2011 ANNUAL REPORT
STERLING C. ROBERTSON CHAPTER
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
WACO, TEXAS
Membership in the Sterling C. Robertson Chapter
increased from 149 to 158 this year.
The membership total resulted from 15 new members, 3 reinstatements, 5
losses due to death, and one resignation.
Monthly luncheon meetings were held jointly with
members of Waco’s George B. Erath Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas
(SRT.)
All Texas Honor Days were observed at the
appropriate meetings.
Programs during the year included: Jim Durst,
Texas Historical Commission; Rudy Ramirez, great-grandson of The Angel of
Goliad; Cynthia Beeman, Texas Historical Commission (Retired); Bill Buckner,
tour of the new West Waco Library and Genealogy Center; Larry Holtz, City of
Waco Information Director; Geri Hoover and family, Lincolnville, a community of
former slaves once located near Gatesville, Texas; and Dee Winter, FindAGrave
website, dedicated to recording burial locations and genealogical information. An interesting note about the Lincolnville
program – much of their research came from the DRT Library in San Antonio.
Monetary donations during the year included
memorials to the DRT Library, the DRT Alamo Fund, The Vision, San Jacinto
Museum, and the Mount Calm Library. Texas
flags were also donated to two local schools, and pictures of the Alamo were given
to two local school libraries.
Chapter members staffed a display at the annual
Texas State Genealogical Society Conference in Waco on 4-6 November 2010. Other chapter members gave presentations
to: the Bosque Valley Heritage Society;
7th graders in the Clifton schools; and 4th graders in
Valley Mills. Those presentations commemorated
the 175th Anniversary of Texas Independence during the week of March
2. The Texas Declaration of
Independence was printed on the back of the programs distributed to attendees
and students. Books about Texas Heroes and framed pictures of the Alamo were
given to local schools. Several
genealogy books were given to the Bosque County Collection in Meridian.
Lorena
Buster, President