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Welcome to

Galveston County

Genealogical Society

OUR PURPOSE

To promote interest in Genealogical research.
To preserve and disseminate local genealogical information through
publications, seminars, and workshops.

Contact: bdunquez@aol.com

MEMBERSHIP

                                       Membership is open to all persons with an interest in genealogy.
                                                      Annual dues, payable in May, are as follows:
                                                      Standard Annual Dues - $7.00 per person, or $10.00 per couple
                                                      Contributor - $15.00
                                                      Patron - $20.00
                                                      Life-time membership is $73.50

                                      To join, write:
                                                      Membership Chairman
                                                      Galveston County Genealogical Society
                                                      P. O. Box 1141
                                                      Galveston, TX 77553
                                     Or apply at a Society meeting.

MEETINGS

Meetings are held September through May on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
The meeting place is the Wortham Auditorium of the Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy, Galveston, Texas

PROGRAM AND HOSTS - 2007 - 2008

September 6, 2007 - Betty Ryman, Host - Speaker: Tincey Campbell - Topic - "Orphan Train Riders"
October 4, 2007 - Meeting will be held at Galveston County Historical Museum - The records will be available for researching..
November 1, 2007 - Doug and Linda McBee, Hostess – “Confederate Soldiers Buried in Galveston Cemeteries”
December 6, 2007 - Christmas Party - Pelican Club
January 3, 2008 - Yolanda Hinojosa – “Combining 2 Hobbies – Genealogy and Photography”
February 7, 2008 - Sylvia Moore – Speaker - Allison Barker – “How to write your story for your grandchildren”
March 6, 2008 - Betty Dunquez – Julia Dunn - “Hebert Funeral Home Records”
April 3, 2008 - Bill Heer
May 1, 2008 - Herman and Connie Taube

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

1. Lakeview Cemetery Records, Volume I. 1887 - 1908 - Pages 412 (No longer available)

2. Lakeview Cemetery Records, Volume II. 1908 - 1917 - Pages 374

3. Lakeview Cemetery Records, Volume III 1917 - 1929 - Pages 370

4. Early Death and Legal Records From Joseph Franklin's Diary and John Griffin's Sexton Records - Published 1990by the Galveston County Genealogical Society, it is 254 pages not including the index.
        The first part of the book is devoted to Joseph Franklin's two-volume manuscript (79-0035). They include the years 1828 (while Texas was a Republic) to 1908. Joseph Franklin was a lawyer from 17 March 1879 until his death, at the age of 76, on 18 November 1908, buried in Galveston, TX. The type of record he recorded in his personal diaries are death, power of attorney, and general information.
        The second part of the book is in the manuscript file entitled "Galveton City Sexton" (52-003-52-0121) and covers the years 1847 though 1851. There are eighty-eight items in this manuscript and they include scattered burial records reported by City Sexton John Griffin.
        There is an each name index.

Cost of each book is $15.00 plus $3.50 shipping and handling. ALL SALES ARE FINAL

To order, send a request with payment to the Galveston County Genealogical Society at P. O. Box 1141, Galveston, TX 77553.

Galveston County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1141, Galveston, TX 77553

Webmaster: Betty Hendricks Dunquez
bdunquez@aol.com