Devoted to the Preservation of Gwinnett County's
Rich Historical and Genealogical Heritage.
In the Library section we've added some new maps - the 1935 GDOT highway map and 1895 Atlanta & western Gwinnett (among others) and also a sortable list of the winners of the 1821 and 1827 Land Lotteries who lived in Gwinnett.
Welcome to new members: Joseph H. Tanner, Suzanne Roussie, Sue Franklin Hood, Nina Winter Graham, Charlie Savage, and Barbara Bryant, and also to returning members: Betty Crenshaw Looper, Cory McCart, Thomas C. Lanford, Jr., C. Yvette Summerour, Patricia Brumley, Jean V. Kneebone, Pat Burdett, Marcia Protheroe, Dawn Spruill, Richard E. Wynn, and Carol Adams.
Photo by Herman Fowler
*NOTE* Windows XP users with Internet Explorer version 7 or 8 may experience some quirks on some pages. Sorry about that. It's not us, it's IE. We recommend using Opera, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari as an alternative.
June 8, 2013 10:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Winn House Open
June 12, 2013 7:00p.m.
Board Meeting for Officers and Committee Chairs
June 17, 2013 7:30p.m.
General Membership Meeting
Speaker: Rick Clarke - Dr. d’Alvigny, Daring Doctor in Dixie
Dr. d’Alvigny served as a surgeon in the 9th Georgia Light Artillery and is the role model for the character Dr. Meade in Gone With the Wind.
Speaker: Rick Clarke - Dr. d’Alvigny, Daring Doctor in Dixie
Dr. d’Alvigny served as a surgeon in the 9th Georgia Light Artillery and is the role model for the character Dr. Meade in Gone With the Wind.
The Elisha Winn House located at 908 Daclula Road in Dacula, GA 30019 is open for tours from March to September on the second Saturday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. The Winn Fair is held on the first weekend of October during which the house and all of the out buildings will be open and attended by many volunteers and reenactors. The fair also has crafters' booths, musical entertainment, and railroad history.
The Gwinnett Historical Society will sponsor the 35th annual Elisha Winn Fair. Next year's Winn Fair will be held on Saturday October 5, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. & Sunday October 6, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
If you are a vendor, we welcome your participation in next year's Elisha Winn Fair. For more information and vendor forms please follow this link: 2013 Elisha Winn Fair
*NOTE* Be aware that most GPS devices seem to put people about a tenth of a mile or so away from the correct property address.
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Spring 2013 Our quarterly newsletter |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia Families 1818-2005 Cost is $50 plus $5 postage & handling and $2 for each additional book. This indispensable second volume of families from 214 authors contains 461 Family Histories, and 324 Photographs on 1171 pages with a Full Name Index of 39,439 names |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia Marriages 1833-1900 Cost is $20 plus $5 postage & handling and $2 for each additional book. 336 pages listed by groom then by bride. |
