Meetings, Prior

Angelina County (Texas) Genealogical Society

Meetings - Prior Years

Meetings for 2009
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
26 January (Library is closed for MLK day on 19th - 3rd Monday)	LaWanna Lease Blount, PhD	Genealogical Studies at Akamai University
16 February	Carol Mathis	History of Quilts
16 March	Flo Pearson and Fred Preston	Review of Googling Your Family Tree by David Lynch
20 April	Jonathan Gerland, Director	History Center in Diboll, Resources for Research
18 May	Flo Pearson	New Publications of ACGS
6 June, come and go between 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Free workshop
15 June	Bill Dixon, President of the Trinity Co. Genealogical Society	Tips on Reading Old Handwriting
20 July	Canadian TV show, Ancestors in the Attic	DVD presentation of an episode in which research assistance for a Smith County slave family was provided by Debbie Parker Wayne, ACGS member, and Sam and Sherry Kidd, East Texas State Genealogical Society President and Secretary
17 August, come and go between 1:00 and 6:30 p.m.	Free workshop	Refreshments provided
21 September	Vivian Cates	Getting Organized
19 October	Jim Barrett	DNA Testing for Genealogist
16 November	June Moffett	Free Genealogy Web sites
21 December	Lufkin Bar-B-Q, 6-8 p.m.	Installation of Officers Dutch Treat Dinner

Meetings for 2008
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
28 January (Library is closed for MLK day on 15th - 3rd Monday)	Sue and Charley Randleman	Mrs. Randleman, Director of Kurth Memorial Library, will present her family and work history. Her husband, Charley, will discuss his military history.
18 February	Rev. Bettie Kennedy	A dramatic interpretation of an historical black woman in honor of Black History month.
17 March	Flo Pearson	"New Society Books" followed by a Question & Answer session
21 April	Bob Bowman	The Forgotten Towns of East Texas
19 May	Mary Thornton	Cemeteries of Angelina County
16 June	Vivian Cates	Courthouse Research
21 July	JoAnn Chastain, Angelina County Clerk	Angelina County Clerk's Office Records
18 August	Sharon Sergeant on DVD	The Misha Defonseca Holocaust Fraud
15 September	Cancelled due to Hurricane Ike
20 October	Howard Walker, local historian and narrator	Video of 1990 of the society "field trips" to all four of the Angelina County seats
17 November	Debbie Parker Wayne, http://debbiewayne.com/	Using the BLM-GLO Web site
15 December	Lufkin Bar-B-Q, 6-8 p.m.	Installation of Officers Dutch Treat Dinner

Meetings for 2007
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
22 January (Library is closed for MLK day on 15th - 3rd Monday)	Ben Pyle	Pyle, An Early Greek Civilization Family
19 February	J. (Jennings) Neal Naranjo Ph.D	Some History About American Money
19 March	Fred Preston	Using Online Research and the Preston Ancestry
16 April	Carla Karbowski Clifton	Angelina County USGenWeb
21 May	Linda Reynolds, Digital Projects Librarian, Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU)	Genealogical Research at the East Texas Research Center
18 June	Dr. Beatrice Clack, Biotechnology Professor at SFASU	DNA and Genealogy Research
16 July	Dyson Nichols	Texas and the Civil War
20 August	Sherry Wallace, Hospice Administrator, A Pineywoods Home Health Corp.	Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
17 September	Debbie Parker Wayne	GATTA GACC: DNA and Genetic Genealogy
15 October	David Gordon	Bird Calls and Genealogy
19 November	Ellen Pyle	Harper Family Post Cards from the 1930's and 40's
17 December	Lufkin Bar-B-Que 6-8 p.m.	Installation of Officers Dutch Treat Dinner

Meetings for 2006
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
23 January (Library is closed for MLK day on 16th - 3rd Monday)	Carolyn Ericson	History we can learn from Cemeteries
20 February	Joe Ericson	"Ebb and Flow - Causes of Migration of our Ancestors"
20 March	Kenneth Skillern	"The DAR Markers on the El Camino Real"
17 April	Marge Kirkland	"School Days in the Moffitt Community"
15 May	Carolyn Ericson	"Information from Military Records"
19 June	Dr. Joseph Devine	"Survey of the American Family"
17 July	Harry Noble	Grant received by San Augustine Co. to digitize records
21 August	Trent Squyres	"The Shootout at Homer"
18 September	Jonathan Gerland of the Temple Archives in Diboll	Record Preservation
17 October, Tuesday (NOT MONDAY) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 606 Bending Oak, Lufkin	FHC Staff	Use of the LDS Family History Center (FHC)
20 November	Wilton Killam	History of Education in Angelina County
18 December	Golden Corral (U.S. 59 south of the south loop in Lufkin)	Installation of Officers Dutch Treat Dinner

Meetings for 2005
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
10 January (Library is closed for MLK day on 17th - 3rd Monday)	Captain Andy Wilson	Precursors of the American Flag
21 February	Gen. Orren R. Whidden	U.S. Position: National Security
21 March	Judge Joe Ned Dean, District Attorney, Trinity County, Texas	"Trinity County Family Heritage"
18 April	Georgia Bradberry	"Deep Roots in East Texas of the Mott and Williams Families"
16 May	Jack R. Irish	Genealogy of a Goliad Massacre Survivor (That Enabled Milton Irish to Escape)
20 June	TBD	TBD
18 July	TBD	TBD
15 August	Martha E. Jones, President, Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS)	Texas Heritage and the TSGS
19 September	Margie Kirkland	"The Stranger Who Came For Christmas"
17 October	Sheriff Kent Henson	Angelina County's Response to Katrina and Rita Presentation begins at 5:00pm followed by business meeting
21 November	Ben Pyle	New Limb for the Pyle Family Tree
December 19, 6:30 pm Golden Corral Restaurant Hwy 59 South		Installation of Officers Dutch Treat Dinner

Meetings for 2004
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
26 January	Ben and Ellen Pyle	Woodlake Homestead Project
16 February	Joe Pyle	Genealogy Lessons Learned
15 March	Vivian Cates	Does Your Lineage Leak
19 April	Sherman Collins	When and How Families Get Crosswise
17 May	Debbie Parker Wayne	Using Heritage Quest Online Census
21 June	Mary Griffin	Video - Thomas Jefferson
19 July	Tom Gann	Ignatious Nathan Gann's (1759-1839) Farm and its Relationship to Other Historical Figures
16 August	Bob Bowman	"Historic Murders of East Texas" including several murders in Angelina and Trinity counties
20 September	Gary Borders, Publisher of The Lufkin Daily News	"The First Editorial Killing in Texas"
18 October	Jonathan K. Gerland, Director of The History Center, Diboll, TX	Steam In The Pines: A History Of The Texas State Railroad
15 November	Scott Fitzgerald, District 7 Representative, Texas State Genealogy Society	Family Treemaker Genealogy Program
6 December, 6:30 pm Private Meeting Room at Golden Corral on US 59 just south of the loop in Lufkin		Installation of 2005 Officers, Individuals pay for their own meal; in lieu of a gift exchange donations can be made to the Ora McMullen Room of the Kurth Memorial Library

Meetings for 2003
Meeting date	Speaker	Topic
13 January 2003 (Second Monday instead of the normal third Monday)	R. L. Kuykendall	How To Do Oral Histories
17 February 2003	Bettie Engram Kennedy Local author, artist and speaker.	Her Family Genealogy
17 March 2003	Bob Bowman	"The Mystery of Lady Bountiful" (his latest book)
21 April 2003	Bettie Engram Kennedy	Sojourner Truth
19 May 2003	Margie Kirkland	Discusses her new book Humason Heartbeat: The Story of a Dynamic Family
16 June 2003 At Golden Corral, directions above.	Karen Mitchell	Historical Geography Taken From Angelina County Cemeteries
21 July 2003 At Golden Corral, directions above.	Jimmy Tinkle	Early Lufkin Area Physicians
18 August 2003 At Golden Corral, directions above.	Debbie Wayne	Genealogical Training Courses
15 September 2003	Ruth Delvige	The Texas Riverman: His Life and Adventures on the Local Rivers of Angelina, Sabine, Neches and Trinity
20 October 2003
17 November 2003
1 December 2003, 6:00 pm Presbyterian Church on Janeway		Installation of 2004 Officers, Covered Dish Supper and gift exchange

Meetings for 2002
Meeting date and place	Speaker	Topic
14 January 2002 (Second Monday instead of the normal third Monday)	Beth Huber, ACGS Vice President	Things learned at the 2001 Texas State Genealogical Society Conference in Tyler
18 February 2002	Bob Ham	The Melungeons
18 March 2002	Mrs. Virginia "Dee Dee" King, Mr. Clayton Arnold, and Mr. Herschel Brennan	Mrs. King will speak on the Trinity County Web Site, and website set up in general. Also an overview by Mr. Arnold, Chairman of the Trinity County Historical Commission, and Mr. Brennan, who heads up Preservation.
15 April 2002	Ed Shelton, Compatriot, Chapter Historian of the Lt. Nathan Gann Chapter, Texas Society of The Sons of the American Revolution	Presents a video on "George Washington, Man or Monument" by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
20 May 2002	Mrs. Maurine Parker	Researching our Female Ancestors
17 June 2002 Meeting will be held at The Golden Corral Restaurant south of the Lufkin Loop on U.S. 59.	Gregory Sanches, Public Relations spokes-person for the Texas Department of Public Safety	The Civil War
15 July 2002 Meeting will be held at The Golden Corral Restaurant south of the Lufkin Loop on U.S. 59.	Ben Pyle	The Role of the Pyle Family in America
19 August 2002	Debbie Wayne	1930 U.S. Federal Census and Finding Aids
16 September 2002	Dr. Bobby H. Johnson	The Frontier Experience
21 October 2002	John W. Wilkins	A Look From The Top Of The Mountain Election of 2003 Officers
18 November 2002	Dr. Alan Skinner of Dallas Noted and very entertaining lecturer on the subject of history and archeology speaking on	"The Archaeological History of Parents and Grand Parents in North Texas"
2 December 2002 Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church		Installation of 2003 Officers, Covered Dish Supper and gift exchange
Meetings for 2001
15 January 2001, 6pm Presbyterian Church on Jane Way Street in Lufkin	In Honor of John W. Wilkins	Covered Dish Supper (Mexican Food) will be served around 6 PM. Regular meeting will follow the Supper and Program
19 February 2001	Mrs. Maurine Parker	Peter Sides, the great warrior in her family
19 March 2001	Mr. Sam Griffin, Sr.	"Techniques and Investigations of Genealogy"
16 April 2001 6:30 PM at the BRAND NEW Library		we will honor all our past presidents
21 May 2001	Charles and Nancy Hamilton	their research findings
June 18, 2001	Mary & Sam Griffin	their extensive research on the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, and his family, which includes two wives and sixteen children.
16 July 2001	Doug Bradbury	where and how he researches
20 August 2001 Kurth Memorial Library - Children's Depot Area	Terri Boomer New Director of Kurth Memorial Library
17 September 2001	Ross Thomas	A Visit to the Holy Land
15 October 2001	Dickie Dixon	"The Great Rat Killing Contest of 1929" 2002 Officer recommendations from the Nominating Committee
19 November 2001	Members Panel	Question and Answer Session with Topics to include genealogy and computers, Election of officers for 2002
2 December 2001, 6:00p.m Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church		Installation of 2002 Officers, Covered Dish Supper and gift exchange
Meetings for 2000
Meeting date and place	Speaker	Topic
21 August 2000	Mr. Woody Gann	"A Pictorial Walk through Lufkin as it was in 1909". Members and guests attending will receive a pictorial booklet.
18 September 2000	Ms. Rachel Galan, Assistant Director of East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin University	Milliards Crossing
16 October 2000	Mrs. Nedra Foster	Surveyor in the Big Thicket
20 November 2000	Mrs. Virginia Rigby, Director of East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin University
4 December 2000, 6pm Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church		Installation of 2001 Officers, Covered Dish Supper and gift exchange

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