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This summer’s 2025 GHSL gathering will be held in Shreveport, LA, on June 19-22 at the Hilton Garden Inn at 5971 Financial Plaza, Shreveport, LA 71129, phone (318)686-0148.

There are other hotel options close by.  We have queen and king rooms reserved through 5/20/2025 at $144/night with breakfast/$134 without breakfast.  Hilton Honors members eat for free, so you may want to look into joining that for free.

As always, we will meet for a casual gathering on Thursday evening, followed by great speakers Friday and Saturday, and end with a farewell dinner Saturday evening.

More about the 2025 Gann Gathering Speakers:

The tentative speakers are:

Phillip Burnett Adderly, a retired professional genealogist,

Joe Slattery of the Shreve Memorial Library’s Genealogy department, Twin Blends share photos and history of Shreveport,

Jim Johnson of the Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association In addition,

Presentations by our society members including:

Thea Baker: “Georgia Meets Hello, Dolly!  in Tennessee and the Fat Lady Sings.”

David M. Gann: “Ganns in Maryland Before 1748.” and Tom Gann: “ONRO – The Old Nacogdoches Road to Orcoquesac 1691.”

 

Here is the fillable PDF for Registration to the 2025 Gann Gathering! Click here!