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Dr. Candace Forbes Bright Maggie Rowe      The Jonesborough Genealogical Society (JGS) will be celebrating its 32nd anniversary and induct the “Hall of Fame” Class of 2022, Maggie Rowe, into the Jonesborough Genealogical Society “Hall of Fame” on...

The Jonesborough Genealogical Society will turn the decades back to April 1st, 1950, as we celebrate the release of the 17th Census of the United States to genealogical researchers. At the 1950 U.S. Census Release Party, wear your poodle skirts and leather jackets,...

On Saturday, February 26th at 9:30 am at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, 117 Boone Street, Jonesborough, The Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host a special program on the Appalachian Soul Documentary for a special program on the project. This program will...

On Friday evening and Saturday, February 18th and 19th, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society – East Tennessee Chapter will showcase a line up of speakers at the African American Genealogy and History Workshop...

On Saturday, October 23rd at 9:30 am at the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington School, 103 Franklin Avenue, Jonesborough, The Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host a fun and easy project-based program by Kay Hess Grogg, by presenting fun ways to incorporate...

Just 30 days, and the streets of Jonesborough will turn back in time as the Washington County, Tennessee Heritage Fair will return on Friday, September 3rd and Saturday, September 4th. Mark your calendar for this year’s event which will include four living history...

On Friday, July 16 and Saturday, July 17, the "Incorporating Local History and Genealogy in the Classroom" Teachers Workshop will give area teachers an opportunity to engage with and learn techniques to incorporate local history and genealogy issues and topics into...

     The Jonesborough Genealogical Society (JGS) will be celebrating its 31st anniversary and induct the “Hall of Fame” Class of 2021, the late Gilbert “Gil” Gray Rosenberger, Marion Birdwell McKinney, and Carol Redmond, into the Jonesborough...

On 2nd Thursday of each month from 6 pm to 8 pm, the Jonesborough Genealogical Society will host its second Virtual Genealogy Help Night via Zoom. In the age of COVID-19, this will be our second Help Night since March and it will be in a on Zoom. With the Washington...

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...