{"id":112,"date":"2015-02-13T20:17:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T20:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.txbayareagen.org\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:29:49","slug":"past-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.txbayareagen.org\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"Past Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>by Calendar Year<\/h3>\n<p>Feb 27, 2026 &#8211; Aimee Rose-Haynes \u2013 Cherokee Genealogy 101<br \/>\nJan 31, 2026 &#8211; Kathleen Williams &#8211; Full Text Search: Finding Hidden Records at FamilySearch.org<\/p>\n<p>Nov 21, 2025 &#8211; Carl Smith &#8211; Gen Z+ Genealogy \u2013 Getting the Next Generations Interested in Research<br \/>\nOct 24, 2025 &#8211; Thomas MacEntee &#8211; After You&#8217;re Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research<br \/>\nSep 26, 2025 \u2013 Jacob Mangum &#8211; Genealogical and Historical Research at the Portal to Texas History<br \/>\nAug 30, 2025 &#8211; Pot Luck Dinner and Members\u2019 Show-n-Tell<br \/>\nJul 25, 2025 &#8211; Speaker was ill &#8211; Teresa Rundell lead a Highlights of Members Helping Members<br \/>\nJun 27, 2025 &#8211; Kate Penney Howard &#8211; Colonial Origins and DNA<br \/>\nMay 30, 2025 &#8211; Annette Burke Lyttle \u2013 Genealogical Proof for the Everyday Genealogist<br \/>\nApr 26, 2025 &#8211; Nick Cimino &#8211; Tips and Tricks for Using City Directories<br \/>\nMar 28, 2025 &#8211; Stephanie O&#8217;Connell &#8211; Invisible No More: Revealing the Lives of Our Female Ancestors<br \/>\nFeb 28, 2025 &#8211; John Sellers \u2013 The Adventures of Courthouse Land Research<br \/>\nJan 25, 2025 &#8211; Rebecca \u2018Becky\u2019 Wilson Jones \u2013 Census Schedules: More Than Just Names<\/p>\n<p>Nov 22, 2024 &#8211; Nicole Dyer \u2013 Genealogy Writing and AI<br \/>\nOct 25, 2024 &#8211; Carla S. Cegielski \u2013 DAR Genealogical Research System<br \/>\nSep 28, 2024 &#8211; Annual Show and Tell with potluck luncheon<br \/>\nAug 23, 2024 &#8211; Teresa Rundell &#8211; Courthouse Land Research<br \/>\nJul 26, 2024 &#8211; Dana Leeds \u2013 8 Tips for Using AI as Your Genealogy Assistant<br \/>\nJun 28, 2024 &#8211; J. Mark Lowe \u2013 Using That Brick Wall as a Foundation<br \/>\nMay 24, 2024 &#8211; Larry W. Thomas \u2013 Two Colonial Georgias: Understanding History Helps Finding Records<br \/>\nApr 27, 2024 &#8211; Melissa Hayes \u2013 Cemetery Removal: Where Did it Go?<br \/>\nMar 29, 2024 &#8211; Cheri Hudson-Passey \u2013 Someone to Watch Over Me: Guardianship Records<br \/>\nFeb 23, 2024 &#8211; Shannon Combs-Bennett \u2013 Creating a Research Plan with DNA Testing<br \/>\nJan 27, 2024 &#8211; Irene Walters \u2013 Oral Histories: Remembering the Stories<\/p>\n<p>Dec 02, 2023 &#8211; Holiday Celebration at South Shore Grille in League City<br \/>\nNov 17, 2023 &#8211; Sunny Morton &#8211; Baptists Methodists Presbyterians<br \/>\nOct 28, 2023 &#8211; Nick Cimino \u2013 Building an International Genealogical Community<br \/>\nSep 29, 2023 &#8211; Paula Stuart Warren \u2013 Finding Maiden Names: Let Me Count the Ways<br \/>\nAug 26, 2023 &#8211; Annual Show and Tell with potluck luncheon<br \/>\nJul 28, 2023 &#8211; Diana Crisman Smith &#8211; It Takes a Village: Community Research<br \/>\nJun 30, 2023 &#8211; Judy Russell \u2013 Copyright Mythconceptions<br \/>\nMay 26, 2023 &#8211; Patti Smith \u2013 Thrulines: Maximize Your Ancestry DNA Results<br \/>\nApr 29, 2023 &#8211; Melissa Hayes &#8211; Insane Asylum Research<br \/>\nMar 31, 2023 &#8211; Allison Singleton &#8211; Getting to Know The ACPL Genealogy Center and PERSI<br \/>\nFeb 24, 2023 &#8211; Cari Taplin \u2013 How\u2019d You Find That? Tips for locating obscure or hidden records<br \/>\nJan 28, 2023 &#8211; Fred Roe: History of New York<\/p>\n<p>Dec 3, 2022 &#8211; Holiday Celebration at South Shore Grille in League City<br \/>\nNov 18, 2022 &#8211; Diana Elder: Who\u2019s Her Daddy? Testing an Ancestry DNA Thruline Hypothesis<br \/>\nOct 28, 2022 &#8211; Shera LaPoint: Law Enforcement Use of Genetic Genealogy<br \/>\nSep 30, 2022 &#8211; Gale French: <em>Google Earth<\/em><br \/>\nSep 01, 2022 &#8211; Mark Olsen: What\u2019s New in Family Tree Maker<br \/>\nAug 27, 2022 &#8211; Annual Show and Tell with potluck luncheon<br \/>\nJul 29, 2022 &#8211; Tony Hanson: Paper in the Cloud<br \/>\nJun 24, 2022 &#8211; John A. Sellers: The Other Courthouse \u2013 The District<br \/>\nMay 27, 2022 &#8211; Diane Warmsley: The People of the West Indies and Their History<br \/>\nApr 23, 2022 &#8211; Members Tips and Tricks with potluck dinner<br \/>\nMar 25, 2022 &#8211; Bernard N. Meiser: Pushes, Pulls, and Records: The Waves of German Immigrants<br \/>\nFeb 25, 2022 &#8211; Thomas MacEntee: The US 1950 Census-Are you ready?<br \/>\nJan 28. 2022 &#8211; Susan Kaufman: Senior Manager at Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research<\/p>\n<p>Dec 11, 2021 &#8211; Holiday\/20th Anniversary Celebration at the Lone Star Flight Museum<br \/>\nNov 19, 2021 &#8211; Cari Taplin: <em>Using Church Records to Find Ancestral Origins<\/em><br \/>\nOct 29, 2021 &#8211; Diahan Southard: <em>4 Next Steps for your DNA Test<\/em><br \/>\nSep 24, 2021 &#8211; Diane L. Richard: <em>Early Migration In, Across, and Out of North Carolina<\/em><br \/>\nAug 28, 2021 &#8211; Annual Show and Tell with potluck luncheon <b>Pictures are in the Photo Gallery!<\/b><br \/>\nJul 30, 2021 &#8211; Cyndi Ingle: <em>Record As You Go, Cite As You Go, File As You Go<\/em><br \/>\nJun 25, 2021 &#8211; Ari Wilkins: <em>Reconstructing Communities Using Census Records, Sanborn Maps, and City Directories<\/em><br \/>\nMay 28, 2021 &#8211; Lisa Smith: <em>Genealogy from a Private Investigator\u2019s Perspective<\/em><br \/>\nApr 30, 2021 &#8211; Michael Strauss: <em>The Road to Independence: Researching your Revolutionary War Ancestors<\/em><br \/>\nMar 26, 2021 &#8211; Katherine Schober: <em>Tips and tricks for Deciphering Foreign Language Records<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 19, 2021 &#8211; Thomas MacEntee: <em>Brick Wall Breakthroughs<\/em><br \/>\nJan 29, 2021 &#8211; Diana Elder: <em>The Family Search Catalog: A Researchers Best Friend<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 20, 2020 &#8211; Janine Cloud: <em>Birds of a Feather: Y-DNA Research and Group Projects<\/em><br \/>\nOct 23, 2020 &#8211; Sharon Batiste Gillins: <em>Navigating the Freedmen\u2019s Bureau Records<\/em><br \/>\nSep 25, 2020 &#8211; Linda Worsham: <em>Digital Scrapbooking Your Pictures and Data<\/em><br \/>\nAug 28, 2020 &#8211; Elizabeth O\u2019Neal: <em>Using Digital Libraries: Search Strategies for Family Historians<\/em><br \/>\nJul 31, 2020 &#8211; Linda Hudson: <em>Quaker Ancestry Research<\/em><br \/>\nJun 26, 2020 &#8211; Melissa Corn Finlay: <em>Genealogy Nuggets and Pitfalls in Guardianship Records<\/em><br \/>\nMay 29, 2020 &#8211; Devon Lee: <em>Ancestry ThruLines: A Blessing, a Curse, or Both?<\/em><br \/>\nApr 24, 2020 &#8211; Bernard Meisner: <em>Techniques and Strategies for More Effective Online Searching<\/em><br \/>\nMar 27, 2020 &#8211; Canceled due to Covid-19 concerns<br \/>\nFeb 28, 2020 &#8211; Nick Cimino: <em>Using City Directories for Finding Ancestors<\/em><br \/>\nJan 31, 2020 &#8211; Members&#8217; Tips and Tricks<\/p>\n<p>Nov 22, 2019 &#8211; Gale French: <em>DNA Painter Tool<\/em><br \/>\nOct 25, 2019 &#8211; Doryn Glenn: <em>Searching Court Records and What Types Of Information Can Be Found<\/em><br \/>\nSep 27, 2019 &#8211; Dana Leeds: <em>DNA Basics<\/em><br \/>\nAug 23, 2019 &#8211; Annual Show and Tell with Potluck Dinner<br \/>\nJul 26, 2019 &#8211; Mitch Clendening: <em>Going Mobile: Apps, Tips and Tricks for the Mobile Genealogist<\/em><br \/>\nJun 28, 2019 &#8211; Kevin Kinney: <em>Research Materials Available at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston<\/em><br \/>\nMay 31, 2019 &#8211; League City Police Department: <em>Research to Determine the Identities of Jane Doe and Janet Doe Unsolved Murder Cases<\/em><br \/>\nApr 26, 2019 &#8211; Devon Noel Lee: <em>Organizing Your Research Using Surname Charts and Other Helpful Forms<\/em><br \/>\nMar 16, 2019 &#8211; Lois Gibson: <em>Using Forensic Art to Locate Past and Present People of Interest<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 22, 2019 &#8211; Susan Kaufman: <em>Preparation When Researching At a Repository<\/em><br \/>\nJan 13, 2019 &#8211; Doryn Glenn: <em>Immigration and Naturalization at the Turn of the Century<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dec 8, 2018 &#8211; Holiday Party at South Shore Grille in League City<br \/>\nNov 30, 2018 &#8211; Mary Anthony Startz: <em>The Cuban Papers An Overview to Researching this Treasure of Spanish Colonial Documents from the 16th, 17th and early 18th century<\/em><br \/>\nOct 26, 2018 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Kick-Start Your Enthusiasm: Genealogy Education on the Web<\/em><br \/>\nSep 28, 2018 &#8211; Sue Yerby and Feliz Ramirez: <em>Digitizing Your Family Records<\/em><br \/>\nAug 31, 2018 &#8211; Members Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 27, 2018 &#8211; Melodey Hauch: <em>The Removal of Campbell\u2019s Bayou Cemetery and Re-interment in Forest Park East Cemetery<\/em><br \/>\nJun 29, 2018 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>\u201cF\u00e1ilte (welcome) \u2013 to your Irish ancestry!\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nMay 25, 2018 &#8211; Andrew Lee: <em>Family Treasures: From Microfilm to Hyperspace<\/em><br \/>\nApr 27, 2018 &#8211; Alice Braud-Jones: <em>DAR Library Online Resources<\/em><br \/>\nMar 29, 2018 &#8211; Gale French: <i>GEDMatch.com<\/i> <em>Online Resources<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 16, 2018 &#8211; Nick Cimino: <em>The Genealogy of Hidden Figures<\/em><br \/>\nJan 27, 2018 &#8211; Frank Billingsley discussed his book <i>Swabbed and Found<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Nov 17, 2017 \u201cShow and Tell\u201d Program and BBQ Potluck Dinner<br \/>\nOct 27, 2017 Reading Between The Lines, UK census records by David Talbot Gardiner<br \/>\nSep 29, 2017 Long Live Your French Ancestors! by Irene Walters<br \/>\nAug 25, 2017 Annual Show &amp; Tell with Potluck Dinner \u2013 (Canceled)<br \/>\nJul 28, 2017 Finding The Five Tribes: The Dawes Roll and Beyond by Marjorie J. Lowe<br \/>\nJun 30, 2017 Researching In Your Jammies by Sue Yerby<br \/>\nMay 26, 2017 SAR and SRT memberships by Thomas Bruce Green, III<br \/>\nApr 26, 2017 Gold Star Mothers by Gale French<br \/>\nMar 31, 2017 Early Kentucky Records by Nancy Royce<br \/>\nFeb 24, 2017 The Diaries of Harriet \u201cHattie\u201d Dillabaugh 1889-1940. by Former Astronaut Retired USAF Colonel Jerry L Ross<br \/>\nJan 27, 2017 Genealogical Proof Standard by Nick Cimino<\/p>\n<p>Dec 10, 2016 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nNov 18, 2016 &#8211; Andrew Shaner: <em>Research at the National Archives: A Primer<\/em><br \/>\nOct 28, 2016 &#8211; Fidel Ramirez: <em>Genealogy To Go: Apps and Equipment to Mobilize Our Research<\/em><br \/>\nSep 26, 2016 &#8211; Kathleen Maca: <em>Digging Up Clues In The Cemetery<\/em><br \/>\nAug 26, 2016 &#8211; Members Annual Show &amp; Tell with potluck dinner<br \/>\nJul 29, 2016 &#8211; Helen Mooty: <em>My Enlightening Experience on the Genealogy Roadshow<\/em><br \/>\nJun 24, 2016 &#8211; Bill Buckner: <em>Digital Public Library of America Genealogy Resources <\/em>via Go-To-Meeting<br \/>\nMay 20, 2016 &#8211; Kevin Klaus: <em>Record Sources for Early German Immigration to Texas and Other States<\/em><br \/>\nApr 29, 2016 &#8211; Alana Inman: <em>Texas Regional Historic Resource Depository System <\/em>via Skype<br \/>\nMar 18, 2016 &#8211; Kim Zrubek: <em>Chronicling America: Free Online Historic American Newspapers<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 26, 2016 &#8211; Melissa Hayes: <em>Adoption: Searching For Clues <\/em>and potluck dinner<br \/>\nJan 29, 2016 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Modern Military Research<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 14, 2015 &#8211; Members Annual holiday party<br \/>\nOct 30, 2015 &#8211; Kim Zrubek: <em>Review of Free Online Resources<\/em><br \/>\nSep 25, 2015 &#8211; Joseph Pergler: <em>BillionGraves.com<\/em><br \/>\nAug 28, 2015 &#8211; Member Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 31, 2015 &#8211; Michael McCown: <em>Utilizing Your DNA Test Results<\/em><br \/>\nJun 26, 2015 &#8211; Jeremy Balkin: <em>Family Tree DNA testing<\/em><br \/>\nMay 29, 2015 &#8211; Gale French: <em>Self Publishing Your Family History<\/em><br \/>\nApr 24, 2015 &#8211; Daniel Sample: <em>Family History Research: World War I Records<\/em><br \/>\nMar 27, 2015 &#8211; Jeannette Piecznski: <em>A Harvest of Land is a Bounty of Records<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 27, 2015 &#8211; Bob Wegner and Nick Cimino: <em>Achtung! Researching Your German-Speaking Ancestors<\/em><br \/>\nJan 30, 2015 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Crossing the Wide Blue Seas: Passenger Lists of Our Ancestors<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 15, 2014 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 24, 2014 &#8211; Kim Zrubek: <em>WWI History and Stories From the Audience<\/em><br \/>\nSep 26, 2014 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Following Smoke Signals: Using Circumstantial Evidence to Focus Research<\/em><br \/>\nAug 29, 2014 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 25, 2014 &#8211; Melissa A Hayes: <em>Second Wives Club<\/em><br \/>\nJun 27, 2014 &#8211; Nick Cimino: <em>Introduction to African-American Genealogy Research<\/em><br \/>\nMay 30, 2014 &#8211; Gale French: <em>Using Google Earth in Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nApr 25, 2014 &#8211; Sue Yerby: <em>Family History Portal Resources<\/em><br \/>\nMar 28, 2014 &#8211; Rene Armstrong: <em>History Lost History Found: Researching and Writing a Memoir<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 28, 2014 &#8211; Nick Cimino: <em>Research Techniques for the British Isles<\/em><br \/>\nJan 31, 2014 &#8211; Anna Edwards: <em>Awareness of Native Americans in the Military<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 16, 2013 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 25, 2013 &#8211; David Zwahr: <em>Finding Your Relatives Masonic History<\/em><br \/>\nSep 27, 2013 &#8211; Ron Lucas: <em>Civil War Firearms<\/em><br \/>\nAug 30, 2013 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 26, 2013 &#8211; Greg Boyd: His latest original landowner map tool available on HistoryGeo.com<br \/>\nJun 28, 2013 &#8211; Lynn Kay Shuffield: <em>Cemetery Research<\/em><br \/>\nMay 31, 2013 &#8211; Sue Yerby: <em>Court House Research<\/em><br \/>\nApr 26, 2013 &#8211; Melvyn Douglass: <em>Scottish Clans<\/em><br \/>\nMar 22, 2013 &#8211; Lynn Brooke: <em>Lineage Societies &#8211; Completing the Documentation<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 22, 2013 &#8211; Casey Edward Greene: <em>The Rosenberg Library and Hurricane Ike<\/em><br \/>\nJan 25, 2013 &#8211; Trevia Wooster Beverly: <em>A Harvey Girl or a Soiled Dove<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 17, 2012 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 26, 2012 &#8211; Cary Hall: <em>The 1940s Census<\/em><br \/>\nSep 28, 2012 &#8211; Charles Gardes: <em>It&#8217;s A Gusher!<\/em><br \/>\nAug 31, 2012 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell and Linda Reynolds: <em>How to Preserve and Care For Your Records &amp; Family Heirlooms<\/em><br \/>\nJul 27, 2012 &#8211; Eric Sandife: <em>The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth<\/em><br \/>\nJun 29, 2012 &#8211; Jennifer Ross Nazza, Ph.D.: <em>How the West Was Won for Women<\/em><br \/>\nMay 25, 2012 &#8211; Melody Hauch: <em>The Importance of Cluster Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nApr 27, 2012 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>Seeing is Not Always Believing: Avoiding False Assumptions<\/em><br \/>\nMar 30, 2012 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>More Than Headlines: Finding and Using Newspapers in Genealogical Research<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 24, 2112 &#8211; Irene Walter: <em>A Nation of Immigrants: U.S. Naturalization and Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nJan 20, 2012 &#8211; Thomas Bruce Green III: <em>Flags of Texas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 19, 2011 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 28, 2011 &#8211; Jane Buck: <em>New Avenues in Genetic Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nSep 30, 2011 &#8211; Deborah Cole : <em>Tips &amp; Tricks from the 2011 FGS Conference<\/em><br \/>\nAug 26, 2011 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 29, 2011 &#8211; Linda Jamison: <em>The Orphan Trains<\/em><br \/>\nJun 24, 2011 &#8211; Eric Sandifer: <em>Who Were the Huguenots?<\/em><br \/>\nMay 27, 2011 &#8211; Anne Dunphey Becker: <em>Houston After the Civil War and Before Oil &#8211; As Seen Through Photographs<\/em><br \/>\nApr 29, 2011 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Who Knows&#8230;What Answers&#8230;Lurk on the Internet?<\/em><br \/>\nMar 25, 2011 &#8211; Nick Cimino: <em>How to Trace Your Ancestors in Italy<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 25, 2011 &#8211; Cary Hall: <em>Wanted Dead or Alive, The Parents of Eli Hugh Davis<\/em><br \/>\nJan 28, 2011 &#8211; <em>Financial Documents used by the Provisional Government of Texas (1835-1836)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 13, 2010 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 29, 2010 &#8211; Blaine Hedberg: <em>Researching Norwegian ancestry<\/em><br \/>\nSep 24, 2010 &#8211; Sue Yerby: <em>That Record Should Exist, Let&#8217;s Try the Last Resort, the FHC<\/em><br \/>\nAug 27, 2010 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 30, 2010 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Everything Old Is New Again: Electronic Government Information and Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nJun 25, 2010 &#8211; Jerry Woodman: <em>The Master Genealogist &#8211; Don&#8217;t be Intimidated<\/em><br \/>\nMay 28, 2010 &#8211; Susan Kaufman: <em>Unusual Resources&#8230;Or&#8230;That Is Some Cool Stuff!<\/em><br \/>\nApr 30, 2010 &#8211; Members Demolition Day<em>: Breaking Down Your Research Brick Walls<\/em><br \/>\nMar 26, 2010 &#8211; Dick Eastman: <em>Putting the Genes in Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 26, 2010 &#8211; Bruce Lockette: Discussed his current marine salvage projects<br \/>\nJan 29, 2010 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Researching Using Microfilm and Microfiche at Clayton Library<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 21, 2009 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nOct 30, 2009 &#8211; David Bowles: <em>23 Tips for Writing a Family History<\/em><br \/>\nSep 25, 2009 &#8211; Alecya Gallaway: <em>Ike, One Year After: An Update on Galveston County and Status Reports on Genealogical Points of Interest<\/em><br \/>\nAug 28, 2009 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 31, 2009 &#8211; Burton Chapman: <em>History of Telephone Road from Year One<\/em><br \/>\nJun 26, 2009 &#8211; Cary Lynne Hall: <em>Using City Directories in Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nMay 29, 2009 &#8211; Charlie Gardes: <em>Researching in the International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records<\/em><br \/>\nApr 24, 2009 &#8211; Members Demolition Day<br \/>\nMar 27, 2009 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>Not a Brick Wall Until&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 27, 2009 &#8211; Kathryn Black Morrow: <em>Migration Trails<\/em><br \/>\nJan 30, 2009 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Using Newspapers to Flesh Out Your Genealogy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 21, 2008 &#8211; Members Munch and Mingle Annual Holiday Gathering<br \/>\nOct 24, 2008 &#8211; Betty Crockford: <em>Butch and Sundance &#8211; the Real Story with Outlaw Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nSep 26, 2008 &#8211; Meeting canceled due to Hurricane Ike<br \/>\nAug 29, 2008 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 25, 2008 &#8211; Cary Lynne Hall: <em>Scrapbooking Your Family History<\/em><br \/>\nJun 27, 2008 &#8211; Casey Greene: <em>Galveston&#8217;s Rosenberg Library Collections and History<\/em><br \/>\nMay 30, 2008 &#8211; Bruce Lockett: <em>Civil War Shipwrecks in East Texas Rivers<\/em><br \/>\nApr 25, 2008 &#8211; Members Demolition Day<em>: Breaking Down Those Brick Walls<\/em><br \/>\nMar 28, 2008 &#8211; Trevia Wooster Beverly: <em>Jean Lafitte&#8230;A Lifelong Obsession<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 29, 2008 &#8211; Jim Nonus &#8211; Jean Lafit: <em>What You Don&#8217;t Know About The Census<\/em><br \/>\nJan 25, 2008 &#8211; Kathryn Black Morrow: <em>Stories from Local History: Ellington Field and Its people<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dec 7, 2007 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Banquet<br \/>\nOct 26, 2007 &#8211; Alecya Gallaway: <em>Past Reflections of a Watershed, A Pictorial History of Clear Lake and Clear Creek<\/em><br \/>\nSep 28, 2007 &#8211; Emogene Brummerhop: <em>More Bay Area Roots by a Seabrook Native<\/em><br \/>\nAug 31, 2007 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 27, 2007 &#8211; Ginny Toney: <em>West Virginia History and Research<\/em><br \/>\nJun 29, 2007 &#8211; Alice Braud-Jones: <em>My Heroes: The Code Talker and the Commandant<\/em><br \/>\nApr 27, 2007 &#8211; James Hodges, Ph.D.: <em>General Sam Houston<\/em><br \/>\nMar 30, 2007 &#8211; Sarah Jackson: <em>Harris County Archives, A Review of County Holdings<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 23, 2007 &#8211; Kathryn Black Morrow: <em>Early Texas History Found in Slave Trade Records<\/em><br \/>\nJan 26, 2007 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Cite Your Sources<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dec 15, 2006 &#8211; James Hodges, Ph.D.: <em>George Washington reenactment &#8220;Against All Odds &#8211; Victory at Yorktown&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nNov 17, 2006 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>Lost in 1890? What To Do When the Census is Missing<\/em><br \/>\nOct 28, 2006 &#8211; Lynna Kay Shuffield: <em>Value of Newspapers in Genealogical Research<\/em><br \/>\nSep 29, 2006 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Make Your Genealogy Roar with World<\/em><br \/>\nAug 25, 2006 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 28, 2006 &#8211; Emogene Brummerhop: <em>Seabrook Happenings<\/em><br \/>\nJun 30, 2006 &#8211; Lesley Douthwaite: <em>English Research<\/em><br \/>\nMay 26, 2006 &#8211; Charles H. Russell: <em>Undaunted, A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas<\/em><br \/>\nApr 28, 2006 &#8211; Irene Walters: <em>Searching Ancestry Plus and Heritage Quest<\/em><br \/>\nMar 31, 2006 &#8211; Marje Harris: <em>Migration and Naturalization<\/em><br \/>\nFeb 24, 2006 &#8211; Bruce Krewinghaus: <em>Migration Trails and Using Maps<\/em><br \/>\nJan 27, 2006 &#8211; Lesley Douthwaite: <em>Passenger and Immigration Records<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dec 16, 2005 &#8211; Members Annual Holiday Party<br \/>\nNov 18, 2005 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>For the Settling of My Temporal Estate: Using Probate Records in Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nOct 28, 2005 &#8211; Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski: <em>German Research with Updates from Germany<\/em><br \/>\nSep 30, 2005 &#8211; Kim Morton: <em>American Revolutionary War Pensions<\/em><br \/>\nAug 28, 2005 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJun 26, 2005 &#8211; Marje Harris: <em>Library Resource and How Our Members Can Benefit From Contributing to the DNA Pool<\/em><br \/>\nMay 29, 2005 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>Where in the World? Using Maps in Genealogy<\/em><br \/>\nApr 24, 2005 &#8211; Tommy Burn: <em>Land Records and Deed Finding Aids<\/em><br \/>\nMar &#8211;, 2005 &#8211; No meeting<br \/>\nFeb 27, 2005 &#8211; Maje Harris and Robert de Berardinis: <em>Finding Aids: Audience Question and Answer Session<\/em><br \/>\nJan 30, 2005 &#8211; Kathryn Black Morrow: <em>From Overwhelming Junk Into a Written History<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nov 28, 2004 &#8211; Gay Carter: <em>Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Tools for Planning a Successful Research Trip<\/em><br \/>\nOct 31, 2004 &#8211; Gayle Workman: <em>Railroads as an Important Historical Source for Migration<\/em><br \/>\nSep 25, 2004 &#8211; Robert de Berardinis: <em>Using English Language Finding Aids for Texas Research through the Civil War<\/em><br \/>\nAug 29, 2004 &#8211; Members Annual Show and Tell<br \/>\nJul 25, 2004 &#8211; Kathryn Black Morrow: <em>Seeing What Isn&#8217;t There, How to Ask Questions as You Research<\/em><br \/>\nJun 27, 2004 &#8211; Emily Croom: <em>Timely Tools for Genealogists<\/em><br \/>\nMay 30, 2004 &#8211; 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