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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 Municipal Complex in Homerville, Georgia.
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 2008
Meeting Notice The next quarterly meeting of the Huxford Genealogical Society will be on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM in the HGS Library in Homerville. Speaker: Mr. Chris Trowell "Studying Places" Mr. Chris Trowell is a very popular speaker. He is retired from the faculty of South Georgia College and is an Okefenokee expert, historically and botanically. He has provided the following information on his topic for the May 18th meeting.
Mr. Chris Trowell is an
Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Science at South Georgia College in
Douglas. He grew up in Oliver, Georgia, served in the U.S. Army, and is an
alumnus of Georgia Southern University. Before his retirement in 1992, he
taught history, geography and anthropology at South Georgia College. Trowell's research includes publications on South Georgia history 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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.... And Thus History Began
February
10, 2008 (Sunday)
People live in places -
farmsteads, towns or cities. They live in houses. To know people
well it is necessary to know their relationship to places. There are
several ways to study places. One may study place names, their locations
and origins. One may study the history of places, including the history of
towns or cities, or streets and neighborhoods. One may study houses or
farmsteads, churches, banks, or court houses. These studies enrich family
histories; they stimulate and satisfy personal curiosity.
This talk will suggest some
sources of information on places in South Georgia. I will use several
places I have studied over the years as examples. These include the
Okefenokee Swamp, Fort Gilmer and Traders Hill and the early history of Douglas.
I've studied several places for listing on the National Register of Historic
Places, including Floyds Island Hammock and the Chesser Island Homestead.
An interesting study of a neighborhood, now in progress in Douglas is the Gaskin
Avenue Study.
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archaeology, and geography, including papers on Okefenokee archaeology, the
history of the Suwannee Canal Company, Okefenokee railroads, settlements and
settlers, the history of exploration of the Okefenokee, the Indian Wars in the
Okefenokee, the history of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Kolomoki
Mounds State Park, the Dodge Land Troubles, and Douglas, 1855-1905. He has
compiled a substantial file of information on the wiregrass region, particularly
relating to the 19th and early 20th centuries. His wife, Frances Register
Trowell is also retired. Mr. & Mrs. Trowell have three children; Nan, Tina and Sam
plus six
grandchildren.
"KILGARY MOUNTAIN"
