Jane Gibson Nardy is a founding member of, and serves as Historian for, the Cashiers Historical Society. Nardy is a professional Genealogist, a National Speaker, and author, co-author, and coeditor of many essays, articles and books including “Cashiers Valley”, “Historic Tales of Cashiers”, and “The Cashiers Area - Yesterday, Today and Forever”. Nardy is also a direct descendant of the Zachary founding family of Cashiers Valley.

• Cashiers Valley in 1877 (Jan Nardy, 2007)
• A House to Remember (Jan Nardy, 2005)
• The Dr. Van Epp House - Winner of the Cashiers Historical Soceity's Second Annual Village Heritage Award
  (Jan Nardy, 2005)
• Alexander Garden (Jan Nardy, 2003)
• The School House History (Jan Nardy, 2006)
• William Norton’s Daughters and the Bushwhackers (Jan Nardy, 2006)