Forsyth County Genealogical Society

The Forsyth County Genealogical Society will meet on the first Tuesday of each month, in the auditorium of the Reynolda Manor Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library, located at 2839 Fairlawn Drive, Winston-Salem, NC. The social time begins at 1:45 pm, announcements will begin at 2:00 pm, and the meeting will run approximately one to one-and-a-half hour.

All meetings are free and open to the public. Guests are welcome! Our programs are planned to be both educational and entertaining.

Special opportunity!  

Special Opportunity for fans of Kyle Stimson, historian of the 18^th century in Lewisville  His one and only book is now out of print, and 5 of the last copies are available here for $45.00 each

The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road in Forsyth county, NC, 1750—1770   Published 1999

^postage on this book would be at least $15.00—it is 12 X 9 X 1 inch and weights 2 ½ lbs  I suggest that it be bought at a FCGS meeting ( first Tuesday of every month) and hand carried home.

 

FORSYTH COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY     Programs Apr 2024  thru  Sept 2024

April 2, 2024   Jenny Boneno, head librarian at the Reynolda Branch library; on resources for genealogical research available at the Reynolda branch library.  Through publications, periodicals, and available onsite Internet connection, the ability to accomplish extensive historical research in our home branch library will be surprising to most.

May 7, 2024   Tom Brown of Clemmons; on the Discovery of Old Southern Heritage Apples, varieties of old timey apples that were important to our forebearers.  Learn how he continues to search for lost apple varieties to preserve an important part of our agricultural heritage..  Tom has researched 1,200 rare Heritage Apple varieties, and also grows seeding Heritage apple trees, so they won’t become extinct.  (Tom is the husband of FCGS member Merikay Brown).

Meetings change to 6 pm for Jun, July and August.

June 4, 2024   Martha Manning, Katherine Knapp Watts, and Virginia Hart on the “Two Journeys ” Bethlehem PA to Salem (1766 and 2021).   Martha was one of the planners of the route, and wrote the intro of the “muse” Salome Meuer.

July 2, 2024   To be Announced

August 6, 2024  Meagan O’Riordan, Archivist, and Sabrina Garity, Assistant Archivist for the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, will present the current status on the digitization of the St. Phillips Church records, and a history of St. Phillips Church in Old Salem.

Sept 3, 2024  (and back to 2 pm meeting time)  Baxter Cromer will talk about his research into one-room schools in Forsyth County.  Amazing fact:  the 1850 census listed no fewer than 41 one-room schools inthe county.

The FCGS follows the inclement weather policy of the WS/FC Public School System, should classes be cancelled or dismissed early due to bad weather, the FCGS meeting scheduled for that same evening will be cancelled, as well.

We enjoy the richness of each member’s family history and support one another in exploration. We have many helpful resources for members.

The Forsyth County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization that was formally organized in 1982. Its mission is to promote the preservation of local history and to help genealogists in their pursuit of accurate ancestral information. We assist genealogists, both new and seasoned, through educational programs, workshops, projects and publications. We believe that only by encouraging the efforts of those who are interested in preserving the knowledge of historical events, and developing a deeper understanding of those who came before, can we discover how we became the people and communities we are today.