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Bay Area Genealogical Society
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2009-20010 President: Tina Medlin-Chatham
click here to email our President


BAGS Cookbook now available  
Application for membership (revised 6/22/2009)
The main purpose of the Bay Area Genealogical Society is education. It is our desire to create, foster and maintain interest in genealogical research through the education of people of all ages. 

We intend to -- 

    - hold classes so people of all ages can learn how to research;
    - offer a support system for beginners to help them along the way; 
    - have our members participate by sharing their knowledge;
    - promote speakers that can teach us new methods and ideas.
We plan to share this information with others through our monthly Newsletter, with open seminars, and through our Quarterly.


Announcing
Annual Research Award
sponsored by BAGS



The Bay Area Genealogical Society (BAGS) will sponsor an annual cash award of $250 to encourage new research in Texas history and family history. Entrants must be Texas residents.  Papers submitted must be new, previously unpublished research or family history, completed no more than two years prior to deadline.  The length of the paper may vary from 10 to 25 pages of text, single spaced.  Attached pedigree charts, family group sheets, photograph pages, the index, bibliography and any other addenda do not count as text pages. All sources used in the paper must be completely documented according to accepted research standards, and the paper must contain a surname index and a bibliography or list of sources. BAGS reserves the option to publish the paper in its Quarterly and/or its Newsletter, either online or in print, one time.  BAG’s option to publish will not infringe upon the author’s right to full publication later. As per copyright law, all photographs, artwork, charts or design elements created by another person must include the original author or artist’s information and permission to use.

Submissions will be accepted from September 1st to December 1st of each calendar year. All entries for this year must be postmarked on or before December 1, 2009. Late entries will not be accepted. Three typed, single spaced copies must be mailed to the BAGS Secretary during that time frame at: Bay Area Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 891447, Houston, TX 77289-1447.

 No entries may be handed to any member or officer of the organization for submittal. Each entry will be blind reviewed by the Award Selection Committee, which will be made up of members of the Bay Area Genealogical Society Board of Directors and Committees.  A copy of the entry form with the author’s name, address and contact information must accompany all submitted work.  No name, address or contact information should appear on any page of the three submittal copies.  The BAGS Secretary will remove the names as the entries are submitted and assign a number to each entry for the Award Selection Committee’s review.  The award will be presented at a ceremony at the March BAGS meeting, and the winner must attend this meeting to receive his or her award. The winner will also be required to present the paper at a scheduled BAGS meeting.

 Members of the BAGS Board of Directors or Award Selection Committee, their spouses and children may not apply for the award while they are seated officers or committee members. A complete list of the guidelines and an entry form may be found by clicking on the link below.
 
click here for award guidelines and entry form

PROGRAM INFORMATION
See the upcoming programs in the Meetings section below and find the programs previously presented on the Past Meetings page.
Visit the Members Information Page

The Member Information Page is updated frequently and contains information other than meeting programs which are below on the current page. 
An additional page shows seminars, workshops and conferences.

Events Calendars


TRIPS
All trips depart from
Clear Lake Community Association and Recreation Center at 16511 Diana.
Depart 9 am with return approx 4 pm 
All dates except November 18th *see note below
Call Mary Martin at 281-332-2435
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 *see note below Tyrrell Historical Library
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Clayton Library
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Clayton Library
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Clayton Library

 
*On Wednesday, November 18th, we will go to the Tyrrell Library in Beaumont, TX .  The library does not have a snack room so we will make plans to have lunch at a local restaurant.  For this trip only, we will depart the Clear Lake Community Association and Recreation Center at 16511 Diana Street at 8:15 a.m. and leave the library in Beaumont at 3:15 p.m..  The Tyrell Library is in a beautiful historical building that was once the First Baptist Church. 
click here for the link to the library
click here to go to a 10 page document listing the Archival Collections at the Tyrrell Historical Library

 
EVENTS
Dick Eastman is Coming

Mark your calendars, Dick Eastman will visit BAGS on March 26th to present a program entitled "Putting the Genes in Genealogy". Mr. Eastman is the founder of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (www.eogn.com) providing daily postings, a discussion forum, and genealogy bookstore for printed material (by state or country), software and equipment. See our meeting table below for more!
 

TSGS 49th Annual Conference

The Texas State Genealogical Society will present it's 49th Annual Conference "Genealogy with a Mission," in San Antonio, Nov. 6-7, 2009 at the Colonnade Omni Hotel. The 2 day event will be co-hosted by the San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society in celebration of their 50th year. 

Friday Sessions will feature Texas cultural genealogy sessions, Partner Society sessions, mini round table discussions and Lone Star APG Roadshow. Author David Bowles will speak at the Awards Banquet Friday evening. 

Featured Speaker Saturday will be Craig R. Scott, CG, whose topics will be; Researching Colonial Wars, Colonial Land Records, Researching Your Mexican War Ancestor, and Treasury Records-Follow the Money. 

Opportunities for research in San Antonio include the downtown public library, the DRT library on the Alamo grounds and the 16,000 volume San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society Library. 

Early registration deadline is Oct. 19. For more information call 210/342-5242 or visit the TSGS web site at www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs or the SAG&HS site at www.rootsweb.com/~txsaghs2 . 
 
For other events and classes, visit the Seminars page.
Upcoming meetings are listed below.

 
MEETINGS
Meetings are held at University Baptist Church (UBC)
16106 Middlebrook Drive
Houston, TX 77059 (Clear Lake City)
Upcoming meetings --- 2009


 

Saturday, Nov. 21st
Annual Holiday Party at The Hope Village Tea Room in Friendswood. 
RSVP by Nov. 11th to Kim Zrubek. Click here to see the complete invitation.
Monday, Jan. 25 BAGS Board* Meeting at 6:30pm


Friday, Jan. 29th
Speaker: Irene Walters
6:30 pm for coffee and socializing; meeting begins at 7 pm
Monday, Feb. 22 BAGS Board* Meeting at 6:30pm

Friday, Feb. 26th
Speaker: Bruce Lockett
6:30 pm for coffee and socializing; meeting begins at 7 pm
Monday, Mar. 22 BAGS Board* Meeting at 6:30pm

Friday, Mar. 26th
Speaker: Dick Eastman will present "Putting the Genes in Genealogy"
6:30 pm for coffee and socializing; meeting begins at 7 pm
* Members are encouraged to attend the Board Meetings, 
normally held on the Monday preceding the General Membership Meeting.

Read notes from our founder & past President



2009 - 2011 Elected Officers

President (click to email) Tina Medlin-Chatham
1st Vice President Claudia Grafton
2nd Vice President (click to email) Susie Ganch
Recording Secretary Mary Martin
Corresponding Secretary 
(click to email)		 Lynn Finger 
Treasurer (click to email) Bill Mayo
Registrar (click to email) Tammy Frey 
Current BAGS Officers
Tammy Frey, 
 Lynn Finger, and Mary Martin

Mailing address:

Bay Area Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 891447
Houston, TX 77289-1447
















































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