WHAT'S NEW AT SCHSMI! Bulletin Board, Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society and Museums, Inc.

WHAT'S NEW AT SCHSMI!

OUR OFFICE IS NOW OPEN TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM, EXCEPT HOLIDAYS.
- Our street address is 281 Bank Street, Surry, VA.
- Contact us by telephone at (757) 294-0404, by e-mail at surryhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or by mail at P. O. Box 262, Surry, VA 23883.
Come visit us and learn about Surry's rich history!
New Book! Surry County by Deborah Harrison Dawson. Vintage photos! Book signing in May! More information...
Retired archaeologist L. B. "Lefty" Gregory, and Past-President/Newsletter Editor, Bo Bohannan, will be at the Surry County Historical Society on Bank Street in Surry, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM on the third Wednesday of each month to chat about archaeology and twentieth-century pop culture.
Bo is creating an Encyclopedia of Pop Culture with more than 100 illustrated volumes. He will bring sample volumes. It's amazing! Come see!
Lefty has worked at many archaeological sites, including Claremont Manor, Flowerdew Hundred, Maycocks, Weyanoke Old Town, the Yorktown Battlefield and more. He will be available to chat about archaeology and identify artifacts that people bring.

The public is invited to visit and chat with the experts every third Wednesday afternoon!
Surry White Families Page has been updated. Many new names have been added.
Photographs of Family Bible pages for Thompson, Wilson and Wills are now available.
Ground was broken for the Captain John Smith Ferry Project on Sunday, 5 April 2009. The committee for restoration of the deckhouse of the historic ferry presented their updated 2010 REPORT with pictures! This project is moving forward, a grant has been received and another grant is promised on condition that we raise matching funds. Please help us with your donations of time and money. See the 2011 REPORT, a Word document by Bill Fox, for the latest information.
A NEW BIOGRAPHY, Devine Will, Restless Heart: The Life and Works of Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood, by Mary E. C. Drew is now available. (You need Adobe Reader to view this file.) If you missed the book-signing on November 13, 2010, you can buy it here.
NEW FLETCHER FAMILY TIMELINE at our FAMILIES page.
NEW ROWELL FAMILY PHOTOS at our FAMILIES page.
A SURNAME PAGE for Surry County Family History researchers has been added. This is a simple way for folks who are researching particular families to contact each other and share.
A new history of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church has been added. There are photographs there, as well. Check for your family members in the 1909 revival photo.
New addition to the Cemeteries pages for Old Cabin Point Cemetery near Laurel Springs Road. In addition, we have a new page of photos of the Old Episcopal Rectory ruin at Cabin Point. Thanks for both to The Rev. William B. Taylor, Jr.!
New page with Gordon "Bo" Bohannan's family photographs of Pleasant Point, where he spent childhood summers. There are also links to his essays on life in Surry during his childhood years. Thank you, Bo, for sharing with us!
New biographical information about Lorena Leath portrait subject, "George Washington". Moses Thomas was his real name and he lived 100 years! Thanks to Judy Jones for information! Thanks to Debra Taylor for photograph!
New link to information about Surry families, Booth, Chappell, Goodrich, Harris and Horne at Family web sites. Thanks to Gene C. Harris!
Updated information about Joseph Green and Samuel Wilson in the Confederate Veterans photo. Thanks to Bob Green, Bobby Clarke and Susan Tillman!
BOOKS!    We offer many Books about Surry for sale. Most are small editions and unavailable elsewhere.
Get yours now!

Don't miss the Society's   first three newsletters!

Check out  November 1998   for the early history of Rogers' Store!
ROGERS' STORE RESTORATION COMPLETED!

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