Skirts and Skirmishes – Finding Pensions for Widows by Paula Perkins
Nearly all your ancestors were eligible for military service. Finding records, pensions, citizen files, enlistment, and draft registrations can easily be located in the digital age. Veterans, widows and heirs made claims creating a wealth of information for genealogists. Migration patterns, children, births, death and marriage records can be proved. Exciting facts and discoveries are just waiting to be discovered in these records!
About Paula:
Paula is a proud 6th generation Texan, involved in family history research for over thirty years. Her interest in family history began as a young girl when her parents took her to visit elderly “cousins” along with her maternal grandmother sharing stories and letters of family history. She is a genealogical consultant, lecturer, and genetic genealogist.
She currently serves as a Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) District I Representative and Chair of their DNA Committee. She is the Editor of the eNewsletter for the Collin County Genealogical Society and is a Past President for both the Collin County Genealogical Society and the Navarro County Genealogical Society. She is a FamilyTreeDNA volunteer administrator of the following projects: Orphan Train & CCGS, and the Perkins, Cook, Fitch, Glaze DNA Surname projects.
Paula has served in many capacities for genealogical societies and libraries. Paula authored several articles in genealogical and historical journals, appeared on radio and television. Paula has spoken at TxSGS annual conferences, presented educational genealogical topics statewide and in multiple southern states.
She served on the Texas Heritage Online user group with the University of North Texas and the Texas State Library; has previously served as Executive VP Lectures/Fundraising for the Dallas Genealogical Society, Peters Colony Historical Society President, and Executive VP of Clayton Library Friends.
Paula was appointed multiple terms to serve on the County Historical Commission’s Cemetery and Historical Marker committees. She is a TXGenWeb Project County website creator and Coordinator. She has successfully accomplished research in Northern, Southern, and National U. S. repositories. Paula is a former Adjunct Instructor for Genealogy Houston Community College and Past Coordinator and Presenter for the Dallas, Texas, local PBS station community outreach program in conjunction with the PBS series “Ancestors.”
If you are a member of MCGS, you will receive an email including details of the link to the meeting. If you are not a member and would like to attend Paula Perkins's presentation "Skirts and Skirmishes – Finding Pensions for Widows," email webmaster@txmcgs.org for details on how you can participate.
