Preserving The Past To Inspire The Future For Over 50 Years

  The Watauga Association of Genealogists Northeast Tennessee was organized in 1971 and published the first Bulletin May 1972.The Bulletin is devoted to copies and abstracts of original source data relating to Northeast Tennessee and adjacent areas. The Association publishes the Bulletin semi-annually – April and October. In 2016 WAGS went to an all digital format and our Bulletin is available online for all members.

SAMPLE ARTICLE FROM A PAST BULLETIN

Genealogy Tip:

Free Online Genealogy Books

A great free genealogy resource that is often overlooked by family historians is out-of-copyright digitized books. These free genealogy books can be downloaded from a number of sources and can be incredibly useful for your research.

Internet Archive – https://archive.org/

Google Books – https://books.google.com/

Family Search Digital Library – https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/

Project Gutenberg – https://www.gutenberg.org/

Universal Digital Library, Carnegie-Mellon – http://ulib.isri.cmu.edu/

Just Free Books – https://www.justfreebooks.info/

Association Meeting Announcement

VISITORS are welcome to attend all meetings.

ANNOUNCING

The Watauga Association of Genealogists will hold its next monthly meeting at the

Johnson City Public Library and online via Zoom on 

WHEN:  Tuesday, October 1st, at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE Johnson City Public Library, 100 W Millard St., Johnson City, TN

TOPIC:  Writing a Family History

SPEAKERS:  Bill Gann and Gary Toms

Have you considered writing a family history?  Come hear the funny and surprising experiences of Bill Gann and Gary Toms from Independence, Missouri in doing just that.  They are in the final stages of their third book, a history of the Adam C. and Rosina (Broyles) Gann family of 14 children of early Washington County.  They will share some of their experiences in researching and writing this book, a bit of history of the families involved, and share some of the methods and sources used in the process.  It promises to be interesting, entertaining, and informative.  Bill and Gary are regular contributing researchers and authors to the Watauga Bulletin.

The public is invited to attend all WAGS meetings held  on the first Tuesday of the month.

  Zoom Meeting Link

Zoom Meeting ID: 951 8932 1435
Passcode: 457673

GETTING STARTED WITH ZOOM HELP

Join the Watauga Association of Genealogists

Membership is open to persons with genealogical or historical interests. Dues are $18.00 yearly, payable to the organization on or before January 1 of each calendar year. If you wish to join, please make checks payable to Watauga Association of Genealogists-Northeast Tennessee. A new member receives two issues of the Bulletin for the year he/she joins. All members are entitled to one free query per issue.    For more information about our group, please contact us at:  wagsnetn1971@gmail.com

 

Books and genealogical materials donated to WAGS will be reviewed in the Bulletins as space permits and will be donated to the Johnson City Public Library for the Tennessee Room.
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