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CLAYTON LIBRARY MANAGER TO SPEAK AT OCTOBER MEETING

 

The Bay Area Genealogical Society is fortunate to have Marje Harris, Manager of Clayton Library, the genealogical research unit of the Houston Public Library, as guest speaker on October 26th. Her talk will be Stepping Back in Time - Problem Solving.

 

Not only is Marje Harris knowledgeable, having obtained an MLS (Master of Library Science) from Texas Woman’s University and a BA in Library Science/Education from the University of North Texas, she is an entertaining speaker.  Her credentials are varied, from certified Genealogical Records Searcher, to teacher at Rice University’s continuing education program and Houston Community College.

 

Ms. Harris continues her personal education by taking classes from the National Genealogical Society, the Institute for Genealogical Research, the Houston Genealogical Institute, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and she has completed the genealogical Home Study Program through the National Genealogical Society.

 

Her interest includes many patriotic and hereditary societies. She is a member of Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Magna Carta Dames, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.

 

Ms. Harris has worked for the Houston Public Library for twenty-seven years and at Clayton Library for twenty-two years.  She is qualified to speak on any genealogy subject and on the Clayton Library.  She has spoken on Colonial Records of Virginia; Introduction to Research in England; Afro-American Research; Immigration, Naturalization and Migration; Civil War Research; Probate Records; Research in Texas During the Time of Spain and Mexico; Migration Trails; Military Records; Problem Solving Techniques and many more topics.

 

The meeting is open to the public and will be held at University Baptist Church, 16106 Middlebrook Drive in Clear Lake City at 5:00 on Sunday afternoon, October 26, 2003.  The Society now boasts of more than two hundred members. If you are a beginner it will help you get started, if you are experienced it will help you overcome brick walls.  For more information about the meeting or the society call Dick Warren 281-461-1472.