Who's Your Mother's Mother: Tips for Finding Maiden Names (MCGS Monthly Meeting)
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.