JGS Policies

Genealogy Collection and Historic Material Donation Policy

The Jonesborough Genealogical Society is an all-volunteer organization. We partner with the Washington County Public Library – Jonesborough Branch to add donated genealogy collections to the library’s Genealogy and History Collection. JGS can help coordinate the transfer, storage, and integration of approved donation materials. Our member volunteers will work with the library staff to add loose paper documents to the vertical files, digitize items as appropriate, and add to the appropriate index databases. To learn more about the research resources currently available, visit the Jonesborough Library’s Genealogy and Local History webpage. 

JGS can help facilitate donations of approved items having historical significance to the northeast Tennessee area through our partnerships with local heritage groups and museums. We understand the importance of preserving our history and using historic items to educate our community about past events.

Online Comment and Posting Policy

You are encouraged to share your comments, ideas, and concerns. Please be aware of the following policies for the Jonesborough Genealogical Society’s Blog and Facebook page:

• Comments from users should relate to topics on the specific post subject matter.

• JGS will delete comments that contain abusive, vulgar, offensive, threatening or harassing language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups.

• JGS will delete comments that are clearly off-topic, that promote services or products, or that promote or oppose any political party, person campaigning for elected office, or any ballot proposition.

• Gratuitous links to sites are viewed as spam and may result in the entire comment being removed.

• The content of all comments is immediately released into the public domain, so do not submit anything you do not wish to be broadcast to the general public.

• Do not post personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers. Comments containing this information will be removed.

The Jonesborough Genealogical Society does not discriminate against any views, but reserves the right to remove posted comments that do not adhere to these standards.