Texas State Genealogical Society 2012 Conference

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Texas State Genealogical Society 2012 Annual Conference

Riley Conference Center,
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth, Texas

GPS location: 4726 Stanley Ave, Fort Worth TX 76115
1-3 November 2012

Local Host Societies: 

Mid-Cities Genealogical Society 
Arlington (TX) Genealogical Society
Grand Prairie (TX) Genealogical Society

About[edit | edit source]

The Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) hosts an Annual Conference in partnership with one or more local societies. Watch this page for frequent updates. 

Keynote Speaker[edit | edit source]

The TSGS 2012 Annual Conference will feature nationally known Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA. Mr. Witcher is the Genealogy Center Manager of the Allen County Public Library, Indiana.

Conference Activities[edit | edit source]

Thursday, November 1[edit | edit source]

Planned Tracks:

  • Librarians' Track managed by Sue Kaufman. Opening remarks from Curt Witcher. Presentations by Bill Buckner and others.
  • Genealogical Society Leadership Sessions managed by Sandra Crowley. Marketing by Susan Ball, Societies Online by Tony Hanson, Technology future by Randy Whited, closed by Curt Witcher 
  • FamilySearch Track Free (pre registration requested) TBA 
  • Public Expo Thursday evening 5 - 9 pm Wait . . . Wait . . . Gee, we can't yet tell you who the celebrity is. Stay tuned, you'll love this.

Friday, November 2[edit | edit source]

Proposed tracks:

  • Methodology Track: Basic Texas by Teri Flack; Removing Research Stumbling Blocks: Strategies for Success by Karen Matheson; Abstracts vs Originals by Kelvin Meyers; Reminiscences by Lloyd Bockstruck
  • Resources Track: Texas Rangers by Kelvin Meyers; Texas GLO by Jim Harkins; RPAC & Probate both by Teri Flack; Behind Bars: Finding Your Ancestors in Prison Records by Karen Matheson; Get the Scoop! Using Newspapers in Family History Research by Karen Matheson
  • Ethnic Focus: Overview by TBA; African-American by Anna Burrows; Hispanic by Janet Khashab
  • Getting Started Experience by the Dallas Genealogical Society Team. Free (pre-registration requested). 
  • FamilySearch Track by TBA    
  • Friday Night Banquet - Speaker: Lloyd Bockstruck 
    Join us for an evening fun and conversation as we hold our traditional Friday night awards banquet, but this year served with a twist!

Saturday, November 3[edit | edit source]

  • All-day block of four valued talks by Curt Witcher: An Ancestor's Death -- A Time for Reaping; & Using Government Documents for Genealogical Research; & Finding the World with WorldCat; &“Doing the History Eliminates the Mystery!
  • Getting Started Experience (see above)

Exhibitors [edit | edit source]

  • Texas General Land Office = Silver Sponsor
  • Texas Cemetery Restoration, LLC = Bronze Sponsor
  • Cemetery Preservation Supply, LLC = Bronze Sponsor
  • Arphax Publishing  
  • Czech Genealogical Society, Texas 
  • Denton County Genealogical Society
  • Lloyd Enterprises 
  • Mia's Books 
  • Missouri Connections
  • Jacobus Books
  • The Wright Collection
  • Hogar de Dallas
  • Lone Star Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
  •  . . . and more coming!

Attendees [edit | edit source]

News Feeds [edit | edit source]

== External links == TSGS 

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