"Our Loose Ends" Genealogy Column
by Lynna Kay Shuffield
Houston, Texas

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Past Speaking Engagements

Thursday, 26 Aug 1999 - U.S. Submarine Veterans - Triton Base, Deer Park, Texas
Monday, 11 Oct 1999 - Humble Area Genealogical Soc. - 7:00 p.m. in the Teaching Theater at Kingwood College, Kingwood, Texas - For information contact: Pam Walton at (281) 358-6449 or e-mail
Saturday, 23 Oct 1999 - "My Family Tree is a Few Branches Short!" - A Lineage Research Workshop sponsored by the Alexander Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Southwest Central Church of Christ, 4011 Bellfort Ave., Houston, Texas - For information contact: Mrs. Jack L. Vandagriff, Chairman at (713) 974-2766 or e-mail
Thursday, 6 Jan 2000 - Galveston Genealogy Society - 7:00 p.m. - Wortham Room (located on the Ground Floor) at the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas - For information contact COL Jim Turner (US Army Ret.) e-mail
Saturday, 4 March 2000 - USS Houston (CA-30) Reunion and Memorial Service - 5:00 p.m. Allen Park Inn, 2121 Allen Parkway Inn - For information contact Val Posse Roberts at President, "Houston Next Generation" - 5848 Back Bay Lane, Austin, Texas 78738, telephone (281) 358-6449.
Thursday, 17 Aug 2000 - Alexander Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution - 6:30 p.m. at the "Tracy Gee Community Center" located at 3599 Westcenter Dr., Houston, Texas - For information contact: Nita Smith (Mrs. Bobby R.) at (281) 497-7153
Saturday, 9 Sept 2000 - COASTAL BEND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM - 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lindale Senior Center (behind Ray High School) 3135 Swantner Dr. 78404, Corpus Christi, Texas. For more information write: P O Box 18131, Corpus Christi, TX 78480-8131 or e-mail Marie Grey at mgray14@juno.com or visit their website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcbgs/.
Thursday, 28 Sept 2000 - 1960 PC USERS GROUP GENEALOGY SIG - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the NAM at 15555 Kuykendahl (1/4 mile south of FM-1960W), 2nd Floor, Houston, Texas. For more information visit their website at: http://www.1960pcug.org/~genealogy/ for a map and directions, click here.
Sunday, 29 Oct 2000 - University Baptist Church Genealogy Group - 5:30 p.m. at the University Baptist Church, 16106 Middlebrook, Houston, Texas - For information contact: Lawrence Lohse (281) 480-6023.
Saturday, 4 Nov 2000 - Houston Genealogical Forum - 10:00 a.m. at the "Bayland Park Community Center" located at 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas - For information contact: Terri Harris, HGF Speakers' Committee at (713) 937-3512 or e-mail: QTHarris@aol.com or visit their website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txharri2/ or write: P. O. Box 271466, Houston, Texas 77277-1466.
Saturday, 10 February 2001, 9:00am until noon - Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Jacinto Chapter's Workshop, Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum (log house) at 1510 N. MacGregor (across from Hermann Park Zoo) and in front of Ben Taub Hospital in the Texas Medical Center near Fannin & Main
Sunday, 11 March 2001 - Houston-Levy Post No. 574, JEWISH WAR VETERANS - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Bayland Park Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77074. For more information contact: 4050 N. Braeswood Blvd., Houston, Texas 77025, telephone: 713/665-1366
Thursday, 5 April 2001 - GREATER HOUSTON JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center, 6200 N. Braeswood, Houston, Texas. For more information visit their website at: http://www.texsys.com/ghjgs/
Thursday, 26 April 2001 - 1960 PC USERS GROUP GENEALOGY SIG - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr., 2nd Floor Room #30, Spring, Texas 77379 (off Cypresswood Drive, near Steubner Airline). For more information visit their website at: http://www.1960pcug.org/~genealogy/
Saturday, June 2, 2001 - Jewish Cemetery of Rockdale Work Day - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or until finished at the cemetery in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas - a TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION project. For more information contact: Lynna Kay Shuffield, P. O. Box 16604, Houston, Texas 77222-6604.
Monday, June 4, 2001 - Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society Meeting – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Montgomery County Library, 104 I-45 North (Hwy 2854 & I-45), Main Meeting Room, Conroe, Texas. For more information visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/ or write: P. O. Box 867, Conroe, Texas 77305-0867.
Saturday, June 23, 2001 - Exhibitor's Table at the "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. For more information visit: http://www.dickensonresearch.com/fair.htm or e-mail: info@DickensonResearch.com or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295. MAP-DIRECTIONS
Saturday, July 21, 2001 - Milam County Genealogical Society (MCGS) Seminar – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in Rockdale, Texas. Topics will include: Basic Genealogy Methods & Sourcing, 20th Century Military Research & War Dead Projects, Computers & Genealogy, Cemetery Indexing & Preservation. For more information visit: http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ or write MCGS, c/o Lucy Hill Patterson Library, 201 Ackerman St., Rockdale, Texas 76567.
Saturday, September 8, 2001 - Texas Czech Genealogical Society’s 1st Annual Workshop “Harvesting Your Ancestors,” College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive, College Station, Brazos County, Texas. The fee is $30 pper person. For seminar information contact: Charlene Hurta at telephone 979/849-0348 or by e-mail fhurta@brazosport.cc.tx.us. For a map to the College Station Conference Center http://www.ipt.com/city/cs/conf/confmap.gif.
Saturday, November 10, 2001 - Milam County Genealogical Society (MCGS) Seminar – 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room, 102 E. 1st Street in Cameron, Texas. Topics will include: Basic Genealogy Methods & Sourcing, 20th Century Military Research & War Dead Projects, Computers & Genealogy, Cemetery Indexing & Preservation. For more information visit: http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ or write MCGS, c/o Lucy Hill Patterson Library, 201 Ackerman St., Rockdale, Texas 76567.
Monday, March 11, 2002 - Baytown Genealogical Society Meeting, 5203 Decker Dr. [Driving directions: From Houston I-10 toward Baytown, just over the San Jacinto Bridge, exit Baytown Road 330, also know as Decker Drive. You go through the first red light, this will be Decker and Bay Way. After the red light, down aways to the right is the Rehab Center, USO, etc. these building are black and navy blue brick. The drive-way is just past these beautiful buildings, it is a small white and blue house.], P.O. Box 2486, Baytown, Texas 77522 (mailing address).
Monday, April 1, 2002 - Montgomery County Genealogical Society Meeting – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Montgomery County Library, 104 I-45 North (Hwy 2854 & I-45), Main Meeting Room, Conroe, Texas. Topic: Historic Cemetery Preservation Projects. For more information visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/ or write: P. O. Box 867, Conroe, Texas 77305-0867.
Saturday, April 13, 2002 - Matagorda Genealogical Society Seminar, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at "The Depot." Topics will include: Basic Genealogy Methods & Sourcing, 20th Century Military Research & War Dead Projects, Computers & Genealogy, Cemetery Preservation and much more. For more information visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmatago/gensoc.htm or write P. O. Box 264, Bay City, Texas 77404-0264.
Saturday, April 20, 2002 - Texas Jewish Historical Society’s Annual Meeting, Galleria Doubletree Hotel, 5353 Westheimer, Houston, Texas, (Conference dates: Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, 2002.) For more information visit http://www.geocities.com/txsynvr/, e-mail txjhs@yahoo.com, P. O. Box 10193, Austin, Texas 78766-0193 or telephone 817/927-8765.
Saturday, June 22, 2002 - Exhibitor's Table at the "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. For more information visit: http://www.dickensonresearch.com/fair.htm or e-mail: info@DickensonResearch.com or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295. MAP-DIRECTIONS
Saturday, 27 July 2002 - Texas Czech Genealogical Society’s 2nd Annual Workshop “Hats Off to Genealogy Conference” - Speaker for two sessions [Topics: "20th Century Military Research" & "Cemetery Preservation"] – Brazos Conference Center, 3232 Briarcrest Dr., Bryan, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. For seminar information visit http://www.brazosport.cc.tx.us/~czech/ or contact: Charlene Hurta at telephone 979/849-0348 or by e-mail fhurta@brazosport.cc.tx.us.
Saturday, 10 August 2002 - Grimes County Genealogy Rooters Seminar - 10:00 a.m., Navasota Public Library, 1411 E. Washington Ave., Navasota, Texas 77868-3240, Telephone Number: 936/825-6744. For Information contact: Pam Johnson at 936/825-3747 or by e-mail jessaree@tconline.net or visit their website at: http://www.geocities.com/gc_roots_branches/
Thursday, 22 August 2002 - 1960 PC USERS GROUP GENEALOGY SIG - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr., 2nd Floor Room #30, Spring, Texas 77379 (off Cypresswood Drive, near Steubner Airline). For more information visit their website at: http://www.1960pcug.org/~genealogy/
Thursday, 2 January 2003 - GREATER HOUSTON JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Meeting - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center, 6200 N. Braeswood, Houston, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information visit their website at: http://www.texsys.com/ghjgs/
Saturday, 18 January 2003 - WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCITY – 9:30 a.m. at Forrest Masonic Lodge, 1030 12th Street (1/2 block east of the courthouse), Huntsville, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information visit: http://www.dickensonresearch.com/wcgen.htm or e-mail: info@DickensonResearch.com or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295.
Monday, 10 March 2003 – HUMBLE GENEALOGICAL SOCITY Meeting – 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. the Teaching Theater at Kingwood College, Kingwood, Texas - For information contact: Sherrie Foreman at 281/358-1032 or e-mail cdforeman@earthlink.net.
Saturday, June 28, 2003 - Speaker & Exhibitor's Table at the 3rd Annual "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. TOPIC: Cemetery Preservation. For more information visit: http://www.dickensonresearch.com/fair.htm or e-mail: info@DickensonResearch.com or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295. MAP-DIRECTIONS
Monday, August 4, 2003 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Meeting – TOPIC: Basic How to Get Started in Genealogy - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Montgomery County Library, 104 I-45 North (Hwy 2854 & I-45), Main Meeting Room, Conroe, Texas. For more information visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/ or write: P. O. Box 867, Conroe, Texas 77305-0867.
Saturday, Sept. 20 2003 – POW-MIA MILITARY HISTORY SYMPOSIUM , UNIVERISTY OF HOUSTON - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Houston Room at the University Center
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003 - GREATER HOUSTON JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FAIR - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Beth Israel Synagogue, 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd., Houston, Texas. For more information visit: http://www.texsys.com/ghjgs/. FYI - Congregation Beth Israel will be celebrating its 150th Anniversary from September 2003 through May 2004. For more on this historic Texas Synagogue, visit: http://www.beth-israel.org/.
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004 - HARRIS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research - 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Pasadena Town Square Mall, Harris & Pasadena Blvd. (formerly Tarter St.) For more information visit: http://www.hcgs.org/.
Saturday, 17 January 2004 - WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCITY – 9:30 a.m. at Forrest Masonic Lodge, 1030 12th Street (1/2 block east of the courthouse), Huntsville, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information visit: http://www.dickensonresearch.com/wcgen.htm or e-mail: info@DickensonResearch.com or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295.
Saturday, 24 January 2003 - 2100 Memorial Senior's Center, Houston, Texas. Topic: Basic Genealogy.
Monday, March 15, 2004 - John B. Hood Camp #50, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), 6:30 p.m., Wortham Auditorium (located on ground floor) at the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information contact Greg Evans John B. Hood Camp #50.
Saturday, April 3, 2004 - TXGenWeb Project Annual Meeting, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Dallas Public Library, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/txgenweb/.
Saturday, May 1, 2004 - Saturday Lock-in at the Milam County Clerk's Office, Courthouse Annex, Cameron, Texas. Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Event will allow genealogists and researchers the opportunity to use the resources of this office on a Saturday when it is not generally open to the public. Registration by April 24th, $15 donation. Registration after April 24th or at the door, $20 donation. For more information write: MCGS, c/o Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library 201 Ackerman St., Rockdale, Texas 76567 or visit: Milam Co. Gen. Soc. - Lock-in Event
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 – Brazosport Genealogical Society Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lake Jackson Library, 250 Circle Way, Lake Jackson, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information, contact Jim Renfro, Jr., e-mail < jrenfro@brazosport.edu > .
Saturday, May 22, 2004 - Chaparral Genealogical Society, 9:30 a.m., Community Meeting Room, Klein Bank, 28201 Tomball Parkway (Hwy 249), Tomball, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research.
Saturday, May 22, 2004 - Chaparral Genealogical Society, 9:30 a.m., Community Meeting Room, Klein Bank, 28201 Tomball Parkway (Hwy 249), Tomball, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research.
Saturday, June 26, 2004 - Exhibitor's Table at the 4th Annual "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. For more information visit: http://www.wcgen.com/fair.htm or e-mail: jhunter@txucom.net or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295. MAP-DIRECTIONS
Monday, June 7, 2004 – Washington County Genealogical Society Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Blinn College Student Center, 902 College Avenue, Brenham, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information, visit: < http://www.alpha1.net/~awhart/wcgs/washgene.htm >. For a campus map, visit: < http://www.blinn.edu/Map%20details/index.htm > - The Student Center is building #37.
Saturday, June 26, 2004 - Exhibitor's Table at the 4th Annual "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. For more information visit: http://www.wcgen.com/fair.htm or e-mail: jhunter@txucom.net or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295.
Thursday, August 26, 2004 – 1960 PC Users Group Genealogy SIG Meeting, 7 p.m., Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr. Spring, Texas, 2nd Floor Room #30. Topic: Manuscript Collections - Draper Papers, Shane Manuscript, Manning Collection and others. For more information, visit: < http://www.1960pcug.org/~gensig/ >
Saturday, September 18, 2004 - West Texas Genealogical Society, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Abilene, Texas. Topics: Basic Genealogy, 20th Century Military & War Dead Research, and much more.
Saturday, September 25, 2004 - Texas Czech Genealogical Society - Gateway to Knowledge Seminar, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., College Station Conference, College Station, Texas. Topic: Gulf Coast Libraries, Manuscripts & Special Collections. For more information, visit: http://www.txczgs.org/
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 - Alexander Love Chapter, DAR and Capt. Edward Weyman, CAR, 6:30 p.m., LaMadeleine, Town & Country, 700 W. Sam Houston Pkwy North, Suite 100, Houston, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation.
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004 - Alexander Love Chapter, DAR and Capt. Edward Weyman, CAR, 9 a.m., Houston Founder’s Memorial Cemetery, 1201 W. Dallas & Valentine St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information, visit: http://www.geocities.com/alexanderlovetx/
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004 - East Texas Genealogical Society Meeting, 2:00 p.m., Tyler Public Library Auditorium, 201 S. College, Tyler, Texas, Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005 - Alexander Love Chapter, DAR and Capt. Edward Weyman, CAR, 9 a.m., Clayton Genealogy Librar, 5300 Caroline, Houston, Texas. Topic: Researching Cemetery History. For more information, visit: http://www.geocities.com/alexanderlovetx/
Saturday, March 5, 2005 - Alexander Love Chapter, DAR, 9 a.m., Houston Founder’s Memorial Cemetery, 1201 W. Dallas & Valentine St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information, visit: http://www.geocities.com/alexanderlovetx/
Friday, March 11, 2005 - Milam County Genealogical Society, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Milam County Clerk's Office, Courthouse Annex, Cameron, Texas. Topic: Volunteer Workshop. For information contact: Charles Hubert at 512/446-3937.
Saturday, March 12, 2005 - Minerva Cemetery Assoc., 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Minervia Cemetery is located in the southwest quadrant of Milam County on CR 232 off US Hwy 77. The cemetery can be found about one-half mile after turning onto CR 232 and is located on the left after a curve.
Saturday, March 19, 2005 - Palestine Public Library, noon to 4 p.m. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For information contact: Karla Lang 903/729-4121. For more information, visit: http://www.youseemore.com/palestine/default.asp
Saturday, March 25, 2005 - Alexander Love Chapter, DAR and Capt. Edward Weyman, CAR, 9 a.m., Houston Founder’s Memorial Cemetery, 1201 W. Dallas & Valentine St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Cemetery Preservation. For more information, visit: http://www.geocities.com/alexanderlovetx/
Saturday, April 2, 2005 - West Florida Genealogical Society Annual Spring Conference, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bayview Senior Center, 20th Ave. & Lloyd St., Pensacola, FL. Topics: Basic Genealogy - Methods & Sourcing; Manuscripts, Newspapers & Special Collections; Civil War & the Souther War for Independence; 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. Cost: $25 single, $45 couple. For more information, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/conference.htm or write: P. O. Box 947, Pensacola, FL 32594.
Saturday, April 9, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 9 a.m. to noon at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas - Part II, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials. Pre-registration required - visit: http://www.llu.com/
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials. Pre-registration required - visit: http://www.llu.com/
Saturday, April 23, 2005 - TXGenWeb Project Annual Meeting, 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Rosenburg Library, Galveston, Texas. Topic: How to Recruit Volunteers. Meeting includes other speakers and lasts until 5:30 p.m. Cost $17, includes lunch. For more information, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/txgenweb/
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part II, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Part II - Continued from April 20, 2005 Class
Saturday, May 21, 2005 - San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society, 10 a.m. at the SAGHS Library, 911 Melissa, San Antonio, Texas. Topic: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information, visit: http://saghs.home.texas.net/
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials. Pre-registration required - visit: http://www.llu.com/
Saturday, June 18, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 9 a.m. to noon at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas - Part II, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials. Pre-registration required - visit: http://www.llu.com/
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part II, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Part II - Continued from April 20, 2005 Class
Saturday, June 25, 2005 - Exhibitor's Table at the 5th Annual "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. For more information visit: http://www.wcgen.com/fair.htm or e-mail: jhunter@txucom.net or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295.
Saturday, July 9, 2005 - East Texas Genealogical Society Meeting, 2:00 p.m., Tyler Public Library Auditorium, 201 S. College, Tyler, Texas, Topic: 20th Centuary Military & War Dead Research. For more information, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/
Saturday, July 23, 2005 - Texas Czech Genealogical Society’s Annual Workshop, Caldwell Civic/Visitor Center, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas. Topics: (1) Cemetery Preservation; (2) 20th Century Military & War Dead Research; (3) Archives, Newspapers & Manuscript Collections. Cost: $30 per person, includes lunch. For more information, visit: http://www.txczgs.org/
Thursday, August 25, 2005 – 1960 PC Users Group Genealogy SIG Meeting, 7 p.m., Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr. Spring, Texas, 2nd Floor Room #30. Topic: Civil War. For more information, visit: < http://www.1960pcug.org/~gensig/ >
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials. Pre-registration required - visit: http://www.llu.com/
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part II, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St., Houston, Texas. Topic: Part II - Continued from April 20, 2005 Class
Saturday, 27 May 2006 - Pleasant Rest Cemetery Historic Texas Cemetery Designation Ceremony at 9 am, Gause, Milam Co., TX
Saturday, 2 June 2006 - Heards Prairie-Petteway Cemetery Confederate Gravemarker Dedication Ceremony at noon, near Bremond, Robertson Co., TX
Saturday, 17 June 2006 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - Part I, 9 a.m. to noon at Leasure Learning, 2990 Richmond, Houston, Texas - Part II, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Clayton Genealogy Library, 5300 Caroline St. Topic: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person + $5 for materials.
Saturday, 24 June 2006 - Speaker & Exhibitor's Table at the 6th Annual "Texas Genealogy and Family History Fair" sponsored by the Walker County Genealogical Society (WCGS) – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Walker County Fair Grounds located 4-miles west of Huntsville, Texas on State Highway 30. TOPIC: Civil War Research. For more information visit: http://www.wcgen.com/fair.htm or write: WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, Texas 77342-01295.
Saturday, 22 July 2006 - 10th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference, Angelina College in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Highway 59 South - 3500 South First St.) TOPICS: 9:00 am to noon - 20th Centuary Military & War Dead Research; 1 pm to 2:15 pm - Gulf Coast Special Collections, Archives & Libraries; 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm - Newspaper Research. For more information visit: http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm or e-mail for registration information abrowning@angelina.edu. Note: Conference begins on Friday, 21 July 2006
Saturday, 15 July 2006 - Weatherford Family Assoc., Westchase Hilton - 9999 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas. TOPIC: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research
Friday, 18 Aug 2006 - Walker County Walker County Genealogical Society Lock-in, Huntsville Public Library. TOPIC: Genealogy Websites & Databases
Thursday, 24 Aug 2006 - 1960 PC Users Group Genealogy SIG Meeting, 7 p.m., Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr. Spring, Texas, 2nd Floor Room #30. Topic: Newspaper Research
Friday, 27 Oct 2006 - Bay Area Genealogical Society, 6:30 p.m., University Baptist Church (UBC), 16106 Middlebrook Dr., Houston, TX 77059 (Clear Lake City). TOPIC: Newspaper Research
Saturday, 11 Nov 2006 - Fort Bend County Genealogical Society, Sugar Land Branch Library (Ft. Bend Libraries) - 550 Eldridge Rd., 10:00 a.m., TOPIC: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research
Thursday, 1 March 2007 - Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center, 6200 N. Braeswood, Houston, Texas. TOPIC: Texas Jewish Confederate Soldiers. For more information visit their website at: http://www.texsys.com/ghjgs/
Saturday, 24 Feb 2007 - Chaparral Genealogical Society, 9:30 a.m., Community Meeting Room, Amegy Bank (formerly Klein Bank), 28201 Tomball Parkway (Hwy 249), Tomball, Texas. Topic: Newspaper Research
Thursday, 1 March 2007 - Houston Jewish Genealogical Society, 7:00 p.m., Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care, 6200 N Braeswood Blvd, TOPIC: Civil War Research
Friday, 9 March 2007 - Third Ward Civic Club, 6:30 p.m., TOPIC: Africian American Research
Saturday, 14 April 2007 - Navarro County Genealogical Society, 9 am until 4 pm, Genealogy Workshop, Corsicana Public Library, TOPICS: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research, Civil War Research, Newspaper Research, Basic Genealogy Research & Getting Organized
Saturday, 21 April 2007 - Genealogy--It Really is a Family Affair! - 9 a.m. until 4 pm, TOPIC: From birth to death and beyond, this class will teach you how to trace your family history. It will include details on how to use Houston's premier facility, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Not only is this a great class for the beginner, but it can also be helpful to the person who has been doing genealogy without benefit of formal class instruction. Cost: $35 per person
Saruday, 28 April 2007 - UDC Lineage Day at Clayton Library. Research assistance to ladies interested in documenting lineage to a Confederate veteran.
Thursday, 10 May 2007 - Williamson County Genealogy Society - 7:00 p.m. - Round Rock Public Library, 216 E. Main St., Round Rock, Texas. TOPIC: 20th Century Military & War Dead Research. For more information visit their website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwcgs/index.htm
Saturday, 4 Aug 2007 - L.S. Ross Chapter 100, UDC - Workshop, Bryan, Texas
Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 - 1960 PC Users Group Genealogy SIG Meeting, 7 p.m., Cypress Creek Christian Church & Community Center, 6823 Cypresswood Dr. Spring, Texas, 2nd Floor Room. Topic: 20 Favorite Genealogy Computer Websites & Databases
Friday, 26 Oct 2007 - Waco-McLennan County Public Library Lock-in, 1717 Austin Avenue, Waco, Texas

This webpage was last created on 11 Oct 2000 and was last revised on 19 Dec 2006

"Our Loose Ends" Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield Houston, Texas

"Our Loose Ends" Genealogy Column
by Lynna Kay Shuffield
Houston, Texas