Local History Conference

History in the Wiregrass:
A Sense of Place
Conference
101 things you never knew about the Wiregrass!

Saturday, June 16, 2018
9 a.m-4 p.m.

Location:
Tattnall County Courthouse
Courthouse Square
Reidsville, Ga.

Cost: $40, $30 for Archives Donors. Scholarships available.
Back by popular demand --catering by Grandma Wanda's Kitchen Table.
See lineup of speakers below. Silent auction items below, more to come.

If you are fascinated by family LORE, local history, old photographs, memories, genealogy, antiques & anything VINTAGE,
you don't want to miss our events. Our speakers offer fascinating chances to learn and remember.

Robert S. Davis on Georgia's Great Genealogy Research Libraries

Janisse Ray on Life in the Pine Flatwoods

Pharris Johnson on Houses of Heart Pine: Historic Architecture

Skip Skinner on Midway Church

Scotty Scott on Salzburgers & the Nexus of New Goettingen

Cal Avery on Barns of the Wiregrass

Judge Tony Thompson on Early Years in Tattnall: Cases & Facts that Challenge Our Notions

Genealogy & History Panel with Mark Baxter, Robert S. Davis, Pharris Johnson, Janisse Ray & Tony Thompson

Items below and more will be offered at the Silent Auction.

Set of Eugene the Mouse Series, Children's Books by Lynn Skinner of Ailey, Ga.

Wild Card Quilt by Janisse Ray of Altamaha, Ga.

1909 Hudgins Map, Tattnall County

Julia Harn's Memories by Pharris Johnson of Bellville, Ga.

Evans County: Images of America

Houses of Heart Pine by Pharris Johnson

A Durrance-Durrence Family History

Drifting into Darien by Janisse Ray

Guided Kayak Trip on Ohoopee River

Flashes from the Past
The 2017 History in the Wiregrass Conference was a whopping success.
Photo gallery below.

The first Local History Conference for the Wiregrass Region
was held Saturday, May 20, 2017
at the Reidsville Garden Club, Reidsville, Ga.
80 were in attendance.