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August's Meeting:
Tuesday August 3, 2010 at 7:00pm - The Historical Society will host a Heritage Book kickoff at our August meeting. The meeting will be at 7pm in our headquarters at the Historic Cumming School on Tuesday August 3, 2010. We have been meeting with Don Mills from the Walsworth Publishing Company for several months and are now ready to pass all of this exciting news to our members. We will have our brochures ready and they are filled with ideas and instruction for writing your family’s history. We will also be able to show you all the resources available here at headquarters and next door at the Bell Research Center. Several of the surrounding counties have already published a county Heritage book. We are extremely excited to start this project. It has been twenty fiver years since any family histories have been printed for this area and an enormous amount of history has taken place during this time. Do not miss this opportunity to be among the first to submit your story!

July's Update:
Thank you Robert Jones of the Kennesaw Historical Society for the wonderful description of Sherman’s March to the sea. Robert told us that Sherman hand picked 62,000 men, at Ringgold, GA for his march to the sea. He told us Sherman’s plan was to destroy the railroads and supply depots and leave houses and churches untouched on the way to Savannah. Robert showed wonderful pictures and maps that depicted areas of the march. He told of Sherman’s accomplishment that the march had only taken a month and that they only lost 150 men. It was a very informative program on the facts to Sherman’s march. Thanks again, Robert Jones for all of your research and willingness to share it with us.

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Historical Society
of Forsyth County
P.O. Box 1334
Cumming, GA 30028
678-455-7260

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Publications for Purchase

NEW! Heritage Book of Forsyth County

The Historical Society of Forsyth County announces the publication of a NEW Forsyth County Heritage book! We invite ALL residents, former residents, and those with roots in Forsyth County to submit a family history of 500 words and one photograph to be printed for FREE!! This is a rare opportunity for YOU to be a part of history. If you are interested in this unique opportunity, please email info@historicforsyth.com with your name, contact information and any questions. We will immediately contact you back with more information on how you can be a part of documenting Forsyth County Heritage!

We will print only a limited number of these beautiful hardbound books. They will be 9" x 12", exquisitely gold stamped and embossed, matching other Georgia County Heritage books! Because this is a limited edition book, only those who order and pay in advance are guaranteed to receive a copy. Please email info@historicforsyth.com for more information!

$55.00
shipping charge may apply

Forsyth County: An Album from the Garland Bagley Collection

Pictorial history of Forsyth County's early days.

Published in 1998.

$10.00

Stroll Around The Square

By: Gladyse K. Barrett

Photos and memories fromt the recollections of Gladyse Kennemore Barrett who grew up not far from the Cumming Square.

$15.00

1998 Church Calender

Includes pictures and a brief history of the following churches: Corinth Baptist, Cumming Methodist, Concord Baptist, First Baptist of Cumming, Midway Methodist, Friendship Baptist, Hopewell Methodist, Coal Mountain Baptist, Silver Shoals Baptist, Bethel Baptist, Roanoke Baptist and New Harmony Bapist.

Published by the Historical Society of Forsyth County

$5.00

First Era of Change and Development: Forsyth County, Georgia 1935-1975

How Forsyth County went from a small farming community to an ever growing suburb of Atlanta.

Last publication of Annette Bramblett and co-authored by George P. Ingram.

Published in 2007

$42.75

Cotton Gin Ornament: 1995

Last ornament available from the 1990 collection of historical places in Forsyth County. The gin was located at the Cumming Fair Grounds. During the opening night of the Fall Fair in 2004 the gin burned to the ground.

$5.00

Pictures of Cotton Gin Fire

$1.00

Online Articles

Georgia's Natives

By: Myra Reidy

January 2010