Old Ebenezer and New Ebenezer as well as genealogical research of the
descendants of those original settlers.
Visit the Site of Ebenezer, 2980 Ebenezer
Road, Rincon, Georgia: tour the Salzburger home, stand on the shore line of the
Savannah River, see the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church (built in 1769),
and browse in the Salzburger Museum and be taken back in time.
The primary surnames listed in
the Georgia Salzburger Society are: Arnsdorff, Brander,
Burgsteiner, Conrad, Dasher, Exley, Geiger,
Gieger, Gnann, Greiner, Griner, Gugel, Gyger,
Hack, Hague, Heck, Heidt, Heinle, Heirs,
Limeburger, Lineburger, Mathias, Miller, Neidlinger,
Öchslin,
Oechsle, Remshart, Rentz, Sackinger, Schneider,
Seckinger, Tahn, Treulen, Wisenbaker, Zant,
Zeigler and Zipperer.
Ann Purcell is a published
genealogist. She is a former teacher and real estate salesperson.
She also served as a representative in the Georgia State House of
Representatives from January 1991 until January 2005. Ms. Purcell serves
on the Effingham County Adult Education Advisory Committee and the Georgia Art
Commission Policy Committee. She is a member of the Effingham County
American Society Board of Directors, the Georgia Genealogical Association, the
Effingham Historical Society, The Georgia Salzburger Society, the Georgia
Sheriffs Association and the Hope Scholarship Study Commission. Ms.
Purcell was nominated for Who's Who of American Women in 2003, Who's Who
in Medicine and Healtcare in 2004 and Who's Who in America in 2003 and 2005.
She has also been honored by the Herald Staff and County Citizen as "One of the
Top Women in Effingham County."
She is married to Dr. Dent W.
Purcell and they have three children, Edwin, Mieke and Mikki and five
grandchildren.
Please plan on attending an
HGS Quarterly Meeting (and bring a friend)!
The HGS Library is open for
research from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Quarterly Meeting days.
Meeting Notice
May 17, 2009
The May quarterly meeting of the Huxford
Genealogical Society will be on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM in
the HGS Library in Homerville.
Speaker:
Elaine Wallace
Elaine Wallace from Claxton,
Georgia along with her daughter and sister will provide an "Entertaining
Ante-bellum Southern History using the Would Sisters in Hoopskirts."
They prepared this program originally for their mother, who was a Wood / Would.
Elaine was a warden for a Men's Prison in Georgia. She once had an office
in the old Homerville High School which now houses the Huxford Library.
Please plan on attending an
HGS Quarterly Meeting (and bring a friend)!
The HGS Library is open for
research from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Quarterly Meeting days.
Meeting Notice
August 9, 2009
The
August quarterly meeting of the Huxford
Genealogical Society will be on Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 2:00 PM in
the HGS Library in Homerville.
Speaker:
Dr. Martha Tootle Cain
Dr. Martha Cain from
Streetsboro, Georgia will speak about the marvelous project in Tattnall County
of restoring Old Shiloh Cemetery and identifying the early settler's graves.
They have also reprinted an
early map with many of the settlers' property identified. The maps are for
sale to help the Old Shiloh Cemetery Project. Many of these old settlers
and their families moved down to southern Georgia and Northern Florida from the
Carolinas.
Dr. Cain is a retired
chemistry professor from Georgia Southern specializing in Nuclear and Bio
Chemistry. She is in charge of the Archives and History of the United
Methodist Church, as well as one of the Trustees of the Old Shiloh Cemetery.
Please plan on attending an
HGS Quarterly Meeting (and bring a friend)!
The HGS Library is open for
research from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Quarterly Meeting days.
Meeting Notice
November 8, 2009
The
Novenber quarterly meeting of the Huxford
Genealogical Society will be on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM in
the HGS Library in Homerville.
Speaker:
Sudy Leavy
Sudy Leavy from Brunswick,
Georgia will speak about her new book. This new publication is about the
Dent sisters, who were the original owners of the Hofwyl Plantation, located
between Brunswick and Darien. Since this is the November Meeting, she will
try to incorporate some Thanksgiving traditions.
Please plan on attending an
HGS Quarterly Meeting (and bring a friend)!
The HGS Library is open for
research from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Quarterly Meeting days.
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