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May Programby Lisa McKinney The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday, May 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Van Zandt County Library in the Buchanan Room, 317 First Monday Lane, in Canton. The featured speaker is Peggy Fox, a consultant and researcher on Confederate research.
Ms. Fox, a popular genealogical speaker, will present a program entitled "Confederate and Union Prisons, and Those Within."
Her talk Saturday will draw on her 24 years' experience at the Confederate Research Center at Hill College. She retired as the center's director in 2006. Ms. Fox frequently speaks to civic and genealogical societies across the state. Her lectures in Van Zandt County are especially welcome.
Upon her retirement Peggy was awarded the "Silver Star" by Austin, Texas, Civil War Round Table for her contribution to Civil War History. She is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Society for Women of the Civil War, Association of Professional Genealogists, and several other genealogical societies. Her current project is the ongoing compilation of Confederate and Union Burials in Hill County, Texas.
Peggy transcribed and compiled the Missouri Confederate Pensions and Confederate Home Applications Index published by Hill College Press. She is a granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Confederate soldiers from Tennessee and Mississippi.
Society meetings are held the fourth Saturday of each month, with a variety of speakers presenting educational programs throughout the year. Visitors are always welcomed, and refreshments are served.
For further information on society activities, call or visit the Library of Genealogy and Local History, located in the courthouse annex in Canton, 903-567-5012. The email address is vanzandtgensoc@etcable.net. (Meetings are held at the main library at 317 First Monday Lane. The main library itself is closed Saturday afternoon, but the meeting room is open.)
Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The genealogy library is also open Thursday evenings until 6 p.m.
Library of Genealogy and Local History Society members man and support the Library of Genealogy and Local History, an off-site department of the main county library, where members of the public can use to do genealogical and local history research at no charge. Volunteer librarians are always on duty to provide expert assistance.
Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The genealogy library is also open Thursday evenings until 6 p.m.
Society meetings are held the fourth Saturday of each month at the main county library, 2 p.m., with a variety of speakers presenting educational programs throughout the year. Visitors are always welcomed, and refreshments are served.
For further information on society activities, call (903) 567-5012 or visit the genealogical library located in the courthouse annex in Canton.
Scott Fitzgerald, Program Chairman Society meetings are held the fourth Saturday of each month. Visitors are always welcomed. For further information on society activities, call or visit the Library of Genealogy and Local History, located in the courthouse annex in Canton, 903-567-5012. Hours of operation are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Copies of press releases written by the society's publicity chairman, Lisa McKinney, will appear on this page.
Sherrie Archer is the society's President and Scott Fitzgerald is the Program Chairman. If anyone has an idea for a program, please let us know. Suggestions may be mailed to the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1388, Canton, TX 75103, or by emailing the Society.
Lisa McKinney, Publicity Chairman Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Officers and Board Members for 2013 President: Sherrie Archer 1st Vice President and Program Chairman: Scott Fitzgerald 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman: Beth Gordon Recording Secretary: Sandra Jones Corresponding Secretary: Sibyl Creasey Treasurer: Ellen Wheeler Public Relations: Lisa McKinney Parliamentarian: Kitty Wheeler Quarterly Editor: Sue Wilkinson Members at large: Shirley Fuller and Jan Crow Back to the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Home Page You're the 6997person to visit this page.
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