Upper Cumberland Family History & Genealogy Festsival

Our Upper Cumberland Family History and Genealogy Festival will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2025.  Festival admission is $7.  This is a great opportunity to expand your genealogy research, learn more about the areas where your ancestors lived and maybe even meet a few new cousins!  Following is a list of activities:

2025 Resource Booths at Granville Event Center

• Cumberland County Resources

• Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable

• Daughters of the American Revolution:

           The Crab-Orchard Chapter

• Dekalb County, TN Genealogy Association

• East Tennessee Historical Society 

• Fentress County Historical Society

• Gainesboro Kin Seekers (Jackson County)

​           Carr-Kerr Family Booth​

• Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society

• Overton County Historical Society

• Overton County Archives

• Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society

• Putnam County Library - Tennessee Room

• SAR - Sons of the American Revolution

           Lt. William P. Quarles Chapter​

• Shawn Gray - Bookseller - Overton, Fentress and Pickett County

• Smith County Heritage Museum

• Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections

• United Daughters of the Confederacy Captain Sally Tompkins Chapter 

• Upper Cumberland Resources & Cemetery Preservation Information​

2025 Event Presentations at Granville United Methodist Church

Anna Stephenson:  "Research for Beginners & More Experienced"

Janice Fleenor-Smith:  "How to Preserve Family History Without Genealogy Research"

​Mark Dudney & David Reeves: "Exploring the Legacy of Bob Lee Dudney"

2025 Exhibits/Activities at the Granville Museum

• Dudney Family Booth

• Elrod Family Booth

• Carter/McKinley Family Booth

• Huff/Stout/Tittle/Holleman Family Booth

• Maggart/McDonald Family Booth

• Family Search:  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Revolutionary War Veterans, Pensioners or Widows of Jackson County

• Roots of Jackson County

• White County Genealogical-Historical Society

Other Areas of Historical Interest

• Civil War Exhibit & Reenactors in Pioneer Village, Presented by Dillard-Judd Sons of Confederate Veteran's Camp, Cookeville, TN and Capt. Henry W. Hart United Daughters of the Confederacy, Carthage, TN
• Office of Dr. L. M Freeman (Located next to T. B. Sutton General Store) will be open for visitors
• ​​​​Re-created 1820's Homestead - Pioneer Village
• Artisan Demonstrations - 9:00 - 4:00 pm
• ​Jackson County Cemetery Maps at the Granville Museum