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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.

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Quarterly Meetings for 2009

February 8, 2009  (Sunday)

May 17, 2009  (Sunday)

August 9, 2009  (Sunday)

November 8, 2009  (Sunday)

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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.

 

Georgia Salzburger Society
2980 Ebenezer Road
Rincon, GA 31326
912-754-7001
Info@GeorgiaSalzburgers.com

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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