Officers:

Elected:

President: Paul Trew
Vice-President: Marcia Atkins
Secretary: Jane Bryant
Treasurer: Gwen Thigpen


Appointed:

Required:

Librarian: Vacant
Parliamentarian: Vacant
Historian: Vacant

Optional: (and may not always exist)

Newsletter Editor: Paul Trew
Web Master: Chuck Jackson

January:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Solving Problems in Your Family Tree by Carolyn Bell.
Karen Cosby publishes the story of the Segal Lester Fouts Family, in the Society newsletter.
Elaine Steer publishes Part II of the story of the The Douglasville Scandal of 1891, in the Society newsletter.
27th - Geneva Wehrel is belatedly, and posthumously, presented a Centurion Club Certificate.  She celebrated her 100th birthday on the 30th of December, 2009, and passed away on January 31st, 2011.
27th - Lillian Estelle Yancey, belatedly, is presented a Centurion Club Certificate, at the age of 104 years.

February:

Newsletter: On File.
Conflicting Program Data:

1 - Sharing Best and Worst Genealogy Web Sites by various members.
2 - Research Sites on the Internet by Marcia Atkins.

Elaine Steere publishes the Ancestors of Ralph William Aiken, in the Society newsletter.

March:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: The Pace Family - From England to Virginia to Georgia by Sandra Whittington.
19th - Dedication Ceremony for newly placed tombstone of Captain William Clinton (local Revolutionary War veteran) in the New Hope Cemetery in Villa Rica.
Carolyn Brittain Bell publishes the Aderholds of Douglas County, in the Society newsletter.

April:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: How One Acquired Land in Georgia, particularly prior to 1803, by Elaine Steere.
29th - Gwen Thigpens grandson, Ryan Clay, graduates from the U. S. Army Ranger School.

May:

Newsletter: On File.
Dual Program:

1 - Story of Bowden College by Jim and Judy Rowell.
2 - 41st Georgia Infantry Regiment, with Company G, raised from Carroll County and Company K, raised from Campbell County by Jim and Judy Rowell.

June:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Back to Basics, consisting of lower level instruction on researching your family by Marcia Atkins.
4th - The Society mans a booth at the annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival.
6th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) turns 71 years of age!
15th - Patricia "Pat" Pittman passes away, at age 63.  Please see her entry on our Memorial Page.

July:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Finding Your Ancestors Property by Roger Smith.
The Society newsletter contains a list of old time occupations and their modern eqivalent.  Now posted on the web site, here.
Sometime this month, triggered by the passing of Pat Pittman, a Memorial page is created and added to our web site, with initial entries for all that have passed while active members, since the founding of the Society (those being Sam Atkins, Clara Daniell Williams, Joe Baggett, Kathy Brock, Nell M. McKelvey, Lamar Edwards, Barbara Edwards and Pat Pittman), thus bringing the Memorial page up to date.  It will be maintained for the foreseeable future.

August:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: A Working Meeting with several small work groups formed to review, discuss and possibly select research materials to be acquired and donated to the Special Collections room in the Library.

September:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Diseases and Epidemics of Our Ancetors by Sandra Whittington, followed by a continuation of last months Working Meeting with several small work groups formed to review, discuss and possibly select research materials to add to be acquired and donated to the Special Collections room in the Library.
Paul Trew publishes A Country Store, the story of his great-grandfather, in the Society newsletter.

October:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Part II of the April program, How One Acquired Land in Georgia, this time concentrating on the unique Georgia Land Lotteries, held in the period 1805 to 1832.  This is followed by a discussion of how the various counties were formed.
Elaine Steere publishes Honoring Josiah Tattnall, Jr., a U.S. Senator and Governor of Georgia, in the Society newslatter.

November:

Newsletter: On File.
Election of Officers for 2012/2013.
Dual Program:

1 - How to Use Family Tree Maker to Write Your Family History by Marcia Atkins.
2 - How to use Family Tree Maker, version 16, by Paul Trew.

December:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Annual Christmas Dinner, held at Logan's Roadhouse (Note: now defunct).  Sorry - no photos available, don't know why, maybe I didn't make it.
7th - Jane and Leroy Bryant become Great Grandparents of Ethen Daniel Dulworth.