Officers:

Elected:

President: Linda Jolly
Vice-President: Bob James
Secretary: Susan Terzich
Treasurer: Gwen Thigpen

Appointed:

Required:

Librarian: Elaine Steere
Parliamentarian: Bob James
Historian: Vacant

Optional: (and may not always exist)

Newsletter Editor: Marcia Atkins & Nancy M^cLendon
Web Master: Chuck Jackson

January:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Program: Unknown Title by unknown presenter.
Almost no attendence - reason unknown.  The Web Master didn't make it because of an interfering family event (grand sons birthday celebration).  The weather was rather nasty.
13^th - Elizabeth Brooklyn Ray (Web Master's first great-grand daughter) celebrates her first birthday, in the fine old family tradition, with a small birthday cake all to her self.

I just numbered the photos, as I couldn't figure out a reasonable way to name them.  Anyway, looks like she enjoyed it, even though she didn't manage to eat much of it!  And she was not nearly as messy as some of her predecessors, as they tended to end up with more ON them than IN them!

And for some reason, this time, we had white frosting, rather than the traditional chocolate.

BTW, did you notice those piercing blue eyes?  And I think I can detect some traces of red in that hair.

21^st - it is announced that the Newsletter (The Skint Chestnut Logs) will be switching to bi-monthly publication, with the January/February 2024 edition appearing sometime in February 2024.  This may play havoc with our naming convention (yyyy-mm) - we'll see.

February:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Unknown Title by unknown presenter.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of The Carnes Family - early settlers in what would become (more than 40 years later) Douglas County, in the Society newsletter.
It's decided!  I have adopted the simplest solution I could come up with for naming the newsletter files, using yyyy-mm-mm.  The latest issue has been named 2024-01-02.pdf, as it covers the months of January and February.  This only applies to the Web Master archives, as he has not coordinated with the Facebook Gods.  They appear to have reverted to spelling out the name (August 2023 DCGS Newsletter.pdf, for example) so the Facebook file listings will not be in any particularly useful order.
BTW, if you are interested, the Web Master has a nearly complete set of newsletter archives (in pdf format), and paid members may contact the Web Master for a copy.  Note: The following issues are still missing:

• September 2001
• November 2006
• March, June through October and December 2008
• January through April 2009
• June 2019

The reasons for the missing issues vary.  Some are speculative while others are completely unknown.

March:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Program: Primary Resource Materials and How to Use Them by Susan Terzich.

April:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Importance of Source Citation by Larry Thomas.
Nancy M^cLendon publishes a Tutorial on Using FamilySearch in the Society newsletter.

May:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Program: A Guided Tour of our Web Site by Chuck Jackson (the Web Master).

June:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: How NOT to do Genealogy, by Larry Thomas.
Marcia Atkins publishes part 1 of her research on The Forsyth Cemetery in the Society newsletter.
6^th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) turns 84 years of age!
9^th - Marcia Atkins falls and breaks her hip. Surgery was successful and she is waiting to begin rehab.
18^th - Chuck Jackson gets his new dentures, and can now eat some of the good stuff!

July:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Program: Tying Scots Family Names to Clan Names by Linda Jolly.

August:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Questions you should ask your elders while you can! by Nancy M^cLendon.

September:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Note: Meeting held on October 3^rd rather than September 26^th, due to Hurricane Helene.  The regular October meeting (on the 24^th), is expected to be rescheduled, as our host (Heritage Baptist Church) has a conflicting event.
Program: Douglasville - Then and Now, a slide show contrasting historical and contemporary photographs of various locations, presented by Bob (The Judge) James.

October:

Newsletter: On File.
The October meeting was cancelled, due to confluence of several events, including the hurricane delayed September meeting and the host (Heritage Baptist Church) having a conflicting event on the normal meeting date,  therefore, no program was presented.
2^nd Marcia Atkins passes away. Please see our Memorial Page

November:

Newsletter: None - now published bi-monthly - see next month.
Program: My Great Grand-daughter’s Homework, presented by Charles Hudson, highlighting his genealogical research which was inspired by a homework assignment given to his great grand-daughter.
28^th - Little Elizabeth (sometimes known as Ellie, sometimes Lizzie - WebMaster's 22 month old Great Grand-daughter) enjoys her first real Thanksgiving Dinner!

December:

Newsletter: On File.
Program: Annual Christmas Lunch, held at Hudson's Hickory House.
Nancy M^cLendon publishes a brief biography and memorial to Marcia Atkins in the Society newsletter. Nancy M^cLendon announces her retirement as the newsletter editor.  Let teh search for a replacement begin!