2020 Newsletters

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November

  • Friday, November 20 – Janine Cloud presentsBirds of a Feather – Y-DNA Research and Group Projects
  • RootsTech Connect – free virtual three day conference in February 2021
  • Welcome New Members
  • 2021 BAGS program calendar
  • DNA Research Aids
  • Freedmen Bureau Records presentation recap
  • BAGS German SIG, Member Helping Member Sessions virtual and online
  • Virtual Learning Opportunities
  • FamilySearch Resources and Assistance, Clayton Library Assistance
  • Genealogy Word Search Puzzle

October

  • Friday, October 23 – Sharon Batiste Gillins presents Navigating The Freedmen’s Bureau Records
  • James Williams Eagle Scout Project
  • September Digital Scrapbooking presentation recap
  • BAGS German SIG, Member Helping Member Sessions,
  • October Family History Month – Virtual Learning Opportunities
  • FamilySearch Resources and Assistance, Clayton Library Assistance
  • Genealogy Word Search Puzzle
  • Society Calendar, News, Congrats, Welcome, and Thank You

August and September newsletters were not published.

July

  • Friday, July 31 – Linda Hudson presents Guide for Quakers History and Their Records
  • Society Calendar, News and Proposed Bylaw Changes
  • FamilySearch Resources and Assistance
  • Houston Public Library online databases free access from home
  • Online Conferences
  • Tips and Word Search

June

  • Friday, June 26 Melissa Corn Finlay, AG presents Orphans, Infants, and Minors: Genealogy Nuggets, and Pitfalls in Guardianship Records
  • Society News and Proposed Bylaw Changes
  • Local Happenings
  • FamilySearch and other Resources and Research Assistance
  • For Fun – Word Puzzle

May

  • Friday, May 29 Devon Lee presents Ancestry ThruLines: A Blessing, a Curse, or Both?
  • Remembering Apollo 11 – Annette Bowen
  • Benefits of Zoom Meetings – Teresa Rundell
  • April Program Recap
  • For Fun – Word Puzzles

March and April newsletters were not published.

February

  • Friday, February 28 Nick Cimino presents Tips and Tricks for using City Directories in Genealogical Research
  • New emails to contact us
  • Bus Trip photo
  • JSC Archives and Oral History Project
  • Local Digital Media Lab
  • Clayton Library News
  • Recap January Tips & Tricks Program
  • 2020 U.S. Census

January

  • Friday January 31 Members share research Tips and Tricks
  • BAGS Holiday Luncheon Pictures
  • DNA Painter Program Recap
  • October Survey Results

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