Saturday may be celebrated as Valentine's Day, but local genealogists may remember it more for all the training opportunities it offers. ...more

February 8, 2009

There is no shortage of genealogy lectures in the Central Florida area this month. ...more

November 2, 2008

Seventy-year old county resident Jan Grove wore a black hat, but her white shirt stuck out like a sore thumb, in a crowd of bikers who mostly wore black leather during the 5th annual Run to the Heartland. ...more

October 6, 2008

A 20-pound rock Jan Grove found at her great-great-grandfather's farm in Michigan is a physical reminder of her family history. ...more

August 18, 2008

As a past president of the Highlands County Genealogical Society, I am writing to express my heartfelt thanks to you, your staff and your newspaper for your present and past interest in and publicizing of our society and our activities. The most recent article (and corrections) regarding the partnering of the greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce and HCGS certainly brought new awareness of our over 25-year local presence to your many readers. We would be delighted if we could be ready to receive people as quickly as the included opening date cited in the article. Regretfully, the time frame presented is physically impossible. There are no books or furnishings on-site and we do not have a genie or magical wand to re-shelve our over 5,000 books and periodicals. ...more

February 5, 2008

SEBRING — In the 1960s, Virginia Neel worked behind the front counter at Sebring's first public library, and soon she will be working in the same exact site –– this time as the president of Highlands County Genealogical Society. Members of the genealogical society will be manning the front desk of the renovated downtown Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce office in exchange for storage space for the genealogy books. Neel said she thought of the idea one night when she couldn't sleep. "I had been in another welcome center with a genealogical society office, and it was very convenient," Neel said. "I knew this building had been a library, so there is plenty of space, and it just worked out perfectly." ...more

January 29, 2008

Sandra Haxton has gone back with the Sparkman family to Ireland in the late 1600s. ...more

December 16, 2007