The Forsyth County Genealogical Society will meet on the first Tuesday of each month, in the auditorium of the Reynolda Manor Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library, located at 2839 Fairlawn Drive, Winston-Salem, NC. The social time begins at 2:00 pm, announcements will begin at 2:30 pm, and the meeting will run approximately one to one-and-a-half hour.
All meetings are free and open to the public. Guests are welcome! Our programs are planned to be both educational and entertaining.
FORSYTH COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Programs Nov 2025 thru May 2026
Nov 4, 2025 Barry McGee, local author and publisher as well as volunteer at the Guilford Courthouse Military Park, will present the history and meaning of the Guilford Courthouse Battleground in March 1781 and the Park now. As we begin to commemorate the United States’ semi-quincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, it’s important for us to be reminded of the importance that this battle site in our own backyard played in our quest for independence.
Dec 2, 2025 Members Only Holiday party.
Jan 6, 2026 Moravian archivist Sabrina Garity on “Oh the places you couldn’t go: Mapping what they didn’t know” mapping the American Expansion and including the map collection at the Archives. At this date our meetings will start at 2:30 pm.
Feb 3, 2026 Members Cathy Boyer and Jessica Reece will present a scrapbook slide show of a 1909 car rally in Lexington NC attended and photographed by Margarette Hunt Ludlow (1890-1970), daughter of Jacob Lott Ludlow.
Mar3, 2026 Michelle McCullough, historic resources officer for the city of Winston Salem will lead us on a tour of the Union Train Station starting at 11:00 am and finished in time for lunch. This tour will be open to the public. Afterwards, members can join her to tour the Coca Cola plant at Old Salem and have lunch at the Bobby Boys Bakery now opened inside it. Michelle will make the reservation.
April 7, 2026 to be announced
May 5, 2026 FIELD TRIP–Members only Sabrina Garity, Archivist at the Moravian Archives will explain to us how the Moravians coped with the Revolutionary War as it impacted on Salem, and give us a Vault Tour of the Archives showing items from that time.
The FCGS follows the inclement weather policy of the WS/FC Public School System, should classes be cancelled or dismissed early due to bad weather, the FCGS meeting scheduled for that same evening will be cancelled, as well.
We enjoy the richness of each member’s family history and support one another in exploration. We have many helpful resources for members.
The Forsyth County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization that was formally organized in 1982. Its mission is to promote the preservation of local history and to help genealogists in their pursuit of accurate ancestral information. We assist genealogists, both new and seasoned, through educational programs, workshops, projects and publications. We believe that only by encouraging the efforts of those who are interested in preserving the knowledge of historical events, and developing a deeper understanding of those who came before, can we discover how we became the people and communities we are today.
Regular meetings of the Society are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 2:00 pm in the auditorium of the Reynolda Manor Branch of the Forsyth County Public Library at 2839 Fairlawn Drive in Winston-Salem, NC. We provide programs of genealogical and historical interest. Visitors are always welcome!
The Society publishes a quarterly Journal that was the recipient of an Award for Excellence in Periodical Publishing from the North Carolina Genealogical Society. Material published includes transcriptions of primary source material, “how-to” articles, complied family histories, and much more relating to Forsyth and its parent and neighboring counties. The Society also publishes abstracted and transcribed records.
This website was provided by a generous gift from Paul Jerry Sumner, charter member of FCGS in 1982, and holder of many officer positions over the intervening years.