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On Thursday, September 10th from 6 pm to 8 pm, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its first ever Virtual Genealogy Help Night via Zoom. In the age of COVID-19, this will be our first Help Night since March and it will be in a different format than any...

The JGS will begin our Genealogy Days back on Saturday, June 27th at the Jonesborough Visitors Center Auditorium, 117 Boone Street, Jonesborough, at 9:30 am. The Auditorium is a larger facility then we usually use, so it will be able to allow us to social distance...

UPDATED 3/19/2020 at 9:21 am EST: Good Evening, I just wanted to bring you up to speed on our approaches for the COVID-19 outbreak. We are going to take this process day by day. As we are closely related to the Washington County-Jonesborough Library, where the...

EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. AN UPDATE WILL BE GIVEN ONCE THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IS OVER The Washington County Heritage Fair, a three-part heritage event that is open to the public, but specifically targets Washington County, Tennessee students through local heritage...

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TEACHERS AND PARENTS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED! On Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th, the 2nd Annual Washington County Heritage Fair will open to education, teach, and preserve county heritage through a three-part event which will include...

Scherry Poore Lesanto teaches the DNA - Understanding the Basics? Part I in October 2018. On Friday, October 11th, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host Scherry Poore Lesanto, an experienced DNA researcher and teacher and JGS member, for a FREE workshop on...

On Saturday, August 24th at 9:30 am, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host Lisa Whaley, publisher for the Herald and Tribune, for its August Genealogy Day at the Washington County-Jonesborough Library, 200 Sabin Drive, Jonesborough. Whaley received her...

Do you like genealogy? Want to know more about your genealogy? Well stop by the Jonesborough Genealogical Society's tent at the East Tennessee Historical Society's East Tennessee History Fair on Saturday, August 17, 2019, from 10 am to 4 pm in Krutch Park, 504 Market...

On Tuesday, August 20th, at 6 pm at the Washington County-Jonesborough Library, 200 Sabin Drive, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its second Back 2 Basics: Back 2 The Basics: Genealogical Workshop with speaker, Jules Corriere. This series is a series of...

On Saturday, September 28, 2019, from 8 am to 4 pm, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its eighth Tour of Washington County, Tennessee, where participants will see historic sites and sounds across our amazing county. Elaine Cantrell, JGS Director, and...

GENEALOGY HELP NIGHT The Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its Genealogy Help Night on Thursday, July 11th, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Washington County- Jonesborough Library, 200 Sabin Drive, Jonesborough. We welcome anyone interested in genealogy or history,...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Genealogy Help Night on Thursday, June 13th, will be cancelled this month. Please plan on attending our Genealogy Day on June 22nd, which will be a Tailor Made Tour of Greeneville, TN.

On Saturday, June 22nd, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will meet at the Washington County-Jonesborough Library, 200 Sabin Drive, Jonesborough, at 8:30 am, to carpool to our neighboring town of Greeneville, Tennessee for a "Tailor Made Tour" provided by Main...

JONESBOROUGH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE 29 YEARS OF GENEALOGY AND HISTORY IN JONESBOROUGH Two members to be inducted into the “Hall of Fame”      The Jonesborough Genealogical Society (JGS) will be celebrating its 29th anniversary and induct the “Hall of Fame”...

The Washington County Heritage Fair, a three-part heritage event that is open to the public, but specifically targets Washington County, Tennessee students through local heritage engagements that brings together local cultural and heritage organizations and sites to...

HERITAGE FAIR NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES On Friday, May 17th, beginning at 9 am, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society along with many partner organizations will host the first Washington County, TN Heritage Fair in the town of Jonesborough. Heritage Fair is a three-fold...