{"id":58,"date":"2014-04-13T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:56:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/?page_id=58","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-tree-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-tree-2-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-tree-2-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-tree-2-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-tree-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Organized: <\/b><br>\n1986<br>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Purpose:<br>\n<\/b>The Genealogy Society of Hernando County organized with the goal of preserving local history and vital records. Projects have included indexing burial records from funeral homes; abstracting older county records; finding and recording cemetery sites; copying tombstone information; and publishing <i>The Last Wildcat: The Short Record of T.B. Ellis. Sr.&nbsp;<\/i>as edited by Roger Landers, a past president of GSHC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Membership:<br>\n<\/b>Society membership is available to anyone interested in doing family history research. Our members are researching in various parts of the U.S. plus Canada, England, Germany, and other foreign countries. <b>MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS<\/b> include completion of a membership application and payment of annual dues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Dues<br>\n<\/b><em>Current dues are:<\/em><b><br>\n<\/b>$20 for an individual<br>\n$25 for family (husband\/wife)<br>\n$12 for associate (out-of-town, non-voting)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Meetings:<br>\n<\/b>Our Society meets 10 A.m.-12 noon the third Friday of January through November at the LDS Family History Center, 21043 &nbsp;Yontz Road, Brooksville, Florida. Visitors are always welcome to join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Lowe    <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo-1024x1012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hernandogenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSHC-Logo.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><b>The Genealogy Society of Hernando County<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized: 1986 Purpose: The Genealogy Society of Hernando County organized with the goal of preserving local history and vital records. Projects have included indexing burial records from funeral homes; abstracting older county records; finding and recording cemetery sites; copying tombstone information; and publishing The Last Wildcat: The Short Record of T.B. Ellis. 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