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Using Social History: Putting Your Family in Context
Monday, October 21
Using Social History: Putting Your Family in Context  (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Family History is more than just a pedigree chart. By recreating the story of your family using historical events and secondary sources, you keep the family alive, bringing the names and dates from the pedigree chart to life. The importance of using social history and places to look to help round out your story will be presented.

 

About Susan Kaufman:  Susan Kaufman is currently the Local History and Genealogy Librarian at the Peoria (IL) Public Library. Previously, her career positions included Manager of the Houston (TX) Public Library’s Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus and as a Reference Librarian at the Allen County (IN) Public Library Genealogy Center. She has had a 35-year career helping people find their family history.  

 
Within that career, she has been, and continues to be, active at the local, state and national level within the genealogical community. She served on genealogical society boards in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, and with the Federation of Genealogical Societies. In addition to her leadership service, Susan has been a presenter at many meetings, workshops and conferences, including RootsTech, and to local and state groups.  
 
Susan has been awarded the National Genealogical Society /ProQuest Filby award for genealogical librarianship; she is a Distinguished Fellow of the Texas State Genealogical Society, and a recipient of the Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award. She is a Past President of the Texas State Genealogical Society, and now serves as its Director of Education. Her career has been focused on preservation, education and promotion of library resources and services.  

 


Who's Your Mother's Mother: Tips for Finding Maiden Names
Monday, November 18
Who's Your Mother's Mother: Tips for Finding Maiden Names  (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
2:00 am
Virtual via Zoom
About Bill Buckner:  Supervisor of the Genealogy Center at the Waco-McLennan County Library, Bill Buckner has served as both TxSGS Awards Chair and as District 12 Representative since 2010. In 2000, Bill and the leaders of the Central Texas Genealogical Society launched the first annual Genealogy Lock-In. on the Friday in October, Family History Month. In 2011, Bill expanded the event state-wide as the Genealogy Network of Texas (GNT). Over the past decade, the event has encouraged thousands of family historians to avail themselves of resources at genealogy libraries and collections across Texas and beyond. In 2021, Bill and his team developed a virtual version of the GNT, providing a platform for libraries and societies to serve eight genealogy programs to their attendees in a virtual, in-person, or hybrid (virtual and in-person) format, as determined by the library or society. It was a lofty goal, but Bill and his team came up with a solution involving individualized web pages for each participating organization. Forty-three organizations participated: eight were in-person only events, sixteen were virtual only, and the rest were hybrid. Website analytics show that well over 1,300 attended the 2021 GNT event, with 7,465 total hits registered for the eight presentations.