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All regular membership meetings are held at the Tyler Public Library
2nd Saturday of the month unless otherwise stated.
2:00 pm regular meeting
approximately 3:30 pm for Computer Interest Group

ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon is held at
Heartland Ham, Tyler, Texas.

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2009 Meetings

January 10   Michael J. Vaughn: - "Legal Arcana For Genealogists (Who Said That Latin Is A Dead Language?)"
handout
CIG: Ken Craver - "Understanding Adobe Acrobat Documents"
handout
January 22   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
February 14   Late Breaking Change in Speaker!
Theodore M. Lowe:
"Ms. Lowe's Family & African American Research in Rains County, Texas"
Versie flyer
CIG: Sam Kidd - "Lester’s Trip of 1,500 Miles and 120 Years."
February 26   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
March 14   ETGS On The Road In Rusk County featuring John Sellers:  Was Grandpa His Brothers' Keeper?"
Meeting Location: Rusk County Library, 106 East Main Street , Henderson, TX 75652-3166 -- (903)657-8557
flyer - maps & driving directions
handout
March 26   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
April 4   Officers' Meeting & Luncheon
April 11   FHC-ETGS 9th Annual Family History Seminar at LDS Church featuring Marynell Bryant: on "(1) Basic resources, records, charts, recording information, documentation, etc., (2) Census research" and Tami Glatz: on "(3) Internet Genealogy"
Fair Flyer
Attendee Feedback Survey
Meeting Location: LDS Family History Center
1617 Shiloh Road, Tyler, Texas 75703-2433 -- (903) 509-8322
April 23   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
May 9   Patricia Adkins-Rochette: "The Texas State Troops and the Confederate Army in Texas during the Civil War"
Presentation;
CIG:  Bourland Book Discussion, signing & sales.
Bourland Book Description
May 28   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
June 13   Billie Fogarty: "Finding and using Historical Newspapers in Genealogical Research"
handout
CIG: Jay Wimberley - "Understanding the Differences Between the VISTA and XP Operating Systems."
June 25   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
July 11   Kelvin Meyers: "Tax Records or Why did Scarlett Make A Dress of Her Mother’s Drapes"
CIG:
July 23   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
August 8   ETGS-VZGS Joint All-Day Seminar featuring Desmond Walls Allen on "Preserving Your Family Papers, Photographs and Heirlooms"
Meeting Location: Hart-Morris Conservation Center, Texas Freshwater Fishery Center, 5550 FM 2495, Athens, Texas 75752-6381 -- (903) 676-2277
flyermap & driving directions
August 27   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
September 12   Bill Dow - "Using Digital Photography For Your Genealogy" and Jeri Steele - "Open Source Is Not Just For Geeks."

CIG:

September 24   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
October 10   TBD:
CIG:
October 22   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
November 14   David Hanover - "Sons of the Republic of Texas"
CIG: Stan Stokes - "How To Do The Genealogy for SRT."
November 24   11:30am - 1:30pm: ETGS Get-Acquainted-Luncheon
December 5   Officers' Meeting & Luncheon
December 12   ETGS Christmas Luncheon - Tyler Public Library Auditorium - Pot Luck! & Installation of new Officers.

 

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