FWGS's
2009 Summer Seminar
Featuring: Trevia Wooster
Beverly
TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY has served as a member of the Angelina College
(Lufkin, Texas) genealogy faculty since 1998.
She currently serves as a member of the annual San Jacinto Symposium,
is serving her 14th year on the Harris County Historical Commission, the
last seven as Secretary. Mrs. Beverly holds membership in the Country School
Association of America, and is working with the restoration and preservation
of Harris County’s oldest known, still existing one-room schoolhouse
(1893) through the Baytown Historical Preservation Association.
Mrs. Beverly has conducted seminars and workshops throughout Texas and
teaches genealogy classes in Houston. She is listed in several biographical
publications, including Who's Who In Genealogy & Heraldry. Past president
of the Texas State Genealogical Society (1984-1987), she co-founded the Houston
Genealogical Institute (1979-1981) and served as host chairman for Clayton
Library Friends for the 1994 National Genealogical Society Conference held
in Houston.
Mrs. Beverly has been published in the CLF Newsletter, the Houston
Genealogical Forum’s The Record, The French Genealogist, as well as
in other periodicals, and has compiled a series of Texas cemetery directories.
Her latest publication is Suffer the Children: A History of the Confederate
Orphanage at Baylands, Texas.
A native Texan, her interest in genealogy began with a ninth-grade English
project. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the
Genealogical Speakers Guild she also maintains active membership in a number
of archival, cemetery, historical, genealogical, library, and lineage
organizations.
Saturday, 1 August
2009
Save That Date!
Lecture Topics:
| 1. |
The Orphan Trains and Other Lost Babes — We’ll
look for the child apprentices, and orphans, as well as those 'branded' in
records such as fornication abstracts, bastard files, etc., and discuss adoption
records. |
| 2. |
Meet Mr. Draper & the Rev. Shane — Explore
the Draper and Shane Manuscripts, premier frontier collections. |
| 3. |
Women and their Records — Kings Daughters &
Casket Girls, Maides to Make Wives, America’s Witches, Soiled Doves,
and Those Harvey Girls. |
| 4. |
The Natchez Trace Papers — Housed at the University
of Texas. Records collected from Southern states, especially Mississippi. |
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Travis Avenue Baptist Church
800 West Berry Street
Fort Worth, Texas
Book Sale! - Seminar
Special
Lowest Prices Ever Seen! - One Day
Only!
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Here |
Google
Map
Driving
Directions
Seminar Site Map
Travis Avenue Baptist Church
Website
Pre-Registration $40.00 per person
Must be received by July 23rd
Pre-registration includes lunch.
Late registration (after July 23rd) or At the Door,
$45.00
Door
Prizes! -
Goodie
Bags!
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Vendors!
Seminar
Schedule:
8:15 am - |
8:45 am |
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Registration - Visit the Vendors
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8:45 am - |
9:00 am |
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Welcome - Introductions
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9:00 am - |
10:15 am |
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Lecture
Meet Mr. Draper & the Rev. Shane
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10:15 am - |
10:45 am |
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Break - Visit the Vendors
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10:45 am - |
12:00 pm |
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Lecture
The Orphan Trains and Other Lost Babes
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12:00 pm - |
1:15 pm |
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Lunch Break - Visit the Vendors
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1:15 pm - |
2:30 pm |
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Lecture
Women and Their Records
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2:30 pm - |
3:00 pm |
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Break - Visit the Vendors
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3:00 pm - |
4:15 pm |
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Lecture
The Natchez Trace Papers
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4:15 pm - |
4:30 pm |
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Closing remarks |
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For more information, the public and vendors may contact Don Crews or
Debbie Pearson.
| Don Crews |
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| Debbie Pearson |
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2009 Summer Seminar Committee |
| Don Crews |
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Chairperson |
| Ann Lefevre |
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Speaker & Accommodations |
| Roy Combrink |
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Finances |
| Elly Hutcheson |
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Syllabus and Vendors |
| Peggy Jones |
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Food |
| Debbie Pearson |
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Door prizes |
| Jim Norris |
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Name Tags |
| Crystal Barth |
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Registration Table |
| Jan Cowley |
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FWGS's Vendor Table |
| Rita Bryan |
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Speaker's Vendor Table |
| Janie Pace |
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Publicity |
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Register early!
Refunds will be made up to July 24th, less $5 handling fee. |
