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Bay Area Genealogical Society (TX)
Past Meetings
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Past
meetings
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Note: Historical attendance figures are now available by clicking here. (External links below might not still be working.) |
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| Jan. 28, 2011 |
Program: James Bevill
presented a visual journey through financial instruments
used by the Provisional Government of Texas (1835-186) and
how it relates to Texas gaining her independence from
Mexico |
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| Feb. 25, 2011 |
Program: Cary Hall
presented "Wanted Dead or Alive, the parents of Eli Hugh
Davis" |
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| Mar. 25, 2011 |
Program: Nick Cimino
presented "How to Trace Your Ancestors in Italy" |
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| April 29, 2011 |
Program: Gay Carter
presented "Who Knows...What Answers...Lurk on the
Internet?" An Adventure with 20th Century Research: a case
study showing the use of Internet resources used in
conjunction with traditional sources to resconstruct and
individual's story. |
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| May 27, 2011 |
Program: Anne Dunphey
Becker presented "Houston - "After the Civil War and
Before Oil - As Seen Throught Photographs" |
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| June 24, 2011 |
Program: Eric Sandifer
presented "Who Were the Hugenots?" Presented in period
dress - William Barrett Travis was a Juguenot descendant
as was David Crockett. |
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| July 29, 2011 |
Program: Linda Jamison
presented "The Orphan Trains" |
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| Aug. 26, 2011 |
Program: BAGS Annual Show
and Tell |
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| Sept. 30, 2011 |
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Program: Irene Walters presented "Researching Using Microfilm and Microfiche at Clayton Library" | ||
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Program: Bruce Lockette discussed his current marine salvage projects | ||
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Program: Dick Eastman presented "Putting the Genes in Genealogy" | ||
| Apr. 30, 2010 | Annual BAGS Demolition Day: Breaking down your
research “brick walls”. |
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| May 28, 2010 |
Program: Susan Kaufman presents “Unusual
resources...or...that is some cool stuff!” |
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| June 25, 2010 |
Program: Jerry Woodman presents "The Master
Genealogist - Don't be Intimidated" |
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| July 30, 2010 |
Program: Gay Carter, Reference/Documents
Librarian at the UHCL Alfred R. Neumann Library,
presents “Everything Old Is New Again: Electronic
Government Information and Genealogy” |
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| Aug. 27, 2010 |
Annual Show & Tell with Potluck Dinner |
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| Sept. 24, 2010 |
Program: Sue Yerby presents "That record
should exist, let's try the last resort, the FHC." |
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| Oct. 29, 2010 |
Program: Blaine Hedberg will discuss researching Norwegian ancestry | ||
| Nov. 13, 2010 |
BAGS Annual
Holiday Party |
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| Dec. 2010 |
No General
Meeting this Month |
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Program: Irene Walters presented "Using Newspapers to Flesh Out Your Genealogy" | ||
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Program: Kathryn Black Morrow presented "Migration Trails" | ||
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Program: Emily Croom presented "Not a Brick Wall Until..." and discussed extreme research techniques | ||
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BAGS Demolition Day | ||
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Program: Charlie Gardes presented "Meet Me at the Racoon Lodge: Researching in the International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records" | ||
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Program: Cary Lynne Hall presented "Using City Directories in Genealogy" | ||
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Program: Burton Chapman presented "History of Telephone Road from Year One" | ||
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Annual Show and Tell with Potluck | ||
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Program: Alecya Gallaway of the Galveston County Historical Commission presented "Ike, One Year After: An Update on Galvestion County and Status Reports on Genealogical Points of Interest" | ||
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Program: David Bowles, Texas Historian and Author, will share research techniques | ||
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BAGS Annual Holiday Party | ||
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No General Meeting this Month | ||
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BAGS
Charter Member Kathryn Black Morrow spoke on "Stories
from Local History: Ellington Field and Its
People." Kathryn recently had her book on Ellington Field
published. Visit her website for more info. http://kathrynmorrowresearch.com |
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Jim Nonus, a 5th generation "BOI" (born on island) Galvestonian, spoke on Jean Lafitte. His talk is titled "Laffite...A Lifelong Obsession." More information here. | ||
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Program: Trevia Wooster Beverly on "What You Don't Know About The Census" | ||
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Program:
“Demolition Day - Breaking down those brick walls
” Informal workshop for you to get assistance on your genealogy questions and problems. |
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Program: Bruce Lockett presented “Civil War Shipwrecks in East Texas Rivers” | ||
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Program:
Casey Greene on Galveston's Rosenberg Library
collections and history. Casey spoke on the Galveston and Texas History Center’s holdings and services of importance to genealogists. A variety of materials, including Galveston city directories, ship passenger manifests, tax records, property records, vital records (particularly mortuary and interment records), records of cemeteries and churches, and newspapers were reviewed. |
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Program:
"Scrapbooking your family history" By Cary Lynne Hall
Have you ever thought of Scrapbooking your family history? Members learned the basics of scrapbooking from a fellow genealogist, plus some tips and tricks. Click for Handout |
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Members Meeting / Show and Tell | ||
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Meeting canceled due to Hurricane Ike. | ||
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Program: Betty Crockford presented "Butch and Sundance - the Real Story with Outlaw Genealogy" | ||
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Munch and Mingle - Annual Holiday Gathering | ||
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No General meeting this month | ||
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“Cite Your Sources!”, Speaker: Gay Carter | ||
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Early Texas
History Found in Slave Trade Records by
Kathryn Black Morrow
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Harris County Archives, A review of County Holdings – Sarah Jackson | ||
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“General Sam Houston” -- James Hodges, Ph.D. | ||
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Ginny Toney spoke on “West Virginia History and Research” | ||
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Members Meeting / Show and Tell | ||
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Emogene Brummerhop spoke on "More Bay Area Roots by a Seabrook Native" | ||
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Alecya
Gallaway, Chairman of the Galveston County Historical
Commission “Past Reflections of a Watershed, A pictorial History of Clear Lake and Clear Creek” The story of the historic communities and resources that brought the people to settle the watershed from Friendswood to Galveston Bay. |
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Dick Warren
- "Bulletproofing your genealogy files and let your
computer be your friend!" Additional information files will be available after the meeting, see this page for links. |
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BAGS Annual Holiday Banquet | ||
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Lesley
Douthwaite, Assistant Manager at Clayton, "Passenger
and Immigration Records." (No electronic copy of handout was provided.) |
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“Migration
Trails and Using Maps”, Speaker: Bruce Krewinghaus
(No electronic copy of handout was provided.) |
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"Migration and Naturalization", Speaker: Marje Harris | ||
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Irene Walters spoke on “Searching Ancestry Plus and Heritage Quest”. | ||
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Charles H. Russell spoke on his book “Undaunted, A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas”. | ||
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Lesley Douthwaite spoke on “English Research”. | ||
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Emogene Brummerhop spoke on “Seabrook Happenings” | ||
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Members Meeting / Show and Tell | ||
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Clayton's resident database queen Irene Walters described how to "Make Your Genealogy Roar with WorldCat." | ||
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Lynna Kay Shuffield spoke on the "Value of Newspapers in Genealogical Research". | ||
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Emily Croom spoke on "Lost in 1890? -- What To Do When the Census is Missing". | ||
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Holiday Party -- Program: James Hodges, Ph.D gave a George Washington reenactment on "Against All Odds - Victory at Yorktown" | ||
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(No electronic copy of handout available.) | ||
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(No electronic copy of handout available.) | ||
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No meeting
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Land Records
and Deed Finding Aids by Tommy Burns.
Voted on bylaws change for
length of term for elected officers.
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The DNA Project and how
our members can benefit from contributing to the
DNA pool by Max
Blankfeld (click on title
for more details)
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Members Meeting / Show and Tell
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"American
Revolutionary
War Pensions" Kim Morton
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“German Research with Updates from Germany” Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski | ||
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“For the Settling of My Temporal Estate: Using Probate Records in Genealogy ” Emily Croom | ||
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Annual Holiday Party, no speaker | ||
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"New Materials for French Genealogy at Clayton"; HANDOUT | ||
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Robert
de
Berardinis and Marje Harris (Clayton Library
Manager). Their subject was on Genealogical
(Research) Problem Solving. They took problems from
the audience and showed how to solve them. (Guidelines handout)
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Supplementary
handout is available HERE
(Click below for biographical info) Margie Lowe and Genealogy Research using Native American Indian Records |
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Loretta "Tommy"
Burns -- Finding Aids
for our Confederate Ancestors
Handout |
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Irene Walters on
Researching in New York (Handout not available)
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Emily Croom presented
Timely Tools for Genealogists (electronic copy of
handout not provided)
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Speaker: Kathryn Black Morrow
on "Seeing What Isn't There; How to Ask Questions
as You Research" (No handout)
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Annual Member Show &
Tell.
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Installation of new
officers;
Program:
Robert de Berardinis -- "Using English Language
Finding Aids for Texas Research through the Civil
War" |
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(No electronic copy of handout available.) | ||
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Teri is the president of Chaparral Genealogical Society
in Tomball, TX. She shared information on how to
preserve photos, papers, certificates, and
more.
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Virtual Research: Beyond Data-Bases and GEDCOM files | ||
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HANDOUT -- Family History Center Resources | ||
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"Genealogy Research Using
Clayton's Online Databases", Karen Stanley (biography)
Handout
#1 Handout
#2 |
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(handouts not available electronically) | ||
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Don
Pusch :"The 1758-1759
Voyage of the French flûte Fortune, or
How I got lost in the French navy while researching
an east-Texas grandma."
HANDOUTS:
Presentation Slides (.pdf format) French Ships' Logs at Clayton (.pdf format) Bibliography(web page) |
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Bay Area Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 891447
Houston, TX 77289-1447
www.TxBayAreaGen.org
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