Do You Need Help Discovering Your Ancestors?
Wakulla County Museum and Archives has highly trained Genealogy specialist to assist you with finding your family.
Call 850-926-1110 to make an appointment.
Wakulla County Historical Society
"A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable." Thomas Jefferson
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Wakulla Historical Society Host A Tea Social
Mark your calendars for the first Tea Social hosted by the Wakulla County Historical Society. This tea social is just that, a social occasion, a chance to visit old friends, meet some new ones, find out what is going on at the Museum, drink some wonderful hot tea and indulge in great desserts.
Members of the Historical Society, who are also members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, will be dressed in their period clothing and act has hostesses.
Everyone is welcome and we hope you will bring some of your friends to share the experience.
The Tea Social will be at the Crawfordville Woman’s Club on September 2nd, from 4 pm until 7 pm.
Wakulla County Courthouse Burned in 1892
Did you ever wonder why you couldn’t find all of Wakulla County’s old records? Arlene Vause shared that our courthouse burned in 1892. The land records were saved, but this area has a unique situation with land records. Most of Wakulla County was in what they called the Forbes Purchase which was through the Apalachicola Land Company, a private company out of New York City. So the land bought in the Forbes Purchase was not filed with the county and state. Therefore, land records from back then are limited, but there are some.
Come See What Is Happening At The Museum
The WCHS Museum staff has been busy! There are a lot of new, reasonably priced items for sale. Great selection from historic book to bird feeders with items to please every age. Remember, if you are a member, you will receive 10% off of your purchase.
Stop by and check us out from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Mary Ann Laird, Gift Shop Manager
Visit our Updated Genealogy Site
Thank you to Craig Kittendorf for updating our Genealogy Site. You can see who is buried in local cemeteries, check out marriages, and obituraries. More projects will be coming soon.
Hello Wakulla County History Buffs
Wakulla County Historical Society
Welcome to a site developed by Wakulla County Historical Society for history lovers like you. You can share your history with us. Watch for all the latest happenings.
Don’t forget that our local Musuem and Archives are opened Thursday, Friday, 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. and Sat. from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Check out the gift shop and the genealogy research suite located at 24 High Drive, Crawfordville, FL, in the Courthouse Square. It is one of Wakulla’s greatest treasures. Call 850-926-1110.
Genealogy Meeting with Alisha Morgan Today at the Library
By Carolyn Wrenn HarveyChair
At our May 3rd meeting we will have Alisha Morgan speak to us. Alisha is a personal historian and the owner of Paperclipped Memories. Her company helps you preserve your life stories in beautiful, customized books. She will be talking to us about the importance of recording our personal history. She is also going to have a drawing for a copy of her book.
So come and join us for this exciting evening and learn how to preserve our Genealogy.
Bring someone new to our meeting, someone who wants to start their tree.
Mark your calendar for May 3rd @ 6:30PM at the Wakulla Library.
Genealogy Meeting
Genealogy Meeting with Deanna D. Ramsey
Join the Genealogy meeting on the 5th of April, the subject will be “Family Tree Maker and Cloud Computing: Tools for the 21st Century”. Our guest speaker will be Deanna D. Ramsey. See you on the 5th of April and bring a friend with you to our meeting, 6:30PM at the Wakulla County Public Library is the place to be for the April Genealogy meeting.
Call Carolyn at 850-524-5334 for more information.
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