Callaway Family Association Members Website
Callaway Family Association 2026 Annual Meeting October 8-11 LaGrange, Georgia Hello Callaways, Hope you are having a wonderful year and are looking forward to joining us in LaGrange in October. Many of you are saying what is in this little town in Georgia! Well, here is where the Callaway Family Association’s records, and 50 years worth of info is located. This is a genealogical dream come true! Our plans are to have time for you to search the records, but even more to be “schooled” in the how to of researching for our specific records. Over the years the CFA gathered all the information and even sent three ladies to England, on 6 separate trips, to gather records and evidence. Yes, we have all of that for your perusal in LaGrange. At present we have arranged for help from the museum where these are located to come to our Thursday night dinner, present some info and then break up into groups so you can have some personal attention. All of this to say, bring your questions and your documentation to help you make the connections within your own family to others in your lineage. I am encouraging you to start now and look at what you would like to find out, bring your computer with you so you can document as you like, and assure yourself that you can utilize and retrieve info at your own pace and needs. Bring a notebook so you can write it down, a phone or camera so you can take pictures, your 5 generation chart to complete! This is a rather unique opportunity that does not come often. We will be staying at the Courtyard by Mariott in LaGrnge, which is only a few blocks from the hotel. We will provide opportunities for you to have time with the archives and people to help you on Friday and Saturday. Oh no, some are thinking “is this all we are doing”? Of course not! If you know me really well, you know I cannot sit still too long! Located in LaGrange is the Hills & Dales estate built by a Callaway. There is a monument dedicated to a Callaway as well and another mansion that a Callaway gave to a local Women’s Society for their continued work in the area. This area is full of Callaway history and Georgia History. We will tour the museum and see some of the items donated over the years to the CFA. We will visit the gorgeous estate that only Callaway’s have ever lived in. The grounds here are stunning. The town itself has a little of everything and lots of shops and restaurants. A little taste of Georgia and what you may want to do while you are there. We will be sending out the registration around the beginning of June, but you can make your reservations now. You can call 706-668-5600 and mention CFA, Callaway Family Association. Our rate of $149 + taxes is good until 9/15/26 and is available October 7th-12th. If you need anymore help, just drop me an email at badacantley@icloud.com. Come to Georgia and find out which Callaway I am talking about! Barbara Cantley – Meeting Host |
If you visit the Sign Up page, you will see that the cost of being a member is very minimal, but the data you can view is extensive. You can pay via Credit Card or Paypal after you use the PAYPAL checkout button. There is also a form that can be printed and mailed in.
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We have:
Current Monthly CFA Newsletters – you can subscribe by contacting our editor as stated on the right side of this page or access the current CFA Newsletter with the link below that.
Archived Monthly CFA Newsletters – see all of the newsletters from years past
CFA Pictures from various CFA events (in progress) – Pictures from yearly CFA meetings – We will update as we collect more pictures from members
Photos – Collection of photos from history and Athens & Wilkes County, GA
CFA Journals (1975 – 2017) or synopsis of the Journals – A quick look at what is in the journals and access to all the journals online (searchable PDF Files).
1790 – 1930 US Census Data – CFA purchased the Census Data and will share it with CFA members
Callaway Family Research that was collected in England – Three CFA members spent a lot of time in England searching and copying Callaway documents. Here are the documents that were collected by Sherrill Williams and scanned into searchable PDF files.
Callaway English Records – Collection of records from England
Caillouet / Kellaway English Research – Ancient history of the Family
Callaway Family Crest Discussions – History of the Callaway Family Crest
Callaway Family Memoirs – Stories from CFA members
Callaway Family Moments in Time
Callaway Family Stories
Callaway DNA Project information
Callaway Genealogy Documents
Callaway Genealogy Archived Queries
Caillouet/Kellaway Chronicles – Early years
Callaway/Kellaway Medieval Family Tree – 23 generations from 1000 A.D.
LaGrange Callaway Genealogical Records Scanned by the Archives and represent our CFA Genealogical Records. This includes English Trip Records from English trips, Peter Callaway Records, Joseph Callaway Records, Misc. and Callaway Records. Now included is a description of all the data that is housed at the Archives, some of it corresponding to the boxes that we have on the website. Information that has been collected over the last 4 years has been added.
Callaway Booklet – A Branch of the Joseph Callaway Tree by Mrs. M. L. Smoot
All non-script data is searchable.
We hope you find this information useful and we welcome all our new members. This website can also be used to renew your membership.
