Full editions follow - The contents listed below are only a
partial listing and do not include committee articles,
calendar, or the president's columns. To read the entire
issue, just click on the month.
Listed with
most recent first; click on a previous year to get
to the final (December) edition of that year.
2010 --- 2009 --- 2008
--- 2007 --- 2006
--- 2005 --- 2004
--- 2003
Editions prior to
Sept 2003 are not online
February 2012 (1276 KB)
- Friday, February 24, 2012 - Irene Walters
presents "A Nation of Immigrants: U.S.
Naturalization and Genealogy"
- Memoriam
- National Archives research videos,Black History
resources, January program recap
- National
Archives Online Public Access, Magna Carta
- (insert) Houston Family Search Conference registration
and lunch order forms
January
2012 (971 KB)
- Friday, January 29, 2012 - Thomas Bruce Green
III presents "Flags of Texas"
- FREE Houston Family Search Conference
- Quick References, Genealogy Playing Cards
- Ancestry.comTip, Space Shuttle Recordation, Phone
Cameras
- (insert) Houston Family Search Conference
registration and lunch order forms
December
2011 (2078 KB)
- No General Meeting This Month
- U.S. Service Branch Resource, German Resources
- Food for Thought, Mac Software
- Holiday Party Pics
November
2011 (2098 KB)
- Saturday, November 19, 2011 -- BAGS Annual
Holiday Party
- BAGS TSGS Awards
- DNA Testing Basics In A Nutshell
- DNA Testing Resources
- (Insert) Map to the Party
October
2011 (1029 KB)
- Friday, October 28, 2011 -- Jane Buck
presents "New Avenues in Genetic Genealogy"
- Preparing for the 1940 U.S. Census Release
- TSGS Conference Update
- BAGS Display Complete, Holiday Party Details
- (online only) BAGS Library Display Pictures
September
2011 (1698 KB)
- Friday, September 30, 2011 -- Deborah Cole
presents Tips & Tricks from the 2011 FGS
Conference
- Show & Tell Items & Advice
- TSGS Conference Update
- Mocavo
- (inserts) TSGS Flyer, BAGS Membership
Application,and BAGS Display Contribution Form
August
2011 (2098 KB)
- Friday, August 26, 2011 -- Annual Show and
Tell with Potluck Dinner
- Orphan Train Ancestor Resources, Membership
- Free Genealogy Classes, Thank You to Our
Supporters, New Officers
- TGSG Fall Conference Details
- (online only) Show and Tell Items
- (inserts) TSGS Flyer, BAGS Membership
Application, BAGS Display Contribution Form, Painted
Churches Bus Tour Form
July 2011 (1609 KB)
- Friday, July 29, 2011 -- Linda Jamison
presents "The Orphan Trains"
- New Civil War books, Texas City Centennial
Resources, Huguenot Resources, Memoriam
- 101 Best Websites, Appalachian Region, BAGS
Officer slate, Hurricane Preparedness
- TGSG Fall Conference Details
- (online only) New Member & Last Month's
Speaker Pictures
- (inserts) Dr. Arlene Eakle Seminar Registration
Form, TSGS Flyer, BAGS Membership Application,
BAGS Display Contribution Reg., Painted Churches Bus
Tour Reg
June 2011 (1079 KB)
- Friday, June 24, 2011 -- Eric Sandifer (in
period dress) presents "Who Were the Huguenots?"
- New Members, Memoriam, Houston History, Scotland
Resources, Civil War 150th Resources
- Library Display, Receiving Tribal membership
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
- (inserts) Dr. Arlene Eakle Seminar Registration
Form, BAGS Membership Application
May 2011 (777 KB)
- Friday, May 27, 2011 -- Ann Dunphy Becker
presents "Houston - After the Civil War and before
Oil
- As Seen Through Photographs."
- Case Study, Civil War, Blogs, and Railway
Passenger Lists
- Research Tips, Hurricane Preparedness, and BAGS
Bylaws Changes
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
- (insert) Dr. Arlene Eakle Seminar - Registration
Form
April 2011 (1156 KB)
- Friday, April 29, 2011 -- Gay Carter presents
“Who Knows...What Answers...Lurk on the Internet?
An Adventure with 20th-Century Research”
- Mocavo.com Resource, U.S. State Archives
- BAGS Library Display
- Ancestry.com Civil War News, Preservation, Italian
Research
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
March 2011 (617 KB)
- Friday, March 25, 2011 -- Nick Cimino presents “How to Trace
Your Ancestors in Italy"
- Software Reviews, Immigration Records
- Family History Center Locations
- Digitizing Photos, U.S. Civil War 150th
Anniversary
- Finland Research Resources
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
February
2011 (1496 KB)
- Friday, February 25, 2011 -- Cary Hall presents “Wanted Dead
or Alive, the Parents of Eli Hugh Davis"
- Researching Maiden Names
- Indian Trail Marking; Tidbits from last month's
program
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
- (online version only) Registration Forms
for: Proving Ancestral Residence in the
Republic of Texas Seminar, and Modern Military
Records Seminar
January
2011 (764 KB)
- Friday, January 28, 2011 -- James P. Bevill
presents “Behind the Battle: Financing the Texas
Revolution"
- Consider a Conference, Land Records Research Notes
- Harris County Archives Volunteer Project, German
Root Guide
- Local Area Events, Conferences, and Classes
- (online version only) Baytown Seminar Registration
Form
December 2010 ( 1010 KB)
- No Monthly Meeting
- Memoriam, DNA Testing, Preserving Family Keepsakes
- BAGS Quarterly, Research Guidance, Archaic Medical
Terms
- Local Area Events and Classes
November
2010 ( 1653 KB)
- Saturday, November 20, 2010 -- BAGS Annual Holiday
Party at Hope Village Tea Room
- BAGS TSGS Awards, Facebook, Google Translator,
Baltic Resources
- Norwegian Research Resources
- (online version only) October Meeting Pictures
- (Insert) Map
to the Party
October
2010 ( 1173 KB)
- Friday, October 29, 2010 -- Blaine Hedberg will discuss
researching Norwegian ancestry.
- Memoriam for Constance “Connie” Ogden
- 3 New Beta FamilySearch.org & Local FHCs, 4
Free electronic resources at FHCs
- Annual Holiday Party Invitation
- (online version) BAGS Freeman Library Display
September
2010 ( 1262 KB)
- Friday, September 24, 2010 -- Sue Yerby presents
"That record should exist, let's try the last
resort, the FHC."
- New York State Newspaper Resource
- Show & Tell Program, BAGS Library Display,
& Generous Supporters
- (online version) Show & Tell Program photos
and Insert: Irish are Coming...Back!
August
2010 ( 966 KB)
- Friday, August 27, 2010 -- Annual Show & Tell
with Potluck Dinner - Public Invited. Join us at
6:30pm for potluck dinner and the meeting begins
at 7pm.
- Government Resources, Members Assistance
- Surnames Our Members Are Researching
- Inserts: BAGS Membership Registration form and The
Irish Are Coming Back! . . . Registration Form
July
2010 (709 KB)
- Friday, July 30, 2010 -- Gay Carter presents
"Everything Old is New Again: Electronic
Government Information and Genealogy".
- Texas Archives, Research: Can You Help?
- TMG, Research Progress Report
- Surnames Our Members Are Researching
June 2010 (703 KB)
- Friday, June 25, 2010 -- Jerry Woodman presents
"The Master Genealogist - Don't Be Intimidated"
- Cool and Unusual Stuff
- Surnames Our Members are Researching
- New Clayton Hours
May 2010 ( 802 KB)
- Friday, May 28, 2010 -- Susan Kaufman with
Clayton Library presents " Unusual Resources . . .
or . . . That is Some Cool Stuff".
- Clayton Library's significant manuscripts and
online databses
- FamilySearch new record collections
- Emily Croom Seminar Summary
April 2010 (1487 KB)
- Friday, April 30, 2010 -- Annual BAGS
Demolition Day: Breaking down your research
"brickwalls"
- Emily Croom Seminar Map
- Genealogy Gadgets and Fitness Quiz
- Missouri and Puerto Rico Research Aids, Liendo
Plantation Trip
- The Cradle Tour
March 2010 (768 KB)
- Friday, March 26, 2010 -- Dick Eastman
presents "Putting the Genes in Genealogy"
- Emily Croom Seminar, Native American Research
Resources
- Family History Library Free Online Classes, 1930
Census
- Dick Eastman Seminar in Houston
- Emily Croom Seminar in Texas City
- February
2010 (699 KB)
- Friday, February 26, 2010 -- Bruce Lockett,
Director of Texas Archaeology Study Association,
presents "Current Marine Salvage Projects"
- 2010 Census is Coming!
- Creatively Sharing Family History
- WWI Draft Card Images
- Dick Eastman Seminar in Houston
January
2010 (862 KB)
- Friday, January 29, 2010 -- Irene Walters,
from Clayton Library for Genealogical Research,
presents "Researching using Microfilm and
Microfiche at Clayton Library"
- Bill Teas Memoriam
- Timelines and Maps Research Strategy
- Updated Census Images
- Dick Eastman Seminar in Houston
December 2009 (1794 KB)
- No Meeting this month - next general meeting
is on Friday, January 29, 2010
- Tyrrell Bus Trip, DAR Online Resources
- Resource News You Can Use
- Tyrrell Bus Trip Pictures in online version only
November
2009 (806 KB)
- Saturday, November 21, 2009 -- BAGS Annual
Holiday Party
- New Members, BAGS TSGS Awards, Google Timeline
View
- BAGS Research Award
- Map to Holiday Party
- BAGS Award Entry Form and Guidelines
October
2009 (641 KB)
- Friday, October 30, 2009 --
- National Archives: New Digital Holocaust
Collection & Proposed Regulation
- Galveston Museums & Library Recovery News
- Tyrrell Historical Library
September
2009 (625 KB)
- Friday, September 25, 2009 -- Alecya Gallaway
of the Galveston County Historical Commission
presents "Ike: One Year After: an Update on
Galveston County and Status Reports on
Genealogical Points of Interest"
- New Members, Society Bylaw Changes and Annual Show
& Tell
- The Portal to Texas History, Angelina College
Genealogy Conference Report
- Free Classses; Using Safe Passwords
- Membership Registration Form
- Online Extra
August 2009 (641 KB)
- Friday, August 28, 2009 -- Annual Show &
Tell with Potluck dinner
- New Members and Membership Information
- New Free Online Resources
- Member Spotlight, Thank You, Surnames Research
- Membership Registration Form
- Online Extra
July 2009 (673 KB)
- Friday, July 27, 2009 -- Burton Chapman
discusses the eclectic history of Telephone Road
in Houston
- New Members, Member Research
- Heritage Quest vs. Ancestry.com Comparison
- City Directories
- Membership Registration Form
- Online Extra
June 2009 (509 KB)
- Friday, June 26, 2009 -- Cary Lynne Hall
presents "Using City Directories in Genealogy"
- New Members, Member Research
- Research Award, Free Conference
- General Meeting Potluck Dinners
May 2009 (559 KB)
- Friday, May 29, 2009 -- Charlie Gardes
presents "Meet Me at the Racoon Lodge"
- Member Research
- Demolition Day Gems
- Online Extra
April
2009 (517 KB)
- Friday, April 24, 2009 -- Demolition Day
- Member Research
- Research Articles
March 2009 (468 KB)
- Friday, March 27, 2009 -- Emily Croom
presents "Not a Brick Wall Until..."
- New Members, Member Research
- Research Articles
- Online Extra - Photos
February
2009 (719 KB)
- Friday, February 27, 2009 -- Bruce Lockett
presents "Last of the Mound Builders"
- New Members, Member Research
- Library of Congress News and Mount Olivet Update
- Online Extra - appears only in online version
January
2009 (440 KB)
- Friday, January 30, 2009 -- Irene Walters
presents "Using Newspapers to Flesh out Your
Genealogy"
- African American Resources, Research Assistance
- Member Research, Historical Context
- December
2008 (420 MB)
- No Meeting this month - next general meeting
is on Friday, January 30, 2009
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project
- Research Help & News
- Genealogy Software Review Resources
- Clayton Digitization Project & Programs, U.S.
Census 2010
- November 2008
(546 KB)
- Friday, November 21, 2008 -- Munch and Mingle
Holiday Party
- Research Question
- Welcome New Members
- What Our Members are Researching
- Holiday Party
Invitation
- Photo from October 2008 display at Freeman
Memorial Library
- October 2008 (546 KB)
- Friday, October 24, 2008 -- Betty Crockford
presents "Butch and Sundance - The Real Story with
Outlaw Genealogy"
- Post Hurricane Ike News
- Welcome New Members and In Memorium
- What Our Members are Researching
- Appreciation for Our Financial Supporters
- Holiday Party
Invitation
- A Thank you
- September
issue
was
cancelled due to Hurricane Ike
- August 2008 (1,204 KB)
- Friday, August 28, 2008: Annual Show
and Tell
- New Members & Research Articles
- BAGS Membership Research
- Basic Genealogy Workshop Registration Form
- Pictures for the July 2008 Program: Scrapbooking
Your
Family Historyavailable online
- July
2008 (623 KB)
- Friday, July 25, 2008: Cary Lynne
Hall presents "Scrapbooking Your Family
History"
- BAGS Membership News
- Answering Your Research Questions
- Clayton Library and other Area Events
- Pictures for the BAGS Scrapbook available online
- June
2008 (644 KB)
- Friday, June 27, 2008: Casey Edward
Greene presents "Trimming the Family Tree:
Genealogical Sources in the Rosenberg Library"
- Kudos to Mary Brandhorst!
- Notes: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
- Answering Your Research Question
- Clayton Library and other Area Events
- What Our Members Are Researching
- Sampling of old Galveston Photos available online
- May
2008 (623 KB)
- Friday, May 30, 2008: Bruce Lockett on
"Civil War shipwrecks in East Texas rivers."
- Commentary on "Demolition Day" from the President,
Resa Hennings
- Demolition Day Questions and Answers
- Post event report on Rose Seminar
- Photos from Rose Seminar
- April
2008 (598 KB)
- Friday, April 25, 2008: DEMOLITION DAY
- Breaking Down those “Brick Walls”
- Member Spotlight
- Membership Report (now at 177)
- In Memoriam - Emogene Hoot Brummerhop
- "DATA, DOOR PRIZES, FRIENDS AND FUN" by
Alice-Braud Jones
- "Library Corner" by Kim Zrubek
- Local & Area Events
- FREE Master Genealogists SIG
- Clear Lake Association of Senior Programs
(CLASP)
- Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society
- Clayton Library Programs
- Insert (appears as pages 9 &
10 in the online edition):
- Christine Rose Seminar, May 3, 2008 - description
and advance registration form
- March
2008 (687 KB)
- Friday, March 28, 2008: Trevia Wooster
Beverly presents What You Don't Know About the
Census
- 5-Generation Charts Can Be Helpful! by Shirley
Robbins
- Yearbook Photos Are Needed by Neil Miserendino
- "Library Corner" by Kim Zrubek
- Local & Area Events
- FREE Genealogy Workshop April 19
- Clear Lake Association of Senior Programs
(CLASP) “My Hero: General Sherman” by Betty
Crockford
- Clayton Library Programs
- Insert (appears as pages 9 &
10 in the online edition):
- Christine Rose Seminar, May 3, 2008 - description
and advance registration form (Note
that a better selection of form formats is
available on the BAGS website Seminars Page.)
- February
2008 (673
KB)
- February 29, 2008: Jim Nonus presents Laffite...A
Lifelong Obsession
- Another Side to the Laffite Story
- Welcome To Our New Members
- "Library Corner" by Kim Zrubek
- BAGS Cookbook
- Insert (appears as pages 9 &
10 in the online edition):
- Christine Rose Seminar, May 3, 2008 - description
and advance registration form (Note
that a better selection of form formats is
available on the BAGS website Seminars Page.)
- January
2008 (913
KB)
- January 25: Kathryn Black Morrow
presents Stories from Local History: Ellington
Field and Its People
- "Writing Your Family History" Class
- Local Cemetery Transcriptions
- Welcome To Our New Members
- "Library Corner" by Kim Zrubek
- Events Calendar, Trips, Local & Area Events
- Antiques Round Table
- 2008 Genealogy Fair in Sugar Land
- NSDAR Genealogist Lynne Brooke speaking at the
Clayton Library Friends General Meeting
- History Club
- The Master Genealogist SIG
- Insert: Christine Rose Seminar, May 3, 2008 -
description and advance registration form (Note that a better selection of form
formats is available on the BAGS website Seminars Page.)
- Some photos from the December 2007 Holiday Party.
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- December 2007
(1.1 MB)
- December 7th: 7th Annual BAGS Holiday Banquet
- Let BAGS Help You Make Research Connections!
- Congratulations to Melodey Mozeley Hauch
- Research Assistance Available at the Moore
Memorial Library
- Membership Services - Future Workshops by Shirley
Lindquist
- Clayton Library Programs
- Events Calendar, Trips, Local & Area Events
- Houston Genealogical Forum / Hispanic
Genealogical Society: Records of Early Texas
1717-1835 Seminar
- DAR Workshop Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 10:00
am
- Genealogy Computer Programs Thursday, January
10, 2008 at 2:00 pm
- Christine Rose Seminar, May 3, 2008 - description
and advance registration form
- Ancestors of Billy Bob Terrell submitted by
Christina Ronshausen Terrell
- November
2007 (591 KB)
- November 16th Program: “Bullet Proof Your
Genealogy: Making Friends With Your Computer -- an
Introduction to Automated Computer Backup and
Protection” -- presented by Dick Warren
- “Bless Us, Every One” 7th Annual BAGS Holiday
Banquet
- NARA Increases Reproduction Fees - by Alice
Braud–Jones
- Reflections on the Mayflower Compact (Thanksgiving
– More than a Holiday) - by Dick Warren
- BAGS Bulletin Board
- More BAGS Tote BAGS are available
- BAGS Wants to Put YOU in the Spotlight!
- Attendance Report by Jeanine Lawrence
- Membership - Tammy Frey, Registrar
- Preservation Tip of the Month by Becky Schipper,
from the Fort Wayne Library
- Treasurer Report
- Ancestors of Nancy Maynard Irle
- October
2007 (989KB)
- October Program: “Reflections of a Watershed:
A Pictorial History of Clear Lake and Clear Creek”
-- presented by Alecya Gallaway
- Writing About Your Family History by Susie Ganch
- The BAGS Quarterly needs your help! by Susie Ganch
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery Project - Update by Neil
Miserendino
- BAGS 2007 - 2009 Officers (Photo & Names)
- Historical Japanese and Native American settlers
- September
2007 (2.3 MB;
dial-up downloads will be longer than normal because
of the large file size)
- September Program: “More Bay Area Roots by a
Seabrook Native” -- presented by Emogene Hoot
Brummerhop
- Items and Stories Shared at the August 2007 Show
& Tell
- 2007 Freeman Library Exhibit – “Our Women
Ancestors”
- Welcome New Members!
- Officer Election Results
- Basic Level Beginning Genealogy Workshop
Registration Form
- Historical Kemah Photos
- August
2007 (1.1 MB)
- August Program: “Annual Show & Tell” --
presented by BAGS members; officer elections
- "Genealogy for Kids"
- "Our Women Ancestors": BAGS Display at Freeman
Library
- Clayton Library's New Internet Death Records
Database
- Texas State Genealogical Society 2007 Conference
- BAGS 2008 Seminar Announced
- Basic Level Beginning Genealogical Workshop
- BAGS Board Election
- Ancestors of Leona Merrell Jared
- Photos from previous BAGS
exhibit at Freeman Library
- July
2007 (700 KB)
- July Program: “West Virginia History and
Research” -- Ginny Toney
- August is BAGS “Show and Tell” Meeting Dick Warren
- "Basic Genealogy Workshop" by Shirley Lindquist
- BAGS Display at Local Libraries by Shirley
Lindquist
- "Get Help with Your Genealogy Research: Anecdotes
from Previous Bus Trips" by Mary Martin, County
Coordinator
- "Mt Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project – Status
Report" by Alice Braud-Jones
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas
- At the Libraries...
- Ancestors of Eric William Hennings
- Famous West Virginians
- June
2007(1.44MB)
- June Program: “My Heroes: The Code Talker and
the Commandant” -- Alice Braud-Jones
- “In Search of Unknown Generations” - Angelina
College Genealogy Conference
- “Clayton Town Crier”
- Genealogy Research at Federal Depository
Libraries?
- Gems from Genealogists
- Ancestors of Laura Belle Roberts
- Navajo Code Talker Photos
- May
2007 (606 KB)
- May Program: “Natural Disaster Preparedness”
-- Susan Kaufman, MLIS
- Gems from Genealogists
- BAGS Cemetery Transcription Project Progress --
Alice Braud-Jones
- Did Your Family Pass Through Nova Scotia? -- Rose
Mary Fritz
- Items of interest --
- Traveling This Summer?
- What's New at Clayton
- Ancestors of Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz
- April
2007 (643 KB)
- April Program: “General Sam Houston” -- James
Hodges, Ph.D.
- BAGS Cemetery Transcription Project -- Alice
Braud-Jones
- Items of interest --
- NIGR Director Brings Research Tips to Texas
- BAGS Buys a Paver
- BAGS Cookbook by Claudia Grafton
- Ancestors of Edith Elizabeth Almond
- March
2007 (936 KB)
- March Program: “Harris County Archives – A
Review of Holdings” -- Sarah Canby Jackson
- Seminar to feature genealogical speaker Claire
Mire Bettag, CG, CGL
- Items of interest --
- BAGS Brags
- Beginning Genealogy
- Nominations
- Recommended Seminars
- NARA Proposed Fee Increase
- Ancestors of Sharon Childers Alderman
- February
2007 (1.06 MB)
- February Program: “Texas History in Slave
Trade Records” -- Kathryn Black Morrow
- Genealogy Cruise Conference -- Resa Hennings
- FamilySearch Indexing (FSI) -- Doug Wilson
- Items of interest -- BAGS tote, Yearbook
distribution, Kudos
- Ancestors of Laresa Kay Evans
- Photos of Friendswood exhibit
- Inserts -- Information sheet & Registration
form on the 2007 Seminar.
- January
2007 (734 KB)
- January Program: “Cite Your Sources!” -- Gay
Carter
- Information to members related to voting on
changes to the BAGS Articles of Incorporation.
- Items of interest -- Beginning Genealogy class
(Feb 17) and monthly meeting on The Master
Genealogist (starts Jan 20)
- Ancestors of Mary Thornton Olsen
- Ballot on Articles changes
- Inserts --
- Information & Registration form on the 2007
Seminar.
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- December 2006 (714 KB)
- December Meeting: Holiday Dinner Party.
Program: "Against All Odds - Victory of Yorktown,
Summer 1781” A Tribute to George Washington's
Leadership – James Hodges
- Quarterly Report – Interview/Reunion Resources -
Susie Ganch
- Want Ads & BAGS Brags
- BAGS Featured in Friendswood Library Display
- Gems from Genealogists -- PERSI
- Ancestors of Pauline Hartsfield Ohsie
- Insert -- Information on the 2007 Seminar.
- November
2006 (1.08 MB)
- November Meeting: "1890 Census Substitutes" –
Emily Croom
- Researching Western Massachusetts -- Mary Martin
- National Gravesite Locator -- submitted by Neil
Miserendino
- New Members -- Shirley Lindquist
- Bockstruck Tips to THAGS and BAGS -- Alice
Braud-Jones
- U.S. Newspaper Program – Texas -- Neil Miserendino
- DAR Library Presentation by BAGS VP at Friendswood
Public Library
- Ancestors of Michael DeWitt McCown
- Inserts --
- BAGS Holiday Banquet Flyer
- Information on the 2007 Seminar.
- October
2006 (928 KB)
- October Meeting: "The Value of Newspapers in
Genealogical Research" Lynna Kay Shuffield
- Family Tree Maker Workshop Report
- Library Exhibit: BAGS Salutes the Military
Service of Our Ancestors -- Shirley Lindquist
- IGHR Registration Begins -- Alice Braud-Jones
- Texas State Library Renovation -- Tracy Kuhn
- Ancestors of Barbara Fox Stanley
- September
2006 (621 KB)
- September Meeting: “Make Your Genealogy Roar
with WorldCat” Irene Walters
- Family Tree Maker – Design, Part 2 – by Dick
Warren
- Reports Overview
- Different Reports
- Customizing Reports
- "It Sounded So Easy" by Linda Carrington
- "BAGS Quarterly" by Susie Ganch
- FTM workshop
- Ancestors of Constance Myers Ogden
- August
2006 (822 KB)
- August Meeting: Members' Show & Tell and
Recording Family History plus Potluck supper
- Family Tree Maker – Design, Part 1 – by Dick
Warren
- Charts Overview
- Different Types of Charts
- Ancestors of Mary Springer Pearson
- July
2006 (664 KB)
- July Meeting: “Seabrook Happenings” Emogene
Brummerhop
- Family Tree Maker – Search, Part 4 – by Dick
Warren
- Overview of Search Results,
- Successful Search Tips, and
- How to Merge
- Family Tree Maker Workshop on September 30
- Ancestors of Shirley Hoppe Lindquist
- June
2006 (719
KB)
- June Meeting: “English Research” Lesley
Douthwaite
- “Family Tree Maker – Search, Part 2 – Star ranking
in Pedigree View” by Dick Warren
- In Memorium
- "Fascination with Family History" by Connie Ogden
- 2007 Workshop
- Ancestors of Carole Lynn O’Neal
- May
2006 (729 KB)
- May Meeting: “Undaunted – A Norwegian Woman
in Frontier Texas” Charles H. Russell
- “Family Tree Maker – Search, Part 1” by Dick
Warren
- BAGS Hosting FTM Workshop – Dick Warren
- “Can-Do Year” Loren Martin
- Ancestors of Gloria Smith Dupuy
- Memorial Day History
- April
2006 (607 KB)
- April Meeting: “AncestryPlus and Heritage
Quest” Irene Walters
- “Family Tree Maker” by Dick Warren
- Marje Harris Retires as Clayton Library Manager
- Ancestors of Gustav Homann
- March
2006 (781 KB)
- March Meeting: “Migration and Naturalization”
Marje Harris
- Briefs:
- Online Survey of Research E-Genealogy
- Online Access to ArchiveGrid
- Everton Research Retreat
- HGF Mini-Seminar
- "Flea Market Rescue" by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak
- Ancestors of Edward James Dworsky
- February
2006 (844 KB)
- February Meeting: “Migration Trails
and Using Maps” Bruce Krewinghaus
- "Samford IGHR" by Alice Braud-Jones
- "Fourteen Ways to Find a Maiden Name"
- "BAGS to be Included in PERSI"
- Sixth Annual Battle of San Jacinto Symposium
- Ancestors of Shirley Van Vlierden Robbins
- January
2006 (577 KB)
- January Meeting: “Passenger and
Immigration Lists” NOTE: The speaker for
January changed after the newsletter was
produced. Lesley Douthwaite, Assistant
Manager at Clayton spoke instead of Marje Harris.
- New Internet Publication -- Reviewed by Trevia
Wooster Beverley
- “Texas Stand to Arms!”
- Sunday Meeting Alternate
- The “GLO” Returns!
- Ancestors of Tina Medlin-Chatham
- December 2005 (972 KB)
- December
Meeting: Holiday Party “Home for the Holidays”
- "Irish Research, A Timely Topic" by Alice
Braud-Jones
- BAGS Quarterly Update from Susie Ganch
- "... and At a Really Good Price" - Forum
Magazine - submitted by Alice Braud-Jones
- Ancestors of Oletia Booker Teas
- November
2005 (634 KB)
- November
Meeting: "For the Settling of My Temporal Estate:
Using Probate Records in Genealogy" with Emily
Croom
- BAGS Annual Holiday Dinner Party by Claudia
Grafton
- "Hurricane Help" Society of Southwest Archivists
- "Chasing our Tales, Thanksgiving on Plymouth Rock"
by Hattie Axtell (Howland) McKinley
- Ancestors of Renee Ambermann (Ball)
- October
2005 (718 KB)
- October
Meeting: “German Research with Updates from
Germany” with Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski
- "A Final Note" by Neil Miserendino
- Annual Holiday Dinner Party Planning (Dec 16)
- Ancestors of Renee Amberman (Ball)
- New Officers Sworn In
- September
2005 (693 KB)
- September
Meeting: “American Revolutionary War Pensions”
with Mr. Kim Morton
- "George Washington's Family Tree" by Neil
Miserendino
- BAGS Officers-Elect 2005-2007
- "A VERY FOND FAREWELL" by Claudia Grafton
- Special notice on BAGS meeting venue
- Ancestors of Alice Wynn Braud (Jones)
- Members Offer a “Show & Tell” Time Experience.
- August
2005 (837 KB)
- August Meeting:
Member Show & Tell and Potluck Supper
- "Reference Guides to Newspapers" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Texas Pioneers Honored" by Bill Teas
- Ancestors of Darwin Lee Gilmore
- "From Polly's Kitchen"
- July
2005 (1.6 MB, dial-up
downloads will be longer than normal because of the
large file size)
- July Meeting:
"The DNA Project" with Max Blankfeld
- Election of Officers for 2005-07
- "Reference Guides to Newspapers" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Why Volunteer?" by Susie Ganch
- Ancestors of Emma Lou Cline (Gilmore)
- Photos from Roy Hellen's retirement reception
- June
2005 (1.16 MB)
- June Meeting:
“Library Resources as Finding Aids for
Genealogists” with Marje Harris
- "Introduction to City Directories" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Posting of Queries" by Leo Waltz
- Ancestors of Pauline Jual McGinnis (Wilson)
- May
2005(620 KB)
- May Meeting:
Using Maps in Genealogy with Emily Croom
- "Texas Land Grant Search" by Neil Miserendino
- "French-Canadian Research" by Richard Eastman
- "Harris County Archives" by Judy Henderson
- Ancestors of Paula Ann Hoskins (Sinning)
- April
2005 (895KB)
- April Meeting:
“Land Records and Deed Finding Aids” Loretta
“Tommy” Burns
- "Topographic Maps" by Neil Miserendino
- "BAGS Website Activity" by Leo Waltz
- Amendment to BAGS Constitution and Bylaws
- "Thanks for the Memories"
- Ancestors of Harriet Jane Axtell (McKinley)
- March
2005 (631KB)
- Cancellation of
March meeting
- Freeman Library Exhibit "Genealogy is..." – March
2005
- "How Do You Spell Your Name?" by Neil Miserendino
- "The Restoration of Sandy Point Cemetery" by
Melodey M. Hauch
- Ancestors of Ronald G. Cox
- February
2005 656KB
- February
Meeting: Second Annual Question & Answer
Session “Finding Aids: Around and Through Those
Brick Walls” Marje Harris and Robert de Berardinis
- "When WAS That Photo Taken?" by Neil Miserendino
- Amendment to BAGS Constitution and Bylaws
- "Jasper Redden McCoy" by Alice Braud-Jones
- Ancestors of Lynda Kay Clegg (Cox)
- January 2005 Two versions available:
Very
Compact Version for dial-up users 290KB (The graphics are
of low resolution in this version and not recommended
for printing. This version is for those just wishing
to read the text.)
Standard
version 953KB
- January
Meeting: Writing Your Family History – Beginning
with the Box “From Overwhelming Junk into a
Written History”
- "Identifying Photographs" by Neil Miserendino
- "2004 BAGS Holiday Celebration" by Linda Goerland
- Seminar -- Using Genealogical Records by Dick
Warren
- Ancestors of Betty Ann Cook (Little)
- December 2004(1.2MB)
- December
Meeting: “Yuletide Memories” Annual Holiday Dinner
Party
- "Filling in Life's Details" by Neil Miserendino
- "Seems Like Old Times" by Doug Wilson
- Ancestors of Jacqueline Kubaneck (Wittschen)
- November
2004 (597KB)
- November
Meeting : Gay Carter: “Follow the Yellow Brick
Road: Tools for Planning a Successful Research
Trip”
- "Too Busy for Genealogy During the Holidays" by
Neil Miserendino
- "My First Trip to the Clayton Library" by Mary
Martin
- Freeman Library Display Update - Shirley Lindquist
- Ancestors of Margaret Campbell McLaren (Mitchell)
- October
2004 (649KB)
- October Meeting
: Gayle L. Sandstedt-Workman on “The Birth of the
Railroads in the United States”
- "What Can You Get For Free?" (part 2) by Neil
Miserendino
- Ancestors of Marvin Leroy Salter-Nottbohm
- September
2004 (587KB)
- September
Meeting : Robert de Berardinis on “Using English
Language Finding Aids for Texas Research through
the Civil War”
- "What Can You Get For Free?" (part 1) by Neil
Miserendino
- "Harris County Archives Project" by Judy Henderson
- Ancestors of Sue Ann Johnston (Knippa)
Following are the 2003-2004 BAGS year
editions. (The BAGS year runs from September to
August.)
- August 2004
(730KB)
- August Meeting:
“Show & Tell” and “Pot Luck”
- VA web site for National Cemeteries
- "Requesting American Military Records" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Continuing Learning Opportunities for
Genealogists" by Alice Braud-Jones
- Ancestors of Dorothy Jean Griffiths (Crabb)
- July 2004
(944KB)
- July Meeting:
Kathryn Black Morrow will speak on “Seeing What
Isn’t There; How to Ask Questions as You Research”
- "Origin of Surnames - Patronymics" by Neil
Miserendino
- Scrapbooking Class - Doug Wilson
- Message to the Houston Area Genealogy Community
from Mic Barnette
- Ancestors of Marilyn Sue Atkinson (Ganch)
- June 2004
(861KB)
- June Meeting:
Emily Croom will present “Timely Tools for
Genealogists”
- "MARY SMITH FAY" by Rosanne Allen Frazier
- "Research Aids: Newspapers in Genealogical
Research" by Neil Miserendino
- Ancestors of Diane Tofte (Kropp)
- High Resolution Version 1421KB (for best graphics of the Mary
Smith Fay painting)
- May 2004
(635KB)
- May Meeting:
Irene Walters will present “Researching in New
York”
- 2004 BAGS Proposed Bylaw Amendments
- Ancestors of Mary Louise Leonard (Martin)
- April
2004 (654KB)
- April Meeting:
Loretta "Tommy" Burns will present “Finding Aids
for our Confederate Ancestors”
- "Research at the Library of Virginia" (why I
switched on my way to the National Archives) by Dick
Warren
- "Do you have a time capsule?" by Neil Miserendino
- Indiana Offerings
- Ancestors of Kathryn Rosanne Allen (Frazier)
- March 2004
(948KB)
- March Meeting:
Margie Lowe will present “Genealogy Research using
Native American Indian Records”
- "BAGS Members Visit Salt Lake City" by Doug Wilson
- "Research in Canada" by Neil Miserendino
- Ancestors of Mary I. Drummond (Brandhorst)
- February
2004 (725KB)
- February
Meeting: Robert de Berardinis & Marje Harris
will present a Program on Genealogical Research
Problem Solving
- "Locating Your Ancestor's Ship" by Neil
Miserendino
- Ancestors of Loren Kemp Martin
- January
2004 (983KB)
- January
Meeting: Robert de Berardinis will present “New
Materials for French Genealogy at Clayton”
- "Genealogy Research in Ireland" by Neil
Miserendino
- Request from Clayton Library Friends
- Ancestors of Judyth Anne Hix (Henderson)
- December
2003 (1034KB)
- December
Holiday Party Eric and Glenda Sandifer: War
Between the States
- The Black Sheep in the Family by Neil Miserendino
- "Genealogy Research in Pennsylvania" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Chretien Point Plantation" by Eric Sandifer
- Ancestors of Eleanore Jean Edens (Vohtz)
- November
2003 (894KB)
- November
meeting: "The 1758–1759 Voyage of the French
flûte Fortune, or How I got lost in the
French navy while researching an east-Texas
grandma"
- "Genealogy Research in Virginia" by Neil
Miserendino
- "Further Notes on Gazetteers" by Sue McCown
- Ancestors of Bonnie Elizabeth Morris (Conrad)
- October
2003 (937KB)
- October
Meeting: Marje Harris will present "Stepping Back
in Time – Problem Solving"
- Photos: Carolyn Hellen receives plaque "In
recognition of your dream for a genealogy society
having come true, we are grateful for your
dedication, leadership, and tireless efforts in
forming the Bay Area Genealogical Society."
- "Give to Get" by Neil Miserendino
- "Genealogy Research in Tennessee" by Neil
Miserendino
- Ancestors of Nina Pauline Connelley
- September
2003 (784KB)
- September
Meeting: Karen Stanley will present "Genealogy
Research Using Clayton's Online Databases"
- From the Founder & Past President -- Carolyn
Traweek Hellen
- "Odds and Ends" by Neil Miserendino
- "Genealogy Research in Louisiana" by Neil
Miserendino
- Ancestors of Glenda Irene Brown
Earlier editions are not available electronically and
will not be put online.
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