Spotlight on TSGS Partner Societies
Amarillo Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
2171, Amarillo, TX
79189-2071
Angelina County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 150631, Lufkin,
TX 75915-0631
Arlington Genealogical Society, c/o Cherry Willimas, 1000 Rocky Canyon Rd, Arlington, TX 76012-4121
Atascosa County Genealogical Society, Library Inc. P.O. Box 93, Poteet,
TX 78065-0093
Austin Genealogical Society, P. O. Box
10010, Austin, TX
78766-1010
Bay Area
Genealogical Society, P.O.
Box 891447, Houston TX 77289-1447
Web site: www.TxBayAreaGen.org
This society has 186 members and was organized in 2001. Resa Hennings is the current president and she can be reached at
281-326-4936 or email resa@resa.us. The society meets on the last Friday every
month at 6 p.m. at University Baptist
Church (Clear
Lake City)
in Houston. The publish a monthly newsletter and a quarterly in
December, March, June and September. Many of their members volunteer at Clayton
Library which is open to the public Monday through Saturday. They are currently
transcribing the stones for 6,000 graves at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Galveston Co. Members are
also contributing family recipes with personal anecdotes for a Heritage
Cookbook to be published. The society will sponsor an all-day seminar in the
spring of 2008.
Brazos Genealogical Association, P.O. Box 5493, Bryan,
TX 77805-5493
Burnet County Genealogy
Society, c/o Herman Brown Library, 100 E. Washington, Burnet, TX 78611-3114
Camp County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1083, Pittsburg,
TX 75686-3083
Cass County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 880, Atlanta
TX 75551-0880
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txcass
This society was organized in 1973 and currently has 107
members. Patsy Livingston can be
contacted at 903-796-2107 or forpines@attglobal.net for information. The
society meets the second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at Horne Enterprises,
intersection of 77 and 43 in Atlanta.
They support the Cass County Family History Room at the Atlanta Public Library,
101 W. Hiram in Atlanta. They
provide volunteers for the room when the library is open Monday 10 – 8;
Tuesday through Friday 10-6 and Saturday 10-2.
Central Texas
Genealogical Society, Inc. c/o Waco
Public Library, 1717 Austin Ave.,
Waco, TX 76701-1794
Chaparral
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
606, Tomball, TX
77375-0606
Cherokee County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1332, Jacksonville
TX 75766-1332
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txcherok/
Organized in 1976 this society has 139 members and meets at
7 p.m. the second Monday September through May at Bonner Place, 421 S. Bonner St in Jacksonville. Bill Hermes of Rusk is the current president and can be contacted at
903-743-5443 and mhayes@eastex.net. The society’s email address is
ccgs@suddenlink.net. They support the Jacksonville Public Library and have
donated a computer with genealogy software, a vertical
file housing about 250 family files, exchange publications, CDs and
DVDs. The library is open Monday and Thursday noon until 8 p.m.; Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday from 1-6 and Saturday 10-2. Historian Sylvia Acker and Tree
Talk Editor Gordon Bennett answer queries for patrons.
Coastal Bend Genealogical Society,
P.O. Box 2826, Corpus Christi, TX 78403-2826
Collin County
Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, 2348 Saint Paul Rd, Saint Paul, TX
75098-8012
Collin County Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 865052, Plano,
TX 75086-5052
Comal County Genealogy
Society, P.O. Box 310160,
New Braunfels, TX 78131-0160
Coryell County Genealogical Society, c/o Gatesville
Public Library, 111 N 8th St,
Gatesville, TX
76528-1461
Cross Timbers
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
197, Gainesville TX 76241-0197
President Ronnie Howser reports that this society was organized in 1977 and
currently has 44 members. They publish a quarterly Cross Timber Post and meet
the first Monday each month at 7 p.m. at North
Central Texas
College library at 1525 W California St. in Gainesville. In addition to supporting the
NCTC library they also assist the Cooke County Library in Gainesville and the Muenster Library in
Muenster. Their current project is copying all the obituaries in the Cooke
County Library for files at the NCTC library. Contact information includes
telephone 940-665-4430 and email to hob2gen@yahoo.com.
Dallas Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12446, Dallas
TX 75225-0446
Web site: www.dallasgenealogy.org
DGS has 1190 members and was organized in 1955. Jeri J. Steele is the current president and can
be contacted at jjs@PioneerInfoServices.com
or by phone at 214-783-2313. The society meets the fourth Monday at 7 p.m.
at the J. Erik Jonsson Library, 1515 Young St in Dallas. The society has more than 25
volunteers who assist at the library which is open seven days a week. Hours are
1-5 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 9 Monday through Thursday and 9-5 Friday and Saturday.
They publish a newsletter 16-20 pages ten months of the year and The Dallas Journal once
annually with 120 pages. DGS sponsored The Call of the Land Institute in July
this year and will sponsor The Call of the West Institute next year. They have
a digital preservation exploratory committee in place to identify a worthwhile
project for the society in the coming months.
Denton County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 424707, Denton,
TX 76204-4707
Duncanville Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 381147, Duncanville,
TX 75138-1147
East Texas
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
6967, Tyler, TX
75711-6967 Web site: www.etgs.org
El Paso Genealogical Society,
c/o Sandra K. Lewis, Treasurer, 10768 Janway Dr., El
Paso, TX 79935-2906
Ellis County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 479, Waxahachie,
TX 75168-0479
Erath County Genealogical Society, 206 W. Blackjack St., Dublin, TX 76446-2204
Fannin County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 576, Trenton,
TX 75490-0576
Five Hills
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
1723, Copperas Cove, TX 76522-5723 Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txfhgs
Three projects currently supported by
this society include selling historical afghans to purchase books for the
Copperas Cove Public Library, documenting an old pioneer cemetery for an
historical marker, and cooredinating with the Senior Citizens
Center on a cookbook that
features families and their recipes. The
society was organized in 2002, has 27 members, and meets at 6:30 on the first
Tuesday each month at the Copperas Cove Public Library. Beverly Kittinger at walkabout@hot.rr.com is the society’s
contact person.
Fort Worth Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 9767, Fort Worth,
TX76147-2767
Franklin County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1563, Mt.
Vernon TX 75457-1563
Web site: www.mt-vernon.com/~skelly/
Organized in 1997 the society now has more than 160 members
with Christine Skelly
serving as president. She can be contacted at skelly@bowiecass.com. The society
operates its own independent library located at 110 E. Main St. in Mt. Vernon
just cross from the courthouse. The library is open to the public Monday
through Friday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Saturday 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. The library is staffed by 15 to 20 volunteers. The society meets at 7
p.m. on the third Monday in their library and they publish a quarterly
newsletter of about 10-12 pages.
Frisco Genealogical
and Heritage Society of Frisco, P.O.
Box 263, Frisco, TX 75034-0005
Galveston County Genealogical and Historical
Society, P.O. Box
1141. Galveston
TX 77550
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txgalves/gcgs.html
Betty Monk Ryman
is the contact person and Betty Hendricks Dunquez
serves as the web site coordinator. The society was organized in 1979, has 25
members, and meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday at Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Avenue
in Galveston.
For more information email ryman1936@gmail.com
Genealogy and
Historical Society of Caldwell
County, 215 S Pecan Avenue, Luling, TX
78648-2607
Genealogical Society
of Kendall County, P. O. box 623, Boerne, TX 78006-0623 Web site:
www.rootsweb.com/~txgskc This society owns and supports the genealogy
collection at Boerne Public Library with about 20 volunteers. The library is open Monday through Friday 9-4
with an hour lunch break from 12 to 1.
The society meets the first Saturday each month at 10 a.m. at the
library. They publish a semi-annual journal “Keys to the Past” and
a four page monthly newsletter “Keys to the Present” for their 102
members. Contact person is Mary Alice Dell at made135@gvte.com
Grand Prairie Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 532026, Grand
Prairie TX 75053-2026
Web site: www.gpgstx.org
The Grand Prairie Memorial Library on Conover Dr. receives support from this
society with 56 members. The library is open Sunday 1-5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday
& Thursday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.,
and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. John V. Wylie is the current president and can
be contacted by email at john@johnwylie.com. The society publishes a
monthly 8 page newsletter Roots ‘n Branches and meets at 6:30 p.m. the
first Thursday at the library. It was organized in 1967.
Grapevine Historical
Society, P.O. Box 995,
Grapevine, TX 76051-0995
Gregg County Genealogical
Society, P.O. Box 2985,
Longview, TX 75606-2985 Web site: www.txgenes.com/TxGregg/gcgs.html
Organized in 1984 this society of 71
members meets the first Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at the Longview Public
Library. The society supports the genealogy collection at the library and
provides one regular volunteer. The library hours are 10-6 Mon, Wed, and Fri’
10-9 on Tues/Thurs, and 1-5 on Sunday afternoons. For
more information contact Suzy Burt at sas@sydcom.net
Hamilton County Genealogical Society, 209 W. Henry St., Hamilton,
TX 76531-1813
Harrison Count Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 597, Marshall,
TX 75671-0597
Heart of Texas Genealogical Society of Mills County,
P. O. Box 1363, Goldthwaite, TX 76844-1363
Hi-Plains
Genealogical Society, c/o Unger Memorial Library, 825
Austin St., Plainview,
TX 79072-7235 Society volunteers are on call for
genealogy partrons at the Unger Memorial Library in Plainview
. The society meets the first Tuesday each
month at 7 p.m. (6 p.m. during winter months) at the library. Boyce Bryan
can answer questions about the society.
He can be reached by telephone at 806-293-3718 or by email at bejeban@nts-online.net
Hill County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 636, Hillsboro,
TX 76645-0636
Website: www.rootsweb.com/~txhcgs.
Hood County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1623, Granbury,
TX 76048-8623
Hopkins County
Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 624, Sulphur
Springs, TX 75483-0624 Web site: htt://gen.1starnet.com/Hopkins This active society operates its own
independent genealogical library and archives at 212 Main Street in Sulphur Springs just one block from the county
courthouse. Twenty volunteers staff the
library during the week from 9 – 5 Monday through Friday and 9 -12 on Saturday. The society has published more than 25 books
and also operates the Texas Heritage Bookshop inside the library. In addition to a large
Texas
collection of published materials the
library has a nice assortment of research materials from other states. The archives contain numerous original
courthouse record books dated –re-1940 that are on permanent loan from
courthouse offices. Other archived
original material includes school records, Bible records, funeral home records,
estate papers, birth and death records, photographs, and newspapers. The society meets the third Thursday each
month except June and July at its library. The library telephone number is 903-885-8523
and email is hcgs@verizon.net. Contact: marynellabryant@verison.net
Houston Genealogical Forum, P.O. Box 271466, Houston,
TX 77277-1466
Humble Area
Genealogical Society, 3227 Hickory
Brook Ln., Kingwood
TX 77345-1134
Johnson County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1256, Cleburne,
TX 76033-1256
This Society is currently compiling an inventory of Green Acres Cemetery in Cleburne with photos of gravestones and hope to have this project available online. The 57 member society publisheds a quarterly Finders Keepers and provides three volunteers on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until noon at the public library to assist genealogists. The society meets the second Tuesday at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson Street in Cleburne.
Kerrville Genealogical Society, Inc., 505 Water St., Kerrville,
TX 78028-5316
Kingsland
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
952, Kingsland, TX
78639-0952
Meetings held 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Kingsland Community Center, 2 p.m. Dues $12/$18 (couples)
Lamar County Genealogical Socitey,
1125 Bonham St., Paris, TX 75460-4056
Lamesa Area Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1264, Lamesa, TX 79331-1264
League City Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 423, League
City TX 77574-0423
This small society of 25 members was organized in 1988 and
meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday at 1411 W. Main in League City. President Melodey
Hauch can
be contacted at 281-554-4250 or by email at rhauch@comcast.net. The
society supports the Helen Hall Public Library at 100 W. Walker
in League City.
Matagorda County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 264, Bay
City, TX 77404-0264
Mid-Cities
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
407, Bedford TX
76095-0407
Web site: www.geocities.com/mcgstx/ My Journey from Yesterday is
the title of the monthly newsletter of this society of 88 members organized in
1978. Bernard Meisner
serves as president and can be reached at 817-545-6512 or by email at Bernard.meisner@alumni.cmu.edu. The
society supports the Euless Public Library at 201 N. Ector Dr. and meets there at 7
p.m. on first Thursday.
Midland Genealogical
Society, 301 W Missouri Ave,
Midland, TX 79701-5108
Milam County Genealogical Society, c/o Lucy Hill
Patterson Library, 201 Ackerman
St., Rockdale, TX
76567-2901
Montgomery County Genealogical and Historical Society, P.O. Box 867, Montgomery,
TX 77305-0867
North Collin County
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
1822, McKinney, TX
75070-8160 Web site: www.geocities.com/nccgs1822 Email address: nccgs1822@yahoo.com The McKinney Memorial Public Library, 105 E. Hunt St. In McKinney is the
benefactor of this society’s genealogy collection. The Society meets the
second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the library. They publish a monthly newsletter for their
40 members. Fay Chism, the current contact
person, can be reached by telephone at 972-924-3818 and by email at chmtraildixie@aol.com
North
Texas Genealogical
Assoc. P. O. Box 4602,
Wichita Falls, TX
76308-0602
Paluxy Valley
Archives and Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1097, Glen Rose, TX 76043-1097
Panola County Historical and Genealogical Society, 213 N Shelby St., Carthage,
TX 75633-1811
Pecan Valley Genealogy Society, 213 S Broadway St., Brownwood,
TX 76801-3107
Permian Basin
Genealogical Society, 321 W
5th Street, Odessa, TX 79761-5024
Polish Genealogical
Society of Texas.
P.O. Box 432, Montgomery, TX 77356-0432
Rains County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 905, Emory
TX 75440-0905
This society operates the Rains County
Genealogical Research
Center on Tawakoni Drive
in Emory. The library is open Thursday morning from 10 a.m. until noon and
Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Volunteers are transcribing the 1930
Rains county census for publication and planning a web site. They just
celebrated the 10th anniversary of the society in September. JoAnna Pound is
president of the 47-member society which meets at 1 p.m. the third Saturday at
the Rains County Library, 150
Doris Briggs Parkway in Emory. She can be
contacted at 903-473-8735 or by email at Joanna@koyote.com.
The society publishes a monthly newsletter and a journal.
Red River County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 516, Clarksville
TX 75426-0516
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txrrcgs/
Organized in 1986 this society has 95 members and meets the second
Monday at 7 p.m. at the library at 315 N. Walnut in Clarksville. They publish at 16 page quarterly. Cynthia Samples
can be reached by email at samples@1starnet.com for more information.
San Antonio
Genealogical and Historical Society, P.O. Box 790087, San Antonio, TX
78279-0087 Web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsaghs2/
Scurry County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 195, Snyder,
TX 79550-0195
Joanne Sterling reports that this society organized in 1988 has 30 memgers. They meet at 7 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month at the scurry County Library on 23rd Street in Snyder. The society publishes an annual journal, The Buffalo Tales.
South Plains
Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O.
Box 6607, Lubbock TX 79493-6607
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txspgs This
society provides daily volunteers to assist researchers at the Lubbock Public
Library, Mahon Building, 1306 Ninth St. in Lubbock, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
They publish a monthly newsletter from September through May and meet at 9:30
a.m. on the second Saturday after the second Monday in the library. They
organized in 1961 and have 120 members led by Vieta
C. Zeeck. She
can be reached at 806-794-6849 or by email at chasviz58@sbcglobal.net. This
year the society sponsored Bill Utterback, C.G. from Amarillo, in an all day seminar on
“Court Records and Law Libraries”. Beginning in January the society
sponsors a free beginning genealogy class at the library from 9:30 until noon.
Contact Zeeck for dates.
Southwest
Texas Genealogical
Society, P.O. Box 295,
Uvalde, TX 78802-0295
The society was organized in 1985, currently has 44 members, and meets the first Saturday of March, June, September and December. They publish a quarterly entitled Branches and Acorns and are currently compiling one large alpha list of all burials in the area which will include more than just Uvalde County. Volunteers also support the El Progreso Library and Archives at 301 w. Main Street in Uvfalde. The library is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Stephens County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 350, Breckenridge,
TX 76424-0350. Approximately 20 members support this society’s
genealogy collection at the Swenson
Memorial Museum
Research Center,
116 W. Walker St.,
Breckenridge.
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-5 with a one hour
lunch from 12 to 1. The society meets
the first Thursday each month at 7 p.m. at 301 W. Walker St. in Breckenridge. Publications include a quarterly and a
newsletter. Shirley Nelms serves as the current
president and Fred Mitchell can
assist researchers at 254-559-8471
Texarkana USA Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 5825, Texarkana,
TX 75505-5825
- Website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txkusa/gensoc.html . Organized in 1974 this society now has 59 members and meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday except December at the Texarkana Public Library, 600 W 3rd St. in Texarkana. The society provides a volunteer one day per week at the library and publishes a journal of approximately 50 pages twice a year. For more information contact Doris D. Lindblad at hstryhntr2@aol.com
Texas Czech Genealogical Society, 1231 County Road
201A, Angleton, TX 77515-7629
Texas City Ancestry Searchers, P.O. Box 3301, Texas
City TX 77592-3301
Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txtcas Ten volunteers provide assistance at the Moore Memorial
Library, 1701 Ninth Avenue
in Texas City.
This society was organized in 1976 and has 62 members. They meet at 1 p.m. the
third Wednesday at the library. For more information contact Debbie Cothern at
409-938-6014 or by email at dcothern@com.edu.
Timpson Area
Genealogical and Heritage Society of Shelby County, TX, P.O. Box 726,
Timpson, TX 75975-0726 websiteL www.timpsongenealogy.org . This large society boasts a membership of 170 under the leadership of Nora Patterson, president. The society meets at 2 p.m. on the third Wednesday each month at the Timpson Area Genealogy Library at 191 Bremond Street. The society provides eight volunteers to help genealogists researching at the library Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. They also publish a quarterly, Tap Root. For more information, contact the society by e-mail to timpsgen@sbcglobal.net or by calling Paterson at 936-254-3406.
Tip-O-Texas
Genealogical Society, 410 – 76 Drive, Harlingen, TX 78550-5072 The Harlingen Public
Library receives support from this society of 35 members who meet there at 10
a.m. on the third and fourth Thursdays. The library is open Monday through Thursday 10 a. m. to
9 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
The society publishes a quarterly “Genealogical Tips”. For more information contact Mary Torres at telephone 956-345-4756 or email tooresmaro@att.net
Van Zandt County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1388, Canton, TX 75103-8064 Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txvzcgs/vzgs.htm
More than 18 volunteers staff the
Library of Genealogy and Local History at the courthouse annex in Canton 9 to 40 Monday
through Friday and 9 to 1 on Saturdays.
Organized in 1980 this society boasts more than 500 members and meets at
2 p.m. on the fourth Saturday each month.
The quarterly is entitled “Our Heritage”. Cheryl Vaughn, current president, can be
reached at 903-829-2250.
Victoria County Genealoogical Society, P. O. box 413, Victoria, Texas 77902 Website: www.rootsweb.com/~txvicto2/vcgs.html
West Bell
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
851, Killeen, TX
76540-0851 Gail Hughling is the
current president of this small society of 16 members that was organized in
1982. They meet at 6:30 p.m. on the
first Thrusday at the Killeen Public Library, 205 e. Church St. The library is open 9 to 6 Monday through
Friday. Gail’s email address is gailhughling@aol.com
West
Texas Genealogical
Society, P.O. Box 2307,
Abilene, TX 79604-2307
Williamson County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 585, Round Rock, TX 78680-0585
Wimberley Valley Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 2102, Wimberley,
TX 78676-7002 Web site: www.rootsweb.com/~txwvgs/wvgs This society of 30 members has been in
existence sine 1994 and meets the third Thursday each month at 10 a.m. at the
Wimberley Village Library. They maintain
family files at the library. For more
information contact Sarah J. DellaCorte by email at sjdellacorte@austin.rr.com
Wood County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 832, Quitman,
TX 75783-0932