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Wednesday, October 23
National Archives: Seventh Annual Virtual Genealogy Fair (Special Event)
9:00 am to 3:00 pm YouTube
Viewers have the opportunity to participate with the presenters and other family historians during the live event on YouTube. All of the session videos and handouts will be available from this web page free of charge. Registration is not required. https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
Sessions (all times Central Daylight Time):
9:05 am Session 1 – Exploring History Hub for Genealogists and Researchers
10:00 am Session 2 – Preserving Personal Collections
11:00 am Session 3 – Immigrant Records: More Than Just Ship Arrival Lists
12:00 pm Session 4 – Using National Archive Records to Research World War I Naval and Marine Corps Records for Genealogical Research
1:00 pm Session 5 – Discovering and Researching Bureau of Indian Affairs School Records
2:00 pm Session 6 – The Homestead Act: Land Records of Your Ancestors
You can watch the sessions and download the materials at your convenience. Live captioning will be available online . If you require an alternative or additional accommodation for an event (such as a downloadable transcript or a sign language interpreter), please send an email to KYR@nara.gov or call 202-357-5260 in advance.
The sessions will be recorded and made available (with those from previous years) on YouTube. |
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Wednesday, November 6
Genealogy Association of Colleyville: Land Records (Other Society/Organization)
10:00 am to 11:00 am Colleyville Senior Center, 2512 Glade Road, Colleyville, TX 76034-4574
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Thursday, November 7
MCGS Meeting: Deciphering Old Handwriting (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Euless Police Department Training Room, 1102 W Euless Blvd. (Hwy. 10), Euless, TX 76040
Presenter: Pearl Dill
Pearl and her husband moved from Georgia to to Texas with their two small children in 1977. While living in Georgia, the push to get county history books published for all counties across North America had inspired her to start working on genealogy and her desire to complete the family study was strong. In 2003, after retiring from American Airlines, she resumed her research, taking several long road trips to visit courthouses, cemeteries and other dark corners in several states including Tennessee (her home state), Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Virginia, California, and Missouri. She also teaches genealogy classes to seniors at The REC in Grapevine.
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Thursday, November 7
Grand Prairie Genealogical Society: 16 Death Records that Will Bring Your Research to Life! (Other Society/Organization)
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Grand Prairie Memorial Library, 901 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75051
Presenter: Patti Todd Gillespie
Knowing where to look can sometimes be the most difficult part of research. This presentation is filled with stories and examples of the often unknown, unfound, and unused death documents
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Monday, November 11
Grapevine Namedroppers: Naturalization Records (Other Society/Organization)
10:30 am to 12:00 pm Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way, Grapevine, TX 76051
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Wednesday, November 13
Collin County Genealogical Society: Funeral Home Collections (Other Society/Organization)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, 2501 Coit Road, Plano, Texas.
Presenter: Ari Wilkins, Dallas Public Library |
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Wednesday, December 4
Genealogy Association of Colleyville: Show and Share Luncheon (Other Society/Organization)
10:00 am to 11:00 am Colleyville Senior Center, 2512 Glade Road, Colleyville, TX 76034-4574
Bring a dish and spouse/friend. |
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Thursday, December 5
MCGS Meeting: Annual Holiday Party (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Euless Police Department Training Room, 1102 W Euless Blvd. (Hwy. 10), Euless, TX 76040
Please note we will begin dinner promptly at 6:30 pm!
The Society will provide the meat. Members are asked to bring a favorite holiday dish to share, and an inexpensive (~$10) wrapped gift for our traditional Wright Family gift exchange.
We will also accept donations of nonperishable food items and clothing for 6Stones.org. List of needed items. |
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Monday, December 9
Grapevine Namedroppers: Show and Tell (Other Society/Organization)
10:30 am to 12:00 pm Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way, Grapevine, TX 76051
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Thursday, January 2, 2020
MCGS Meeting: Using the Power of Spreadsheets to Answer Genealogical Questions (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Euless Police Department Training Room, 1102 W Euless Blvd. (Hwy. 10), Euless, TX 76040
Presenter: Bernard N. Meisner, MCGS Webmaster
Learn how to import search results from Web sites into spreadsheets, use the spreadsheet’s built-in tools to format and manipulate the data, and process them to investigate possible group migrations and determine family relationships. Also learn how to sort dates of the form 10 May 1869, and overcome Excel’s inability to recognize dates earlier than 1900. Don’t have Excel? LibreOffice and OpenOffice are free alternatives.
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