Monthly General Membership Meeting at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse.
Speaker: Tom Ewing - His topic will be on the History of Snellville Consolidated
Schools.
Tom has recently published a book by that title and we are hoping he
will be
writing the
history of the City of Snellville next.
You don't have to be a member to come. Everyone is welcome, so bring a friend.
The Elisha Winn House at 908 Dacula Road in Dacula GA is open for tours
on the second Saturday of the month from 9 am until 12 noon.
Our Latest Publications
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Families 1818 - 2005
Cost will be $50 plus $5 postage/handling
and $2 for each additional book.
214 Authors, 461 Family Histories, 324
Photographs, 1171 Pages,
Full Name Index with 39,439 Names
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Marriages 1833 - 1900
$20 plus $5 postage/handling
and $2 for each additional book.
336 Pages listed by Groom then by Bride.
Devoted to the Preservation of Gwinnett County's
Rich Historical and Genealogical Heritage.
The Gwinnett Historical Society has over 400 members. Our volunteers operate the Society's center and library Monday through Friday on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse in downtown Lawrenceville, along with the 19.2-acre Elisha Winn Property in Hog Mountain-Dacula area. The Society hosts the county's only genealogy library of over 1,600 publications, an archive collection of assorted county and family records, a map collection, a book store for county-specific publications, a microfilm research room, a growing collection of vintage and historic family and Gwinnett locations photographs, and an office with assorted surname, church, cemetery, school, place, and subject files. Our volunteers are involved in about 20 major program areas; publishing a quarterly news magazine and managing an extensive website. The Winn House is open by appointment and includes the rehabilitated 1811 Elisha Winn House (birthplace of Gwinnett County), a 12-acre wooded area, picnic facilities, and a variety of other buildings of historic interest, including the Walnut Grove one-room schoolhouse, the old Lawrenceville Jail, and a blacksmith shop. Plans for a permanent museum at the Winn Home are under way.
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Historical Society or its contributing authors and may not
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the express written permission of GHS.
