by Chad Bailey | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Events
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...
by Chad Bailey | Aug 1, 2021 | Blog, Events
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...
by Chad Bailey | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Events
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...
by Chad Bailey | Apr 11, 2021 | Blog, Events
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...
by Chad Bailey | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog
Gilbert Gray “Gil” Rosenberger, Jr. served as secretary for the JGS from 2010 to 2018, and did not seek another term due to health issues. Gil also served as Surname Project chair for the society and had gotten many books into a surname database. Gil,...
by Chad Bailey | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog
The Spread the Love Project is a Jonesborough community project as well as a fundraiser for area non-profits to share your words of love and kindness to be displayed throughout Downtown Jonesborough in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Each downtown business will offer...
