The Ancestor Detector

11/19/2025

11/10/2025

Thank you so much to Andrew Pearson for this wonderful article about the mayors event!

Seven of the last nine mayors of the city of Spring Hill, and the widow of one absent one, gathered in City Hall recently for a forum hosted by the Spring Hill Historical and Genealogical Society. Sixteen-year-old Benny Jett, the president of the Society, threw the mayors softball questions, most of...

11/08/2025

It’s official, I’m a candidate in an election! Just never thought it would be this one. 😂

I sincerely believe that all the candidates in this election are worthy of being grand marshal. I am not going to force you to vote one way over the other, but I would definitely encourage you to vote BBBBenny Jett for Grand Marshal. (Thank you to Elton John for the epic campaign song. 😂) It would truly be my greatest honor to be Grand Marshal of this year’s Christmas Parade.

GRAND MARSHAL FINALISTS: We are down to our finalists for this year's Spring Hill Christmas Parade Grand Marshal!

• Frank Georgalos
• Benny Jett
• Karen Luff
• Jennifer Mitchell

Click here to read the bios of each finalist and to cast your vote: https://ow.ly/v9ze50XozQf

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 21.

11/06/2025

Meeting Adjourned: An Evening with Spring Hill’s Former Mayors was so much fun to moderate! You can watch the full recording of the event at the following link: http://play.champds.com/springhilltn/event/1166.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the event!

10/23/2025

Best BOMA meeting ever!

During Monday night's BOMA meeting, Spring Hill resident Benny Jett was presented with a certificate of appreciation by the Board for his dedication to the community.

Coming up November 4, the Spring Hill, TN Historical & Genealogical Society will be hosting a forum with seven of the eight living former Spring Hill mayors, along with Mayor Matt Fitterer. Benny has played a major role in putting this event together and will serve as the moderator for the discussion.

Benny also took the time to shine the plaque on the outside of City Hall ahead of the event. Thank you, Benny, for all you do to give back to Spring Hill!

10/21/2025

Here lately I have been putting together an event called Meeting Adjourned: An Evening with Spring Hill’s Former Mayors and I decided to clean City Hall’s front plaque which states the names of two of my late friends, Naomi Derryberry and Billy Kinnard. The result? Me getting caught of guard with a Certificate of Appreciation from the City and forgetting how to do everything but breathe at tonight’s BOMA meeting. 😂 Watch the meeting video online and my actions will prove to you how caught of guard I was. Thank you so much to the Mayor, City Administrator, and all of our Aldermen for this certificate! There is going to be a new frame on my wall very soon.

10/17/2025

I am looking forward to moderating Meeting Adjourned: An Evening with Spring Hill’s Former Mayors! Be sure to mark your calendars for November 4th, 5:00pm-8:00pm, at Spring Hill’s City Hall and come learn about Spring Hill’s former leaders.

Next month, the Spring Hill, TN Historical & Genealogical Society will be hosting "Meeting Adjourned: An Evening with Spring Hill’s Former Mayors" in the Spring Hill City Hall Boardroom.

Seven of the eight living former Spring Hill mayors will be present at the event to talk and answer questions about their time as mayor in a forum. The forum will be moderated by SHH&GS, and there will be an open Q&A opportunity at the end for those in the audience.

The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the forum begins at 6 p.m. This is a free event and no RSVP is required.

10/12/2025

Have you been wondering how to join the SHH&GS? It’s simple! All you have to do is fill out the form below and mail it (with your membership dues) to the following address:

Spring Hill Historical & Genealogical Society (or SHH&GS)
c/o Michael Langley, Treasurer
210 Carter’s Creek Pike
Columbia, TN 38401

We look forward to having you as a member!

10/03/2025

We have officially printed and received our first quarterly journal! If you are a already a member of the society, we will have your quarterly journal in hand at this month’s gathering (October 7th) to give you. If you aren’t a member and interested in getting a copy, we have a few extra copies that can be sold for $7 each. (Feel free to comment, private message, or email us at SpringHillTNHGS@outlook.com if you would like to purchase one of our extra copies!)
We hope to see you at our October Gathering!

09/27/2025

Tomorrow I will be at the Spring Hill Public Library selling my book, Spring Hill, Tennessee Veterans! The Local Author Book Fair is going to be a blast and I hope to see you there!

09/23/2025

Next year is America’s 250th birthday! To commemorate the anniversary of America’s independence, we have many different things planned, one being a Spring Hill Cookbook. During the Homecoming ‘86 celebrations, Spring Hill put together a cookbook with help from many Spring Hill residents. Now, almost 40 years later, we are wanting to recreate that same process and enlist your help to compile a new commemorative cookbook. The cookbook will also feature old recipes from local historic cookbooks along with historical facts/information about Spring Hill throughout. Below is a form we have created to help you write down your recipes! Once you have filled out the form, you can either bring it to one of our monthly gatherings or mail it to us at the address below. We hope you can help us with this exciting project!

Spring Hill Historical & Genealogical Society (or SHH&GS)
c/o Michael Langley, Treasurer
210 Carter’s Creek Pike
Columbia, TN 38401