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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

OFFICES 2009 - 2010

President - Betty Hendricks Dunquez
Out Going President - Pat Cook Thorn
First Vice President - Dana B. Huoni
Second Vice President - Open
Secretary - Valencia Reyes Nelson
Treasurer - Rosalyn E. Akers

2009 - 2010 Board
To be announced

MEMBERSHIP

                                       Membership is open to all persons with an interest in genealogy.
                                                      Annual dues, payable in May, are as follows:
                                                      Standard Annual Dues - $10.00 per person, or $15.00 per couple
                                                      Contributor - $20.00
                                                      Patron - $25.00
                                                      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 will be announced until the meeting rooms in the Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy, Galveston, Texas
have been repaired.

PROGRAM AND HOSTS - 2009 -2010

September 3, 2009
October 1, 2009
November 5, 2009
December 3, 2009 - Christmas Party
January 7, 2010
February 4, 2010
March 4, 2010
April 1, 2010
May 6, 2010

                                                               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

© June 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 to present by Galveston County Genealogical Society

This page was last updated on 30 July 2009